Meet Mason – Leukemia
Mason was diagnosed with Leukemia in January of 2018. His symptoms started with him being lethargic but I chalked it up to him being a daddy’s boy and just wanting to lay around with dad. Then, I noticed his color was off and I mentioned it to my friend - he agreed....
Meet Liam – Leukemia
Liam was in the ER with what was thought to be a viral illness. A month after being discharged he was back in the ER again with similar symptoms. This was suspicious enough that he was transferred to the children's hospital to see the oncologist and then was correctly...
Meet Addalyn – DIPG
Our sweet little Addie was diagnosed with DIPG on Feb. 17th, 2021, just days before her first sister was due to arrive. At 8 years old, Addie was active and lively, while also still very shy. Within two weeks of symptoms, she was unable to walk, feed herself or use...
Meet Noah – Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
I took Noak to his 6-year check-up in January of 2020. He has always been small but the pediatrician referred us to an endocrinologist to rule out that his slow growth was anything other than genetics. A few weeks leading up to that appointment, we started noticing he...
Meet Braden – Acute Lymphatic Leukemia
Braden was diagnosed after getting an injury to his leg. Simple blood work turned into a nightmare within days when we learned of his cancer. Braden has struggled with multiple aspects of treatment, having his port accessed has been one of the biggest struggles...
Meet Oliver – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Oliver was diagnosed with ALL on February 26th, 2021. Before diagnosis, he had pale skin, petechiae, and bruising that was not going away.We can't be outdoors for more than 3 hours and haven't seen some of our family in months. It isn't safe for Oliver to be around a...
Meet Molly – Brain Tumor
Molly is a Musical theater major at UNCG. She sings and dances and is a pediatric cancer advocate. She is super positive and that helps her recover!Molly was first diagnosed in August of 2019 with Anaplastic Ependymoma. She had surgery and radiation. We thought she...
Meet Nicholas – Osteosarcoma
Nicholas had been complaining of a sore knee for a couple of months leading up to his diagnosis. He was 10 years old in the winter of 2018, and an amazing downhill and terrain park skier. We chalked the sore knee up to teaching himself new tricks in the terrain park....
Meet Ezlynn – Neuroblastoma
Ezlynn was a completely healthy toddler until she wasn't. In February of 2020, she spiraled downhill at such a fast pace that if we hadn't fought for a second (and a third opinion) and kept bringing her back, fighting the doctors for more answers, we may have not...
Meet Ajooni – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ajooni was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) in May 2018, 3 weeks before she turned 3.'It took quite a long time to diagnose; as in the beginning, doctors thought it was asthma, regular infections. Ajooni was given several courses of...
Photographer Spotlight – Amanda Orleman Photography
This month we are so excited to be shining our photographer spotlight on Amanda of Amanda Orleman Photography. Amanda Orleman is a Kansas City-based photographer, specializing in portrait photography. She has 5 kids, 3 are at home, one is due in June, and one is in...
Meet Samuel – Leukemia
In the summer of last year, Sam was feeling ill, pale and his nose was bleeding. He had a routine blood test done and we got a call saying he has Leukemia. A few weeks before Christmas Sam had a serious 25-minute seizure and spent several days at Johns Hopkins ICU on...