#BattleForBella
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I first discovered Isabella Ward’s story via a Facebook friend posting a link to her page which included the picture below that, for some reason, snagged me like a fishing hook through the heart:
Like bazillions of other people, myself included, Bella was a big fan of the movie Frozen. I quickly got to work on what was, at that time, the biggest animation project I embarked on!
After several days of animating, it was finally time to render my first Bella toon on an old, incredibly sloooow laptop. I fell asleep on the couch that night with the volume on my laptop all the way up so I would hear the notification when the file was ready. It took 14 HOURS (told you the laptop was slow) for the toon to be good to go as I was woken up by the notification alarm at about 4 in the morning. A few hours later I finally uploaded the first Bella toon below!
Bella’s battle with Leukemia continued with ups and downs but she and her family kept strong, posted updates and posted more pictures:
…inspiring me to make more toons…
Bella’s fight continued. She looked stronger in every new picture and update:
…and so why not another toon!
“After 4 bone marrow biopsies, We finally received word that Bella is in complete remission on May 7th, 2014!! That meant she did not need a bone marrow transplant.” – Battle For Bella Facebook Page
“Bella took her LAST dose of chemotherapy ever on October 3rd, 2016. It was the best day for all of us in a very long time. We will continue to go to clinic once a month for blood work, to make sure remission status still stands. We pray for continued remission for now and always!!”
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