I am Amazed....

....at how much a little 5 year old with cancer knows. I have been with Team in Training for over 3 years now and I don't even know what some of the termenology is. Last Saturday in between swimming and the cycling Lauren, one of our team honorees came to talk to our team about what a broviac was (http://www.webmd.com/hw/cancer/tv7513.asp). She had a doll that had a broviac sewed into it and she explained to us how her mom takes blood samples from it. Her mom has had to learn how to all of this stuff at home. Her broviac prevents her from getting poked by needles everytime she goes into the doctor. She recieves ther treatment through it as well. She also had some cutouts made out of felt and she showed us what Leukemia was, how it affected her and how it is treated. It was cute and she did a great job explaining it to us. Like I mentioned earlier, I was also very amazed at how much this little 5 year old has had to learn about this disease.