A Dragon Named Cancer
Seven-year-old Jessica had just finished her last round of chemo. She wasn't feeling well after, so she lay for a spell on a hospital bed to rest. Her parents were at her bedside, her mother lovingly stroking her hair as she fell asleep. They soon realized that something was not right. Jessica did not wake up and the nurses were whispering whilst fretting about her bedside. It wasn't long before a solemn looking doctor shuffled them out toward a waiting room. Appearing a while later, he explained that their daughter had not just fallen asleep but was in a deep coma.
Jessicas heartbroken parents could do nothing other than sob and hold each other. No one knew what poor Jessicas outcome would be. So, they sat there loyally day after day loving her from her bedside. They talked to her and prayed every day, all day.
Meanwhile, little Jessica knew nothing of the sad plight, as she had found herself suddenly in the middle of a lovely forest! The trees were so inviting with their warm bark! She could almost hear them breathing as if they were alive, like her. Maybe they even had thoughts and dreams and hopes like her!
She giggled, twirling around, while looking up into their branches. Their leaves…
