Kyla's Story: May 2004

Kyla Nagel Cancer Fund

The Kyla Nagel Cancer Fund trust account was established to help in the research efforts to fight brain cancer. Kyla loved UCSF and appreciated all that was done for her to help fight this disease. If you would like to honor Kyla's name, you can donate to UCSF or the National Brain Tumor Foundation in the following way.

Donations can also be made in Kyla's name directly to UCSF using the following electronic link:

UCSF:
Mailing address:
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSF Box 0248
San Francisco, CA 94143-0248
By Phone -- Call 415.502.6225 to speak to a member of the fundraising staff.

OR

National Brain Tumor Foundation:
Mailing address:
National Brain Tumor Foundation
22 Battery Street, Suite 612
San Francisco, CA 94111-5520

Friday, May 7, 2004

MRI Results, Feeding the Ducks, Birthday and Gnome Business

Kyla's scan was clear today......two years this month! We are so blessed....and we found out some exciting news. The IL-13 treatment she was so blessed to receive is now being pushed through to a Phase I trial for first time brain tumor patients. It will be a while until it is up and running because of nature of protocols, but it is so exciting that perhaps radiation won't have to be used and newly diagnosed patients could be treated right away.

Kyla with her "Our Gang" DVD's

Kyla celebrated her 26th birthday last week with a family dinner. Brian and Charo gave her a pear tree to plant and GG and Grandad Max gave her a lilac bush as well as Jill giving her a gift certificate to buy what she likes in a garden store. She is loving spring time planting in her new yard. She also got a set of "Our Gang" DVD's from Kelli and a start on her collection of theTaste of Home annual cookbooks and money.

We had a little face off with the gnome after her birthday. Uuuugly! Emmy spent two days with us while Kyla and Jed were in San Francisco. Grandad took her to feed the ducks and geese in Alton Baker Park. She is so much fun right now.

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THINGS TO HOLD ON TO

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Kahlil Gibran *********************************** Don't Panic! There isn't a disease or other malady that God can't heal or take you through to a glorious conclusion! *********************************** One day at a time! You only have the resources for one day at a time. God will meet you in the morning with a freshly whipped batch of grace for that day, but don't try to take on tomorrow's trials with today's grace. *********************************** Know the Lord will fight this battle for you. You want to be faithful to His leading but the final word will be what He does, not what you do. *********************************** Don't be heroic and avoid the help of other people. This is a time when others will be there for you........and sometimes the most unlikely and unexpected kind of people. *********************************** Know that you are loved and prayed for by not only family, loved ones and friends, but by many others that have never had the joy of knowing you. *********************************** Have a deep commitment to live.....Embrace life. ~unknown *********************************** Thy journey be auspicious; may the breeze, Gentle and soothing, fan thy cheek; may lakes All bright with lilycups delight thine eyes, The sunbeam's heat be cooled by shady trees, The dust beneath thy feet the pollen be of lotuses. ~ from Sanskrit play, c.400 A.D.

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