Declan's Balloons

Written by Francesca

When Carson was in the hospital last, the one in May where he had a virus and low counts,our next door neighbor was a little boy named Declan Black Carmical, who wasn't even a year old. On August 18, 2010, Declan lost his battle with cancer. He was a little over a week shy of his birthday. Today, August 26 is his birthday. Declan has a twin named Cole. When you think about Cole's birthday, you cannot help but think about Declan.

On August 23, Monday, was Declan's funeral. Carson would be too loud and disturbing at Declan's funeral, so I got to stay home and watch him while my parents went to the funeral. When my Mom got home (my Dad went back to work) she said that they wanted us to release a blue ballon (blue, the color of declansjourney.com) and a gold balloon (the color for pediatric oncology awareness) on his birthday. So today, we tied a note to balloons that said "This balloon was released in honor of Declan Black Carmical August 26, 2009 to August 18, 2010 due to cancer please go to www.declansjourney.com". We let out a dozen balloons in honor of him.

Carson, ready to release a balloon for "baby Dec-a-lan in heaven" Carson is currently fighting some kind of cold sore/chicken pox like virus on his nose and just under his left eye. He is taking an anti-viral 3 times a day. Tomorrow's clinic visit will see if it is helping. We hope to be able to go on our beach vacation next week!

Please pray for Declan's family, because of the depression and sadness.
Go to www.declansjourney.com for more information.