Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Training for the 10K/St. Jude's Fundraiser Post 06

I made it.

I'm thrilled that we could all come together to support the kids at St. Jude who are fighting their own marathon battle against cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases.

If you haven't donated, and feel moved to do so, please click here:
www.stjudeheroes.org/users/speranza

St. Jude Facts

St. Jude is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research into catastrophic diseases, mainly cancer. St. Jude is the largest childhood cancer research center in the world in terms of the number of patients enrolled in research protocols and successfully treated

St. Jude treats children from all 50 states and from more than 70 foreign countries.

St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

Hospital Cost

Operate St. Jude for one day……..$1,216,247

Average Charge per inpatient per day………….$4,813

Average charge per outpatient visit per day……$2,107

One day of chemotherapy……………………….avg. $684

CT Scan………………………………………….$806 - $5,896

Radiotherapy (brain tumor patients)……………$32,040 – $49,704

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia treatment……..$520,000


It's so easy to forget to be Thankful for our Health.


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