Meet Ania – ALL
Ania was diagnosed at 6 months with ALL. Today she is 22 months old and has accepted the treatment well. When she was diagnosed, we were practically at the hospital for 10 months. During that time, Ania learned to eat, crawl, and walk but above all to be very strong-...
Meet Hendrix – ALL
Hendrix was diagnosed with ALL on February 23, 2023. Before diagnosis, he had a weird rash on his bum, then petechiae all over his body. When Hendrix was two weeks into maintenance for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Hendrix went diabetic ketoacidosis. And almost passed...
Meet Oliver – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ollie is a little shy at first, but when he warms up, he is very silly and goofy. He loves to tell jokes and play pranks. He laughs at all our jokes (even bad ones) and likes to make up his own jokes and silly songs. He loves superheroes, paw patrol, sharks, cars,...
Meet Eden – Osteosarcoma & Lymphoma
Eden was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at the age of 14. Her diagnosis was just before Christmas in December of 2021. She had treatment until September of 2022 and was in remission for about a year. Then during a routine follow-up appointment in October of 2023, a scan...
Meet Eve – Medulloblastoma
In the fall of 2023, Eve suffered random bouts of sickness, but without any fever and always recovered almost immediately. She saw her pcp a few times because of all this but there were no immediate concerns. It was when her gait changed and her balance became a bit...
Meet Gracie – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Gracie was diagnosed with leukemia on December 2, 2022, when she was 11 years old. Gracie was a Club soccer player. She started having a lot of pain in her legs and back. First, we thought it was growing pains. But after several trips to the ER when she was in...
Meet Matthias – Optic Nerve Pathway Glioma
Matthias was diagnosed with optic nerve pathway glioma in August 2023. He lost his vision in his right eye. The glioma has also affected his gross motor skills, as he is not able to stand or walk on his own. It has limited his speech to only a few words, and it has...
Meet Jacob – ATRT
Jacob was diagnosed with ATRT on Feb 14th after being unable to walk straight. He had a brain tumor removed on Feb 16th and has been on treatment since then. He Will have a 5th chemo cycle + proton radiation. Besides the common limitations due to chemo, he does not...
Meet Jaysen – Leukemia
Jaysen was diagnosed with leukemia in October of 2023. He had a very high fever for 5 days straight and lots of pain when he walked. He has had a bone marrow biopsy, a port placement surgery, several lumbar punctures, and weekly chemotherapy. Our family has had to...
Meet Liam – Ewing Sarcoma
Liam was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma on November 14, 2023. Before his diagnosis, he had a growth on his right side. He completed 14 rounds of chemo, had 2 surgeries to remove the tumor, and had a medical port in his chest. We are more grateful to God for all the...
Meet Abigail – Lymphoma
Abigail was diagnosed with lymphoma on February 3, 2024. She was always getting sick and then all of a sudden she couldn't even sit up without being in severe pain which led to more blood work and a colonoscopy which is how we found the cancer. She is doing several...
Meet Audrey – Acute Myeloid Lekeumia
Audrey was diagnosed with AML on January 3rd. She is currently in remission!! She is one spicy and full of life 2 year old.She has two older brothers that she adores. Her dad, Jeremy, also had leukemia when he was 2 years old so this really hit home and was hard for...