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...
Meet Gavin – B-cell Lymphoma/Leukemia
Gavin loves jokers, tricks, and art. He’s usually talkative and a very caring boy. He had a cervical lymph node that was surgically removed and he further declined. He was admitted to the hospital, they thought it was an infection, and one week later while in the...
Meet Cristiano – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
A word that has been used by many for Cristiano is stoic. This kid is tough and so strong. In the fall of 2020, Cristiano was having back pain. That led to him being diagnosed with ALL. He has had lots of lumbar punctures, infusions, and oral chemo. We are a...
Meet Terrance – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Terrance was diagnosed with ALL on January 15th, 2021. Before his diagnosis, he had a nose bleed that lasted up to almost an hour. So we rushed him to the ER and they started blood work and labs right away. The nurse came in and told us that his blood was real low and...
Meet Mia – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Mia was diagnosed on 2/15/21 with leukemia. Before her diagnosis, during the first week of February, Mia wasn't feeling well and started to sleep more. She passed out and so we contacted her doctor's office who recommended taking a covid test, it was negative. We...
Meet Everleigh – Leukemia
Everleigh is a spitfire! She is tough and so incredibly smart. Every time the doctors would expect her to be knocked down she proved them wrong. Treatment was fairly easy for her, she had very few complications. She loves all the attention. She knows exactly what she...
Meet Dylan – Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Dylan was diagnosed with AML in February of 2021 after having frequent headaches, lethargy, and pale skin. His type of leukemia required intensive chemotherapy treatments, a long-term hospital stay, and a bone marrow transplant. Dylan is home recovering and is...
Meet Joshua – Leukemia
Joshua is very outgoing, he loves to hang out with friends and play video games. Before he got sick he was playing football and baseball and would like to return to those sports in the future. While in the hospital he spent a lot of time coming up with ways to prank...
Meet Leah – Leukemia
Leah is a tomboy at heart. She loves dinosaurs, coloring, and playing in the dirt. She also loves cuddling up and watching movies with mom and dad. In August of 2021, Leah was taken to Vanderbilt children's hospital where she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic...
Meet Matthew – Leukemia
I have 3 boys, Mark (22yrs) Matthew (17yrs) Michael (14yrs). Mark & Matthew love baseball and are big Astros fans, they love to joke around, watch comedies and just sit around watching funny YouTube videos. If they’re not playing video games they’re trying to...
Meet Adrian – Clival Chordoma
Adrian was diagnosed with clival chordoma, a type of brain tumor, on January 21, 2021. He was 2.5 years old had a stiff neck for a couple of months, because of covid we only had virtual doctor appointments and we were told to monitor it. A couple of weeks later, he...
Meet Samuel – Optic Pathway Glioma
When Samuel was 9 months old, he started having some trouble with head control. His head would slightly shake and I couldn’t figure out why, but I heard it could be from fluid in the ears. A few days later when his eyes started shaking I knew something was wrong. We...