This month, Black Press Media has teamed up with and BraveFace to help grant wishes, . Here91裸聊视频檚 one wish that was granted through the Make-A-Wish B.C. and Yukon chapter91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 wish to go see the turtles91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� August 2019

In the summer of 2019, four-year-old Rose had a longtime wish come true and she got to share it with her twin sister.

She and her twin sister Nina are alike in so many ways, save a small birthmark on Rose91裸聊视频檚 chin and Nina being a little bit taller. By their parent91裸聊视频檚 accounts, they91裸聊视频檙e both quite shy. Both kids love to dance, both love to ski and both love to ride bikes. They are 91裸聊视频渆qually persistent and feisty,91裸聊视频� as their mother, Ginny, suggests.

But there is one major difference between them: Rose has had to endure a battle with leukemia. Her sister, Nina, is her constant supporter and was by her side every day as Rose faced her critical illness.

91裸聊视频淩ose caught a cough that Nina didn91裸聊视频檛 have,91裸聊视频� said Ginny, noting that it was unusual for one twin to catch something that the other did not. 91裸聊视频淩ose started sleeping more, and she was pale.91裸聊视频�

That was all the evidence Rose91裸聊视频檚 parents needed to go see a doctor and sadly, she was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 22 months old.

91裸聊视频淚t was terrifying,91裸聊视频� said Ginny. Rose91裸聊视频檚 dad, Jeremy, said that Rose had to be airlifted from their hometown to Vancouver, where there was an initial 10-day stay in BC Children91裸聊视频檚 Hospital followed by a further six months of treatments.

91裸聊视频淎s a parent,91裸聊视频� said Ginny, 91裸聊视频淵ou91裸聊视频檙e just coping, making sure the [kids] don91裸聊视频檛 get upset or alarmed by what91裸聊视频檚 happening through it all.91裸聊视频�

Jeremy said the whole family is still dealing with the trauma of it all. Rose91裸聊视频檚 twin was also affected by the experience; with so much focus on Rose for so long, it was, at times hard on Nina, who her parents felt took on a lot of the stress for her sister.

91裸聊视频淣ina is more sensitive than Rose,91裸聊视频� according to Ginny and Jeremy said.

At the end of all the treatments and hospital stays, and time away from home, there came a period of recovery. Then finally, Rose was truly ready and able to have her wish granted by Make-A-Wish.

91裸聊视频淩ose seems to light up around animals,91裸聊视频� said Ginny. Jeremy says they91裸聊视频檝e watched Finding Nemo dozens of times. 91裸聊视频淲e all watch Blue Planet as a family,91裸聊视频� Ginny also noted, adding that when they lived in Vancouver for treatments, the family made regular trips to the Vancouver Aquarium. Rose seemed particularly interested in the shark tank, where one of the aquarium91裸聊视频檚 most famous long-time residents also lives: a sea turtle named Schoona. Eventually, Rose made a wish to release baby sea turtles.

The family travelled to Florida and the Gumbo Limbo Nature Centre to make Rose91裸聊视频檚 wish come true. While they were there, it wasn91裸聊视频檛 only baby turtles that were hatched. Ginny and Jeremy watched their own daughters come out of their shells a bit, too.

91裸聊视频淲here normally they are so shy, they sat right upfront during the education sessions at Gumbo Limbo,91裸聊视频� explained Ginny. 91裸聊视频淭hey answered questions and were so engaged. It was special to see that.91裸聊视频�

Rose got to take part in a public sea turtle release as well as a special, private release with her sister and parents on a warm Florida night. There, on the beach, the family watched as tiny sea turtles scooted their way across the sand. The experience brought a new life in the ocean for the turtles and granted a wish for Rose.

Jeremy and Ginny feel as though through the trip they91裸聊视频檙e able to close a chapter on the whole experience with cancer.

They say that a lot of Rose91裸聊视频檚 sentences start with 91裸聊视频渋n Florida91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� as she looks back on her wish experience of releasing baby sea turtles. It91裸聊视频檚 a happier moment for the family to remember than any time spent at the hospital.

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