September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Across Canada, more than 35,000 Canadians will attend Light The Night Walks in 11 major cities. Light The Night is a gathering to raise funds and support for blood cancer patients. Participants hold lanterns that shine hope for blood cancer research, walking as supporters, survivors or in memory of someone else.
In Edmonton, Melody Halabi will be one of those people. Halabi lost her younger brother Kadmoos to AML in February. While Kadmoos had planned to attend the event as a survivor, his sister will participate instead. Bolstered by a team of family and friends called the "Knights of Kadmoos" in his honour, Halabi knows it will be an emotional night.
An "enthusiastic" person who didn't complain during treatment, Halabi describes her brother as "something else." His personality left a huge impression on his community, hospital and nurses, she says. Kadmoos was dedicated to his schooling and bettering himself. His plans to study civil engineering at the University of Alberta were interrupted when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015.
Halabi is proud of her brother for fighting AML until his last breath. Now, she is committed to helping raise money so others don't have to go through what he did. "I would be so happy to help find a cure for this disease."
Visit www.lightthenight.ca to find out more about a Light The Night Walk in your area.
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