Meet Ella Joy – T-Cell Leukemia
My daughter had stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer and more recently relapsed with T-Cell Leukemia. Her brother helped donate his bone marrow to help her as she fought for her life a second time. She had frontline chemotherapy the first time she was diagnosed as...
Meet Aliya – Rhabdomyosarcoma
My daughter was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma in September of 2016. We noticed that Aliya had one calf muscle that was bigger than the other one. She played and acted like a normal 3-year-old so we really didn't think anything of it. She was not complaining or in...
Meet Sarah – Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
Our daughter Sarah (5 years old) was diagnosed with leukemia (ALL) last year. Sarah was just a normal girl before she was diagnosed. She was never sick. We have no cancer history in the family. We still don't know how and what happened. Due to her diagnosis, her...
Meet Hudson – Medulloblastoma
Our baby was diagnosed the day before thanksgiving in 2020 at 14 months old. He also had metastasized disease in his spine. He was in remission starting in July 2021 for 3 months when he was diagnosed with relapse in late October 2021. The brain tumor reoccurrence was...
Meet Heidi – Leukemia
Heidi had a backache and we went to urgent care. The doctor said it was muscle strain and prescribed a relaxer. Five days later, we followed up with a doctor and she said it was an infection. A week went by and she was still not better. She had lost 28 pounds by this...
Meet Paisley – Neuroblastoma
Paisley's diagnosis happened fast. She had zero symptoms except for the day before being diagnosed. Her tumor was in her abdomen and when that thing started to grow, it grew quickly. Her belly had a hard spot and she began to feel tired a weak. She has had 5 rounds of...
Meet Roman – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Our son Roman was diagnosed on May 17th, 2022 with ALL. Roman is our little dancer/dinosaur of the house and he just started acting off, he was sleeping more, and complaining of knee pain. Then out of nowhere, he started to look pale. As a mom, you know something is...
Meet Harshit – Leukemia, Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, and Rhabdomyocarcoma
Harshit was diagnosed with a combination of rare cancers on November 4th, 2018. He has undergone a very aggressive treatment which includes many chemotherapy cycles, major thoracic surgery, and a bone marrow transplant for which he had to stay in the hospital off and...
Meet Rowan – Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Rowan was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma on April 20, 2022 — three days before her thirteenth birthday. Ro had no symptoms or health issues at all. She was a student-athlete having an amazing season on the track team. But one day I picked her up from track...
Meet Soraia – Leukemia
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Meet Eleanor – Neuroblastoma
In the fall of 2018, Eleanor had pain in her legs and began to want to be only carried a lot. Ellie has had two years of chemo and immunotherapy including two stem cell transplants. She has also received multiple forms of high-dose radiation as well as surgeries...
Meet Zeke – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Zeke is sweet and spicy. He's loving and cuddly but also lets you know when he's annoyed! He has a brother who is 13 months older and they are best friends. Zeke was diagnosed on June 25, 2020. He was bruising heavily on his forehead and forming petechiae on his legs....