Our family is forming a March for Babies Family Team to help the March of Dimes work towards the day when all babies are born healthy. We are writing today to ask you to join us!
We are forming our team in honor of our daughter Cailyn Ranae who was born at 23 weeks and 5 days, which made her a micro preemie. She weighed in at 1lb 4oz and 11 inches. Cailyn had many complications and numerous surgeries, however she remained strong willed and courageous. Our precious angel blessed our lives for 3 months and 22 days before passing away. Every day was like a rollercoaster, we had our ups and downs, and she would get better for a moment and then she everything seemed to get worse. We thank god everyday that Cailyn came into our lives, and we were deeply saddened when we lost her. By sharing our story, we hope to remind everyone of the urgency of the mission of the March of Dimes and inspire our friends and family to join our team.
Ours is not the only story of frightening, touch-and-go days in neonatal intensive care with our baby. Premature birth touches half a million babies and their families every year. Babies born too soon are more likely to die or have disabilities. Birth defects pose another serious threat – taking the lives of many babies and cause lifelong disabilities for thousands more. So it′s important for us to help the March of Dimes help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies.
We are doing just that by participating in March for Babies as a Family Team. No one is working harder than the March of Dimes to understand the causes of prematurity and birth defects. March for Babies offers hope by raising funds for lifesaving research, education and innovative programs that offer hope for preventions and solutions for babies born too soon or with birth defects.
Won′t you join our Family Team at this wonderful event? Come walk with us. Call me for further details, or go to marchforbabies.org and register online to walk with our team. If you can't walk with us, why not donate to our wonderful cause, every dollar and every person makes a difference!
One day all babies will be born healthy. But we′ll have to walk to get there! Thank you for your help.
Very truly yours,
Joan
The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
