Meet Emma – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Emma was diagnosed right before the pandemic hit in January 2020. She was in Pre-K and kept coming home exhausted. She looked pale and stopped eating. We took her to get blood work done and they called the next morning (Sunday) and told us to go to the nearest ER that...
Meet Jessica – Wilms Tumor
Jessica was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor in May of 2021. The only symptom she had was a tummy ache. She had 33 weeks of treatment, 13 days of radiation, chemotherapy, and kidney removal. The biggest struggle has been the covid procedures at the hospital and not letting...
Meet Finnigan – Ependymoma
Finn was diagnosed with cancer in November 2021. He was a healthy boy. He never had any major health problems until one day on October 26th, 2021 when he had a seizure, all of a sudden. We were having a walk in the forest when all of this happened and it was a real...
Meet Aiden – Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
Aiden is a very active 4-year-old. He is very smart, funny, strong, and brave. He has beautiful energy and spirit. He loves Hulk and the Avengers. It was normal for Aiden to have some bruises on his shins due to his level of consistent activity. However, in the...
Meet Rose – Neuroblastoma
Rose was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in October of 2018 and she relapsed in July of 2020. She is still battling her relapse. Rose all of a sudden stopped eating at the beginning of October. She lost a lot of weight in two weeks and had bad head pains. She’s...
Meet Caisen – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Caisen was always a very happy little guy, then one night he spiked a small fever and was acting very irritable. I took him to urgent care and I was very concerned because I knew that was not like him. The doctor said it was a virus so I went home. I tried to let it...
Meet Emilia – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Emilia loves to dance! Every time music starts, you will see her twirling around. She adores her older brother, although they fight like cats and dogs. She loves dolls and loves imaginative play, we are constantly being made cups of tea and coffee and banana bread by...
Meet Beckham – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Beckham was diagnosed with ALL on December 29th, 2020. He had fever and leg pain leading up to his diagnosis. They said it was probably covid and to quarantine. We did and after 2 weeks his appetite decreased. The fevers were gone but we just knew something wasn’t...
Meet Lucas – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
My son Lucas is a very happy child. He loves to dance and help in the kitchen. He always gives us hugs that fill us with so much love. It is indescribable how he gives us so much joy. In the summer of last year, Lucas had bruises that began to appear on his legs. I...
Meet Santiago – Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Santiago was diagnosed with leukemia on February 4th of 2020 at the age of 3 and right before the pandemic hit. Before his diagnosis, he had several ear infections and wouldn't get better. I also noticed a loss of appetite, energy, and some bruises on his legs and...
Meet Kolby – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kolby was diagnosed with cancer on May 18, 2021. Kolby just presented with a fever that wouldn’t go away for a few days and blood in his nose. We thought it was a sinus infection. The pediatrician didn’t like his coloring when she saw him and wanted to order a blood...
Meet Sofia – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Sofia was diagnosed with ALL on June 18, 2020. She started with a fever that would break with medicine but kept coming back for seven days. She got more and more tired as the days progressed and eventually became pale and had petechia inside her lips. Sofia has been...