Patients of the Cancer Clinic at Batson Hospital for Children are given beads for events that occur in their visits to the hospital & clinic.
It is the hope of the nurses & families of these children that, through the testimony of
these Beads of Courage, others who do not know what it's like to live this kind of life, will be able to understand a little better
just what these young ones go through & have gone through, as part of their "normal", everyday life.

For the record, these numbers are not 100% accurate...there should be more.
Heather's Beads of Courage
 
        Type of Bead
         Event Represented
         Heather's Count
Cobalt Blue China Sputnik
 Courage
 1  
Sun/Moon
 Hospital Admission
 21
Fuschia Wood
 Tests & Scans
 20
Purple Wood
 Fever / Neutropenia
 8
Red Plastic/Finger Stick #1
 Finger Stick
 42
White Wood/Finger Stick #2
 25 Finger Sticks
 9
Red Wood
 Transfusion
 57
Funny Face
 Surgery
 4
Aqua Raised Swirl
 Central Line Port Placement
 2
Green Wood
 Round of Chemo Therapy
 28
Yellow Wood
 Course of Chemo Therapy
 15
Brown Wood
Hair Loss
 3
Turquoise Wood
 Bone Marrow Biopsy
 9
Blue China Lamp
 Bone Marrow Transplant
 2
Dark Blue Wood
 Lumbar Puncture
 2
Topaz China
 Stem Cell Harvest
 1
Glow in the dark
 Radiation
 16
Red Glow in the dark
 NG / Foley - Tube Insertion
 1
Blue Wood Barrell
 TPN - Total Parental Nutrition
 2
Square Ceramic Smiley Sun
 Very Good Day!
 6
Ceramic Happy Birthday
 Birthday
 2
Red Ceramic Sun
 Terrible, Very Bad Day
 5
Two-Tone Green Glass
 End of Treatment
 1
Angel
 Loss of Child
 1
Here are pictures of Heather's Beads of Courage.
I will get better pics up later; I just wanted to get these up fast.
It took four strings to hold the beads this precious little girl acquired during her 22 month battle.


I know this one is darker, but I like the way it looks...Dad.