Meet Gianna – AT/RT
Gianna was diagnosed with AT/RT in December of 2018,. She underwent 10 months of treatment. She did regular chemo, high dose chemo with BMT, and finally radiation. We were treated at 3 different hospitals. We were at Valley Children’s first, then UCSF Benioff, and...
Meet Maxime – Recurrent Medulloblastoma
Max loves to laugh - he loves singing and dancing - even in the hospital when we were inpatient for over a month. He also likes to be a little chef and help me cook in the kitchen, his specialty is baked apple cider donuts and chocolate chip cookies. He was first...
Meet Lily – Brain Tumor
Lily was diagnosed with cancer when she was 5 months old. Before she was diagnosed, we noticed that her eyes started wiggling back and forth. An MRI was done and showed that she had bilateral tumors on her optic nerves. Lily started her first treatment at 7 months of...
Meet Haylee – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Haylee woke up in the middle of the night complaining of severe leg and hip pain. As time went by, we tried giving her Tylenol and the pain seemed to just keep getting worse. I took her into the emergency room on that Sunday morning where blood work revealed that...
Meet Hudson – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Before Hudson's diagnosis, I noticed a rash called petechiae on Hudson’s forearm just shortly before diagnosis. I knew what this was caused by as I work in medicine. I began to watch for other subtle symptoms such as paleness, bruising, appetite changes. I monitored...
Meet Lincoln – Acute Bilineage Leukemia
Lincoln was diagnosed with Leukemia on November 13, 2017, one month after his 4th birthday. About a month after the 2017-2018 school year began, Lincoln started to exhibit typical cold virus symptoms. About a week passed and his cough started to get worse, he had a...
Meet Emilio – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Emilio was diagnosed in July 2021 with ALL. He had a low-grade fever for 4 days and was cranky. Since he is so young I first thought the fever was due to him teething. On the fourth day, I took him in to urgent care just to check to see if anything else was causing...
Meet Jaasiel – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Meet Asher – Retinoblastoma
Asher was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma in October 2016, three weeks after his first birthday. His left eye had always been a concern of mine. His first pediatrician dismissed my concerns and reassured me that eyes in infants are not symmetrical. By the time he was 10...
Meet Braxton – Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Braxton was diagnosed with ALL on July 4th, 2021. Three weeks before the diagnosis, we were told Braxton just had a virus in the back of his throat. It was very painful for him so they recommended doing Tylenol for pain, keeping him very hydrated, and trying cold...
Meet Eli – Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Eli is an old soul. He likes goofy things. He’s into Roblox, football, KC chiefs, fishing & playing with friends. Eli was first diagnosed with cancer at age 1. He completed 3 1/2 years of treatments. In April of 2019, his cancer returned. He is currently in...
Meet Leanor – Ewing Sarcoma
Leanor was diagnosed in December of 2020 with Ewing Sarcoma. She complained of pain in her leg at night for a few weeks, which we all wrote off as growing pain. Leanor was actively engaged in ballet classes and tends to favor her left side, so we really didn't think...