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Surprise birth: man sterile from cancer becomes father

Perth Now Sunday Times is featuring a story with a surprise and happy ending. Four years ago, Nick Close was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent a year of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Close was warned that he might suffer infertility as a result of treatment. After treatment it was determined he was sterile and incapable of fathering any children. What are you going to do other than accept the reality and move on.

Off on holiday Nick and his wife Sarah Millais-Close go, and during the extended working holiday Sarah tells Nick she feels she might be pregnant. Nick, thinking this an impossibility, told her not to even waste money on a pregnancy test.

Fast forward, and Nick and Sarah Millais-Close are the proud parents of now 15-week-old baby Charles. In the world of cancer, the dark news is abundant and can be wearing on the spirit in the constant telling. Good news, less ample, is always a joy to hear and share. Isn't baby Charlie an absolute cutie! Looks like a very happy family indeed.

Daffodil Days: UPS delivers flowers for cancer fundraiser

In Pennsylvania, UPS will be helping the American Cancer Society, ACS, by delivering bunches of daffodils to cancer patients at medical centers in communities statewide during the annual Daffodil Days campaign. Between March 20 to March 26, bunches of daffodils will be available for a $7 dollar donation, which are then delivered to cancer patients.

The money raised during ACS's Daffodil Days goes to continuing research into finding a cancer cure and cancer programs sponsored by the ACS. In some communities, local ACS volunteers deliver the daffodils to cancer patients, so it is nice to hear a company as big as UPS is lending a helping hand in delivering flowers. Explains one of the reasons why UPS was rated “America’s Most Admired” company in its industry in an annual survey conducted by FORTUNE magazine.

American Cancer Society's Daffodil Days

In March, the American Cancer Society, ACS, launches the nationwide Daffodil Days program, a chance for individuals and community groups to contribute to the Society's mission of providing education and support for those who have been affected by cancer, and to raise funding for continuing research in finding a cancer cure. To the ACS, the daffodil, one of the first flowers of spring, is a symbol of hope for a world free of cancer. You can contribute online, with the Daffodil Days e-Card® program, which allows you to send a Daffodil e-Card to anyone, anywhere, at any time, for any reason. Or, you can give the Gift of Hope, and by making a contribution in honor of a loved one, a local Society volunteer will deliver a bouquet of daffodils anonymously to a cancer patient at a medical center in your community.

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