Meet Savannah – ALL
Savannah was diagnosed on March 4, 2013 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She is currently in treatment and will be, for the next 2 or more years. At the time of diagnosis we were home in Oregon, staying with family while my husband was deployed to (we were stationed...
Meet Brianne – ALL
On April 26th, 2012, after battling a sore throat for several weeks Brianne was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Brianne was 6 years old at the time and in 1st Grade. Two years later Brianne is getting ready to finish treatment next month on June 30th,...
Meet Raegan – Retinoblastoma
Raegan was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at the age of 22 months. Just four days before that, her dad, Dan, noticed that he could not remove “red eye” from some recent family photos. It appeared that Raegan had a hazy white spot on one of her eyes. After meeting with...
Meet Caroline – Ewing’s Sarcoma
In October 2012, Caroline complained of her right forearm hurting. It didn't look any different and later in the day she said it didn't hurt any more. A few weeks later, she complained again with the same results. For the third time, in late November, she complained...
Meet Evan – AML
Evan is an APML/ leukemia patient at Children's National Medical Center. A few months ago Evan began phase three of a five phase protocol. The type of leukemia Evan has is rare but very treatable. Evan has met the requirements for remission. In mid November we hope to...
Meet Jordan – Neuroblastoma
Jordan was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in March, 2012. He has completed treatment and is now on a clinical trial to hopefully prevent relapse. Hope Session by C. Gonzalez Photography. website | Facebook
Meet Katelyn
Katelyn was born on August 13th, 2010. A beautiful, happy, red-headed little girl! Katie was always smiling & just loving life and rarely fussed. It wasn’t until March of 2011 that I noticed her left eye turned colors overnight. I didn’t think much more about it...
Meet Parker – Kidney Cancer
My daughter Parker has been on a tough journey this year. One filled with chemo, radiation, medicines, and lots of staying at home to avoid germs. In March, our lives changed when doctors found a 2 pound tumor in her right kidney. She had it removed as well as her...
Meet Nicholas – ALL
Nicholas was diagnosed with pre-B ALL on April 2nd, 2013. Based on his white counts upon diagnosis, he is also categorized as 'high-risk', referring to risk of relapse. This happened so fast... Nico had been acting completely normal in the weeks leading up to his...
Meet Ryan – RT Orbit Rhabdomyosarcoma
Ryan is 12 years old he was diagnosed May 22,2013 with RT Orbit Rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue sarcoma. He has been going through chemo and then starts radiation. Ryan loves Megadeth and Chris Farley. His favorite team is the Chicago Bears. He enjoys playing video...
Meet Kate – ALL
Our sweet and spunky Kate Olivia was living an ordinary toddler-hood until the late summer of 2013 when we noticed some excessive bruising on her legs & arms. Kate is adventurous, but certainly not to the extent that she should be bruising as much as she was. It...
Meet Emily – Optic Glioma
Emily was diagnosed at four months old on May 25, 2013 with brain cancer called Optic Glioma. She will need 72 weeks of chemotherapy with hopes that the brain tumor will shrink enough to perform surgery. As of today she gets chemo every Tuesday and requires lots of...