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/s
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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