Emilia was diagnosed on August 23, 2023 with B Cell ALL. Before her diagnosis, she had petiki spots on her chest and body stared appearing. She was fatigued and complained of body aches all the time and didn’t wanna eat and just sleep all day.
She’s been going through chemo sessions through her port and bone marrow/spinal Tap tests. We are in consolidation stage in induction.
She truly is a fighter and has a heart of gold. Her spirit is so high right now and she really does live life to the fullest every day as we all should!
Adriel was diagnosed on May 16th, 2023. He fell My son fell on May 5th at school and bumped his head. The accident caused bad bruising to the face. We only took a cat scan and then got sent home. A couple weeks later he didn’t look so well, he started looking really pale and was sleeping a lot during the day and had no energy, I took him to the ER and they did blood work and rushed us to Loma Linda.
We have had to be isolated from anything and everything to keep my son safe. My son will be missing up to 2 years of school. I feel cancer stole these years from us. It has caused emotional and physical stress.
He’s a sweet boy. He wants to play soccer when he beats cancer!
Maya loves to spend her time dancing, singing, and watching her favorite movies(Trolls, Sing, Luca, Disney Princesses, Miraculous the Ladybug, and Frozen) she likes wearing her princess dresses.
Maya was diagnosed with ALL on 02/07/2022. Before that we noticed, she had many fever, bruises on her legs, and tiny red spots around her body.
Because of treatment, she can’t go to school, no family visits, we can’t do activities with others, she can’t play with other kids, and no traveling.
When she started treatment, the arts & crafts were her escape materials to enjoy her time at the hospital or home. She started building her first LEGO during her first month at the hospital, by then she was able to build advanced levels of LEGO for adults and now she has a big collection!
Archie is an old soul! We often describe him as a 70 yr old man in a 7 yr olds body. He’s very logical and blunt. He’s particularly and a little peculiar. He loves video games, Domino’s pizza, and the color green. Archie laughs the most at poop jokes (perhaps one of the very few “7 yr old” tendencies he has)! He loves his cat, Lucy, the very most!
Archie’s only symptom was randomly throwing up every other day for a little over a week, very odd for leukemia. The pediatrician thought it was the flu. My wife’s gut said “It’s more” and took him to urgent care where we learned his white blood cell count was nearly 700,000.
We are about a year into treatment… constant chemo. We’ve clocked about 100 days in the hospital over various treatment cycles. We’ve spent so much time in isolation to keep Archie safe. We have missed family events, play dates with friends, and all other parts of “normal” life.
This has made us so careful and scared. We’re worried about spending time in groups because of germ exposure so we are isolated. Our other two kids have had to sacrifice their lives as well to help keep Archie safe. My wife and I have had to spend more time apart than ever collectively in our 12 years together. It’s also made us so grateful for the special moments we get; for any “normal” moment and for the simple opportunity to just be together.
Archie, historically, has been very loud about not doing things he doesn’t want to. It made us worried about how he’d handle a treatment regime that he has no control over but he’s been incredible at dealing with the reality and taking the disappointments. We’re just so proud of him!
Brennan is a sweet kid with a big sense of humor. His goldendoodle Milo usually makes him laugh. He likes football and playing video games with his dad and school friends.
Brennan was a football player before diagnosis. He had pain below his rib a few weeks before diagnosis that we thought was a bruised rib from a tackle. After continuous pain, paleness, and sickness we took him to the doctor for a third time where they did bloodwork that led to a cancer diagnosis in the fall of 2021.
Brennan has bone marrow biopsies, several lumbar punctures, blood transfusions, and chemotherapy infusion treatments.
Cancer diagnosis has put some limitations on our lives. Guiding through hospital stays and learning how to cope with chemo side effects has been a challenge.
Brennan has been in chemotherapy treatment for over two years and he finished treatment in February of this year. He will be a cancer survivor!
Dominic is very playful but also mischievous. He fights with the siblings but then can be extra lovable. He is spunky. He is determined and very hard-headed. He is wonderful. Loves animals superheroes and construction vehicles.
He was diagnosed with ALL on May 24, 2022. He was pale and feverish for almost a month. They gave him an antibiotic for an ear infection but he was not getting better so they switched and when he still wasn’t getting better, I took him to the ER. I then noticed lumps on his neck.
We struggle every day more than others. It’s hard to give all 3 kids their individual attention due to the little one illness. It has changed our lives because we are in constant worry about Dominic. We are stressed all the time juggling all 3 kids. (16,11,4) The older 2 are awesome but sometimes they also need alone time with mom.
