Meet Hunter – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Hunter is active and dangerous, even in his quietness he is deep in thought. He is a climber like his favorite superhero Spider-Man. He loves art and dance and finds evocative emotional realities in nature, paintings and music. He loves the outdoors as much as the art...
Meet Abigail – Medulloblastoma
Abigail loves all animals real and magical. She loves unicorns and her favorite time of year is Halloween. She absolutely loves it. She loves bug hunting and being outside playing. She used to love to draw. She still does once in awhile still. She likes doing arts and...
Meet Dominic – PNET
Dominic had a seizure at 16 months that led to his diagnosis. He received 6 cycles of chemo with an auto stem cell transplant. He was in remission for 6 months. He had another seizure which led to us finding out on his relapse. We then did 30 sessions of proton...
Meet Teddy – Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Teddy loves super heroes. He loves cars (hot wheels everything), monster trucks, soccer balls, and he loves going to baseball games and of course, the Boston Red Sox. He absolutely adores the beach and water and finds it very therapeutic. And lastly he is obsessed...
Meet Emmett – Neuroblastoma
Emmett is hilarious. Hi is usually smiling, and just a warm person. He gives the best hugs, has sweet dimples and gives winks to his nurses. He has the sweetest giggle. He loves hot wheels, paw patrol, Cars, and Blaze the monster machines. We went in for his two year...
Meet Holden – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Holden was diagnosed with ALL B cell Burkitts Leukemia. He is actually only the 6th in the world to have this rare geno type of Leukemia. He first started getting sick in February while in wrestling tournaments. He had low grade fevers and was very tired. Holden had 6...
Meet Kathryn – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kathryn loves people. People, especially her family, can get her to smile more than anything. We're lucky that she's a happy and easy going baby which has made hospital life easier. Right now she loves walks in the hallways or outside so that she can see new things....
Meet Nathalia – Retinoblastoma
Nathalia is a really funny girl! She loves to dance, loves frozen, trolls, Disney. She's very much involved with family and loves her new baby sister. Nathalia was diagnosed at birth with bilateral retinoblastoma. She lost her right eye to cancer, and they saved her...
Meet Logan – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
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Meet Morgan – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Morgan is very shy when you first meet her but when she opens up she is super funny and talkative. Her brother makes her laugh the most. She loves Shopkins, My Little Pony, LOL dolls, Teen Titans Go, and Steven Universe. She loves to draw and paint and is actually...
Meet Baylie – Hodgkins Lymphoma
Baylie has the sweetest personality. She is always smiling and laughing. She is courageous and refuses to let cancer control her. She is a cheerleader at her school and is a great role model. She has an amazing heart of gold. She had just celebrated turning 16 when...
Meet Orlando – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Last summer, Orlando was playing soccer and was feeling weak. He couldn’t run fast and had hard time breathing. His dad and I took him to the ER to see what was wrong. The doctor said he had asthma. A week later Orlando started to get red spots around his body. Once...