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Dear Friends,
As you know, brain tumors attacked our families swiftly and without warning. While pediatric neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists from Johns Hopkins Hospital attempted, and then exhausted, medical options, our families prayed, hoped, cried, and begged for our children’s lives. Many of you prayed and hoped and cried alongside us. Sadly, there was no cure; Caroline Herrmann, Ricky Knight and Christopher Sliker could not win against the glioblastoma (Caroline and Ricky) and DIPG (Christopher) tumors they were fighting. They never had a chance.
Today marks nearly 15 years since twelve-year-old Ricky passed away; 14 years and four months since fourteen-year-old Caroline passed away; and, almost 14 years since five-year-old Christopher passed away. Sadly, people are still being diagnosed with brain tumors.
So many days, so many moments. Big days. Ordinary moments. We miss our children deeply and constantly. No matter the occasion or celebration, in the chaos of the big days and the quiet of the ordinary moments, their absence is often all that we can see.
We can list the big events that they’ve missed – the Christmases, birthdays, weddings, vacations, their own kindergarten, middle school, high school and college graduations, confirmations, first communions, proms … the list is so long.
But the list of ordinary moments is endless: school mornings, games and practices, pool days, trips to Target, trips to the library, runs through McDonalds, pizza nights, sleep overs, walks in the park, kickball games, shooting hoops, story time, cousin time, Lego building, babysitting, morning kisses, good night hugs, cartwheels, muffin baking, bike riding, playing catch and games of tag … we could fill this page with all of those moments, and never be finished. Caroline, Ricky, and Christopher were not done being children, and we were not done being their parents. There was still so much living to do.
In the past 13 years, the Herrmann, Knight and Sliker families have come together, and with your generous help, raised over $140,000 for brain tumor research. And so again, we rally your support to raise money to eradicate brain tumors, to keep children alive and families together. We walk with our children in our hearts and you by our sides. Thank you in advance, for all of your help.
Thank you for giving kids a fighting chance.
Carol and Cameron Herrmann
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