Baby Abigail

This is Abigail Goss:

Her family is in our ward and are nothing short of completely AWESOME. Her mommy has been my visiting teacher since we moved in and their family is so strong and soooo sweet. Unfortunately, they are going through a pretty rough time right now. They found out back in January that little Abigail has stage 4 cancer. Here is an excerpt from their blog that explains a little more about it:

"Abigail is the fifth child of Aaron and Annabeth. Her siblings are Mary (11), Hyrum (9), Elisabeth (7) and Rachel (4). Everyone loves Abigail. Her grandparents adore her. When Abigail was 19 months old, she was not feeling well for a couple of weeks. On Saturday, January 15 Annabeth noticed a lump on Abigail's lower neck near her shoulder. They took her to the urgent care and were told to take her to a children's hospital for blood work to determine what it might be. After drawing blood (which Abigail HATED), x-rays of chest and abdomen, another IV, and a CT scan, the doctors believed it to be a pediatric cancer called Neuroblastoma. The tumor starts on her left kidney/adrenal gland and works its way up through her torso, behind her heart, and surrounds her aorta artery. From looking at the images of the CT scan, it looks like the tumor takes up about 25% of her total abdomen space. That's just a guess of a number, but (this is Annabeth speaking) the thing was massive."

Since that time, Abigail has had a surgery, biopsies, chest tubes, a bunch of different meds pumped through her system, and just finished her second round of chemo.

Please help the Goss Family!
Here are couple things YOU can do:

1. The Goss's have asked everyone they know to act an act of service for someone else in Abigail's honor. Do something big or small in honor of this beautiful little girl who is fighting for her life.

2. They are holding a garage sale on March 26th with all proceeds going to The Abigail Medical Trust Fund. Stop by and buy something or make a small donation. For directions click HERE

3. Please click HERE to watch the story that CBS5 did about Abigail and the Fans Across America organization to find out other awesome ways you can help! I had never heard of this organization before but what they have going is pretty amazing.

4. Until the end of March you can buy a Fitness Works 3 month membership for only $20. This coupon/certificate also comes with a bunch of other perks and coupons for other stores and stuff. 50% of proceeds will go to Abigail's medical fund. I am not sure if the person sponsoring this fundraiser wants their email plastered all over my blog, so if you are interested in contributing- let me know and I can you the info.

5. Donate directly to her medical fund. To donate to this fund, simply walk into any Wells Fargo or Wachovia branch and tell them you'd like to donate to the ABIGAIL GOSS MEDICAL TRUST. This TRUST is dedicated for the sole purpose of taking care of Abigail's medical costs now and in the future. If there is an excess amount of funds, that excess will be donated to a foundation of our choice to help other cancer victims.

6. Spread the word! Let others know about the fund raising efforts. Especially the garage sale, Fitness Works certification, and Fans Across America- each of those things are a financial donation that you also get something back in return.