Dear Jane’s Fund, Love Caroline

Diary of DIPG - A note of gratitude in the midst of pain and suffering

Dear Jane’s Fund,

I have a brain tumor and had to leave school last year in 11th grade to start radiation treatments because my vision turned double and I kept falling down. In the beginning, my parents hired a nurse to help me at home while they went to work. I miss school so much and tried to do my homework to prove I could go back. I still dream about my college applications for UNC and App State but now I need help with everything. My parents told me your foundation paid our mortgage bills so they can miss work and be home to help me. I decided to write this letter because you don’t know how much better you made things at my house, especially for my sisters. Now I am in a hospital bed in my parent’s room because I cannot walk and they can’t carry me. Watching TV is impossible and I cannot swallow and get my food from a feeding tube. My parents read to me and tell me stories but I feel best when I am outside in sunshine. I listen to birds. Your foundation built a ramp so a wheelchair can get in and out of my house because my parents cannot carry me. You have no idea what a big deal this is. (Like a really big deal).  I don’t know how much longer I have but I wanted you to know how much better you have made my life since I got my brain tumor. Please help others like me. 

We don’t know you but we love you and thank you,

Caroline (with help from Mom and Dad)

Please help Jane’s Fund help Caroline and other families in the Charlotte region battling terminal pediatric cancer.

Three months of mortgage: $2695.56
A custom wheelchair ramp for Caroline’s home: $800

*Names and photos may be changed to protect a family's privacy. 
This a manufactured letter based on a true story that embodies the power of what we hear and do at JF on a daily basis