Ten-year-old Madeline Domian created chemo kits for children suffering from cancer in order to honor her late aunt who died from the disease. She said that she has seen how her aunt suffered, and she hopes that through her chemo kits she would "make kids with cancer smile and realize that other people care about them and believe that they can fight and win."
Parenting reported that it was in September when Madeline lost Aunt Kathi to gastric cancer. After that sad event, she wanted to help cancer patient kids in dealing with the negative side effects of chemotherapy.
The ten-year old's Aunt Kathi inspired chemo kits, which she called as Katie-Do, as it's the moniker of her late aunt, consisted of several items which could surely bring a smile on kids' faces. Today said that the chemo kits had a variety of comfort items like socks, blankets, games, lotion, mints and gum are found in every chemo kit. She even held a contest in school to see which could collect the most number of items for the kits.
The ten-year-old, along with her schoolmates, were able to assemble 50 chemo kits, which they delivered to St. Louis Children's Hospital. One recipient, 17-year-old Kinsey Siadek who suffers from osteosarcoma said, "Knowing that the blanket was handmade gives it an extra special meaning. I can't believe a young girl did this out of the goodness of her heart."
Michelle Domian, mom of Madeline said, "We had no idea Maddie wanted to do something so big, but we're incredibly proud of her."
Although the first 50 chemo kits were already delivered to the St. Louis Children's Hospital, ten-year-old Madeline still continues to raise funds through her online fundraiser. She said that the efforts that she and her schoolmates put in make them happy because they also make other kids happy.
