Norma's story must sound like so many others, but for her (and for me) it's a first.Norma has been teaching at Enchanted Care practically since the doors opened..... 15 years!She has taught almost every age group in the learning center and has been a mentor and friend to so many (myself included.)Two weeks ago, Norma received news that would scare the pants off of anyone.She was diagnosed with aggressive melanoma after having a mole removed from her leg. A week later, she went in for further surgery around the site of the cancerous mole and to have 2 lymph nodes removed for additional testing. Just yesterday, she went in for a follow-up visit and got more bad news. One of the lymph nodes showed signs of cancer which means that it has spread. She will have to have a PET scan over her whole body to see how far and to what extent this cancer has spread. At that time they will also schedule another surgery for her to remove all (8-10) lymph nodes from the same area.She will not be able to go back to work for at least another 4 weeks (that doesn't include all of the time she has already missed.) Her coworkers and the children she cares for are really starting to miss her face.Through it all, she has kept such a positive attitude (even though at times others around her are barely holding it all together) and of course it hasn't affected her sense of humor.Norma is such a strong independent person and she never likes to ask for help, but I am more than happy to ask for her. It is the least I can do for my amazing friend when she will definitely need the help and the support of all of those people who love her like I do.Any money donated that doesn't go towards offsetting Norma's mounting medical bills, will be donated to the American Cancer Society,
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