8 year old here dies...

Yeah, it was posted here today.. It's still sad. She was very strong.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A young cancer patient who started a lemonade stand to raise money for cancer research, sparking a nationwide fund-raising campaign that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, has died at her home. She was 8.

Alexandra Scott, of Wynnewood, whose battle with pediatric cancer captured hearts nationwide, "passed on peacefully with us holding her hands," her parents, Jay and Liz Scott, said in an e-mail, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Monday.

"She just slipped away," Liz Scott told the paper Sunday. "You could see when she was ready. She let off a big sigh, and went off to sleep. She was very calm. For that, we're grateful. You're always fearful it's going to be scary."

A call and an e-mail sent to the family Sunday night were not immediately returned to The Associated Press.

Alexandra, diagnosed just before her first birthday with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer, decided to set up a lemonade stand to raise money for treatment. She took in $2,000 that first year, and a series of stands had raised a total of $200,000 after four years.

In June, lemonade stand fund-raisers were set up in all 50 states, as well as in Canada and France, and Alexandra and her family appeared on Oprah Winfrey's TV program and the "Today" show.

Alex hoped that her Alex's Lemonade Stand charity would raise $1 million this year for cancer research. The effort has passed the $700,000 mark, and Volvo of North America had pledged to hold a fall fund-raising event to assure that the $1 million goal would be reached, Liz Scott said.

Since June, Alex's quality of life had dropped off, and her health had severely deteriorated in the last few days, her mother said. Still, her daughter was determined to push forward even as her condition worsened, she said.

"She had a lot of faith and faith in research and trying the newest things," Liz Scott said.

Damn this story brings me down. For being 8 she accomplished alot.

The human will & will to survive is a powerful source. She lived in 8 what most don't live in 80. Great article

It brought me down too. Not only because she died of cancer, but because her childhood was taken away and life put her in the place most adults don't even reach: the responsibility of being a voluntary hero.

that was sad. if only people of age would do the same for others.
a real angel.

That does seriously suck.. I hate cancer.

I lost a cousin to cancer. she was like a sister to me and we watched her die slowly each day and there was nothing we could do. she was 18 when they found it, 23 when she passed. FUCK CANCER...thats all I have to say. its the worst thing ever.

Poor lil shaver

she is definitely a hero in my books, saw her on Oprah, she has done great things for the cancer cause

Really sad indeed. Very heart breaking story.

That Sucks, she accomplished much more in her short time than 90% of the population