Meet Lucia – Diffuse midline Glioma
Lucia was diagnosed with cancer on September 2nd, 2021. We started to notice a tremble every now and then when she was stressed out or anxious, Then, it got progressively worse. This journey has changed a lot for us. One is we lost our nephew 4 years ago to DIPG and...
Meet Bo – Leukemia
Bo was diagnosed with ALL in February of 2021. Leading up to his diagnosis, he had an odd bump on his head. No other symptoms/changes. We are incredibly thankful that our pediatrician recommended we see a specialist to biopsy the bump. He receives intensive treatment...
Meet Angus – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Angus is a very happy, healthy, energetic 4-year-old boy who thrives on his BMX bike, skateboard and swinging a bat. On Monday, our family was in the snow playing, and by the next day, we had symptoms of some illness- flu-like symptoms-fever, lethargy, paleness, and...
Meet Kendric – Medulloblastoma
Kendric was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma at 3 years old in 2011. Medulloblastoma is a rapidly-growing tumor of the cerebellum — the lower, rear portion of the brain. He was having neck pains and then began vomiting when he woke up in the mornings. When Kendric...
Meet Penelope – Neuroblastoma
Penelope just turned one recently and she’s been through a lot. Her symptoms started at 6 months with constipation which is a very common symptom in a 6-month-old. As the next few months progressed her constipation came and went and then other symptoms started to...
Meet Max – Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Max had swelling above his eye that began at the end of June. We took him to the doctor several times and we were told it was allergies or a bug bite. An optometrist finally ordered an MRI and that’s when they discovered a mass on his orbit bone. He is currently on a...
Meet Rowan – Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Rowan was first diagnosed when he was 18 months old, in 2014. He went through 3 1/2 years of treatment, was considered cured, and then relapsed almost 2 years after his cure date. His second diagnosis was when he was 6, in 2020. He's currently going through kidney...
Meet Ignacio – Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
Ignacio was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma on December 25, 2021. A fall in a trampoline opened the never-ending pain. We left all our family in Puerto Rico to go to St Jude to save our son's life. He has had radiation, chemotherapy, big surgery, and...
Meet Carter – Will’s Tumor
Carter was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor when he was 3 years old in 2014. All the doctors said my said was fine. My intuition as his mom told me otherwise. No one believed me including my husband and his dad that something was wrong. I was fed up and took him into the...
Meet Everly – Leukemia
Everly was diagnosed with Leukemia on August 16th,2020. Before her diagnosis, she was complaining of leg pain and then would be fine. She also had fevers and cold symptoms off and on for 3 months. On the day of her diagnosis, her fever wouldn't go away with meds and...
Meet Celeste – Retinoblastoma
Last year at the beginning of the pandemic, Celeste was diagnosed with sporadic unilateral retinoblastoma with a grade D tumor at 20 months old. Celeste underwent multiple exams under anesthesia and multiple forms of chemotherapy. We started with three rounds of...
Meet Madyson – Leukemia
When Madyson was 7 months old, she started having random fevers and petechiae one weekend. We took her to multiple hospitals but all the tests they did came back negative. Her blood work was all over the place so her pediatrician sent her to Texas Children's Hospital....