Dearest Maddie,
One year ago, right now, at this hour, your Daddy and Mommy, and I waited vigil with you as you were being whisked off to a CT Scan at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Baltimore. Grandma Vicki, Grandpa, all of your Aunts & Uncles, cousins, and Josie were busy sending prayers up to God asking Him to make you well. A few hours later, you were shuttled by ambulance to Johns Hopkins’ Pediatric Emergency Room. The doctors performed a lot of tests and learned that you had a rare pediatric cancer, called Wilms Tumor. The doctors had the hard job of telling your Daddy and Mommy you were very sick. That’s the bad news; the good news is they said you had a 95% cure rate! Guess what? You are cured...God is so good!! Look at how healthy you look in these pictures!
