Beads of Courage Necklace

This necklace is a program through the hospital called Beads of Courage. The children get to make these necklaces to document what they go through. Each colored bead represents a procedure. For example, the white beads are for each I.V. chemotherapy treatment Hannah has had so far, the black are for every time she has been "poked" to draw blood, the blue are for clinic visits, the red are for when she had to receive blood and platelet transfusions, the yellow are for hospital stays, etc. She has filled up this necklace and will start a new one tomorrow. We have seen kids who have filled up many necklaces by the time their treatment is over. It is incredible what these kids with cancer go through and how resilient they are!