It is both a pleasure and an honour for me today to talk about the importance of finding a cure for cancer. 1500 people every day die from cancer, and 135,000 a year. Too many times a day, will that dreaded word be spoken? Almost everyone has been touched by it in some way, either by a family member or a friend; I was one of those people as it affected my Cousin and my Gramp, as they passed away because of it.
This is Ben. Ben is two months old. He was a cheeky loving baby that loved his cuddly toys. But Ben is one of the unlucky ones, as his body is infected with cancer. Ben suddenly stopped breathing one day in his Mother’s arms. Later Ben was rushed to hospital. Ben’s family were told by doctors that his life could be extended with the drug that the doctors could provide. As he was too young and fragile to have an operation to remove the cancer in his lung. Ben enjoyed his life as he was still alive, always smiling at people and always playing with them to. A fully grown human body can only cope with cancer for so long, but as a baby is smaller the time is even shorter. Ben’s family knew that it would only be a matter of time before he would die.
