Meet Jackson – Wilms Tumor
Jackson was diagnosed with stage 2 unfavorable diffuse Wilms' Tumor in January of this year. He has been fighting hard ever since. Jackson has had his tumor removed, along with one of his kidneys. His treatment plan consisted of a combination of radiation and...
Meet Ava – All
Ava was diagnosed with A.L.L. (Leukemia) on Nov.1, 2012. She is currently undergoing treatment at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ. Ava loves Taylor Swift, Sharpei from High School Musical and the NY Giants. She enjoys dancing, cheerleading,...
Meet Grace – Neuroblastoma
Grace was dx with Atypical Nodular Ganglioneuroblastoma in Sept 2010 and was NED for 9 months and relapsed Jan 2012. After more rigorous treatment which ended in Feb 2013, Grace still has a small tumor on her aorta which is inoperable. Grace loves school and is doing...
Meet David – Neuroblastoma
David’s cancer was discovered after he was having a hard time walking, having fevers, and was simply not being himself. It was after about a month of doing all kinds of tests to figure out what was wrong with him. Then finally in June of 2012 they found a large mass...
Meet Maddy – Neuroblastoma
Maddy always had leg pain since she was a toddler. The week of September 17th, it got worse. She was complaining everyday and not being very active. Then she was sick for 24 hours with a fever and vomiting. So I figured virus. Then two days after that she woke up with...
Meet Gavin – All
Gavin was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on March 15th, 2013. He is currently in treatment at Seattle Children's Hospital. Gavin is also autistic (diagnosed in the summer of 2012) so he doesn't understand what is going on or that he is sick. Hope Session...
Meet Connor – Ewings Sarcoma
Conner is 4 with Ewings Sarcoma. Conner is a super sweet, often soft spoken, funny, 4 year old. He says the funniest things, probably because his sister is 16 and brother is 18. Conner was very much our "miracle" baby to start with. My husband and I are high school...
Meet Mathias – ALL
Mathias was diagnosed on May 21, 2011 with ALL/Philadelphia Plus. He was 9 years old. He did all the chemo to get him into remission then started the prep work for a transplant. His brother was a perfect match. He did amazing an was in remission/post transplant when...
Meet Mimi – ALL
Mimi was diagnosed with leukemia at 1 1/2 years old after a couple days of low fevers. For almost a year, she had inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy a few times a week. Now chemo pills, port pricks and clinic visits are routine events Mimi faces with a smile on her...
Meet Cainan – ALL
Cainan was diagnosed with ALL on January 29th 2013. He'd been running a fever for about three weeks with no other symptoms and then we found out why. He is currently in the consolidation phase of his treatment and was recently found to have a low number of chromosomes...
Meet Luke – Retinoblastoma
Luke was diagnosed with retinoblastoma eye cancer last year at the age of 14 months. He received intra-arterial chemo therapy treatment at the Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven Connecticut. Luke's treatment was truly miraculous and he was even featured in the...
Meet Maddy – ALL
Maddy is an amazing 8 year old little girl. She loves anything pink and sparkly, makeup, my little pony, school, softball, football, and cheerleading. She has a little sister who she loves dearly and two parents that adore both of them. She is a social butterfly and...