Our little girl Melody Anne Klass was born on Apirl 14th , 1991. We had waited many years for a child, and Melody was our mircle child.
Mel brought happiness to our family through the years. She was a fine little dancer. Her dream was to one day become a professional ballet dancer. Melody danced even before she could walk! She spent hours every day in a near by ballet studio.
We have to omit our little girl had talent.
Last year around Easter time our little girl started complaining of head aches daily. Her teacher noticed that she no longer could remember things like she use to. Mel was always dizzy and always slept. Melody no longer had the engery she once had.
After weeks of Mel complaining of head aches, we decided to take her to the hospital.
Her doctor took a lot of tests, than he said he expected the worst. How could that be possible? How could our little girl, our mircle be sick?? That same day, we were told Melody had a brain tummor.
How do you handle the fact of being told your 7 year old girl has a tummor that is going to kill her? We about fliped out. Melody was checked into the hospital that eveing. She was put on Chemo right away.
Mel handled the Chemo real well.. the only thing that got to her was that she could not dance..
Mel was very weak from the chemo and radiation. She could not walk... She did not go to school. Her friends would visit her daily. They all brought her flowers and letters. Mel just wanted to go back to her normal life.
After about 6 months of Chemo and Radiation, the doctors released my angel.. They could find no trace of her tummor left.. It was a mircle.. Mel's hair quickly grow back and she had gotten strong again.. She went back to school, and made loads of new friends. She also went back to the dancing she loved ..ever so much.
We thought the cancer
had left for good. Everything was prefect.
March 19th, 1999... our little girl ..blacked out at a school spelling bee. A night mare was begaining.
Her cancer had come back. The tummor had not all been gone. It had hiden deep inside her brain, and now had grown so big .. the doctors could do very little. Back on treatments our little girl went. More and more months of pain. Mel's tummor did not get smaller no matter what the doctors did. Around her 8th birthday, Melody lost her abillity to walk, and talk. She could do little on her own. Mel was dying and we all knew that. The doctors gave her a few months to live. We made those few months jammed packed with stuff. We took trips everywhere. Tired to do everything Mel wanted to do in her life.
Melody died on Aug. 24th 1999. She was 8 years old. At the time she died, she had no use of her legs, ears and could not talk. Yet she always got her message across. Melody loved life, and she made others love it along with her. Mel left a impact on so many. Her school donated $1000 in her name to the American Cancer Socitey. Melody will always be in our hearts.
Melody's wish was to help other childern to have full happy lifes. We are asking families across the nation, please donate money to your local childerns hospital.. Please bring hope to the childern of the future.
Melody's Photos
Grief After A Child's Death
Awards Melody has Won
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Mel's Webrings
