Preemie Hats and the Story of Sally.

   Here are two new preemie hats that I made!! The first one is in Orange, gold and white, just like candy corn. I think I am getting better at this pom pom stuff. I am giving that one to Project Linus. The second one is being modeled by my doll Sally. The colors are green, white and orange, the colors on the flag of Ireland. I am part Irish (and Puerto Rican, Brazillian, Itallian, German, Native American, Portuguese.) So I thought it was fitting and those were the colors I had on hand. This one I am keeping because I wanted to keep it as like a sample of my work and Sally needed a hat.
     I want to tell you about Sally. To some, Sally looks just like a regular doll, but she is so much more then that! When I was teeny tiny, my parents took me to the store and bought me a little baby doll and I named her Sally. Gosh, I loved that doll! I think she used to have a pacifier, but it is gone now. Her arm fell off once and Mom sewed it back on for me. Sally always slept in the bed with me, one day, I even gave her earings with a pink marker!!
   Then when I was 3 or 4 (I can never remember) I started to feel horrible. After taking me to the doctors and the lab, my folks found out that I had leukemia. I spent a lot of time in the hospital and clinic. When I went to the hospital, one of my parents would stay over night, they were always there, and I always had my Sally with me.
   One day, I had to have an operation to get a port put into my chest. The doctors let me have Sally by my side for the operation. When I woke up, they even put a band aid on Sally's chest in the spot where I just got my port. Oh my gosh, I hated my port, you had to be so careful not bump into things and when you did? PAIN. Plus, it made a mound in your shirt. I don't know how long it was, but I got my port out, finally and Sally came into the operating room with me again.
   Sally was the doll that was always with me through the whole thing. My family was always there for me too. They did so much. I love them A LOT. Now, I am about a decade in remission. I have all my hair back too. Sally sits on a shelf with all my other dolls. I am too old to be sleeping with folls, but I still want her to be around forever. After all, a doll that special, you can't throw or give away. I LOVE YOU, SALLY! :)