Meet Kaelyn – Hepatoblastoma
Kaelyn is brave and strong! She was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma in the fall of 2023. Before diagnosis, she had stomach pain that would not go away. She has had chemotherapy, blood transfusions, and shots twice a day. We take things a day at a time and try to enjoy...
Meet Avery – Diffuse Midline Glioma
Avery is that little girl who punches above her weight and finds a way to stand out in the crowd. She’s a compassionate, energetic, athletic, mischievous little prankster who loves soccer, skiing, and sailing and most of all loves getting a rise of “Averrrry!!??!?”...
Meet Cameron – Leukemia
Cameron was diagnosed with leukemia on May 9, 2023. He went from playing soccer in the front yard with his siblings and cousins into a hospital room for 30 days. He is on his 4th of 5 rounds of chemotherapy. For each round, he is in the hospital for about a month. He...
Meet Isabella – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Isabella had just turned a year old and stopped wanting to walk along furniture and instead went back to crawling. She had fevers on and off that the doctors and I thought was just from teething. She caught strep when her older brother started pre-k and I thought to...
Meet Melissa – Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Melissa was diagnosed this year on January 20th with Leukemia, at the Emergency Room, but was later described as having High Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Melissa donated blood at her school’s campus before and in January it would be her second time and she was super...
Meet Juliana – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Juliana was diagnosed with ALL on April 26, 2022. She was having a lot of pain in her arms and legs as well as low-grade fevers. After our 3rd trip to the pediatrician, they ordered labs which revealed leukemia. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. Juliana had a...
Meet Faith – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Faith was sick for a long time before diagnosis. She constantly had respiratory issues, abdominal pain, and random swelling in her body. She had constant ear infections and pains that were not explained. I went to different doctors, and she progressively got worse....
Meet Meredith – Brain Tumor
Meredith is our more serious and reserved child. She is 12 years old. She loves her pet bunny, succulents (and plants in general), Boba tea and Ramen, her friends, and going on new adventures. She has been playing the piano and taking dance classes for 5 years, and we...
Meet Mila – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Mila was diagnosed with ALL in April of 2021. She had a low-grade fever and swollen lymph nodes. She has had chemo, and hospital stays, and developed a fungal infection which required a month's hospital stay in isolation. Mila is finished treatment in July of 2023 and...
Meet Charlotte – Medulloblastoma
In the summer of 2022, Charlotte was throwing up daily for about 2 months, we were being evaluated by GI with no answers. She then started having really bad headaches and was not eating very much of anything. She had a seizure and we went into the ED for evaluation....
Meet Braelyn – Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Braelyn was diagnosed on May 30, 2020, on her 3rd birthday. She unfortunately relapsed in June of 2021 and received a bone marrow transplant in Oct 2021. She did great after treatment the first and second time but unfortunately after her bone marrow transplant in 2021...
Meet Owen – Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma
Owen was diagnosed with cancer in October 2022 at 10 months old. He was born with a tumor in his abdominal wall. It was initially found during the 20-week prenatal ultrasound and he was monitored closely throughout the pregnancy with a couple of MRIs and countless...