Chloe loves to dance! She enjoys playing with her siblings and anything related to Despicable Me and Minions. She gets excited any time she sees Minnie Mouse. It doesn’t take her long to warm up to people, and once she does she does not stop talking. She is very social. She is the youngest of our girls and is definitely the most feisty.
On January 13 of 2017, Chloe was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma. Prior to her diagnosis, Chloe had fevers and was lethargic. She also experienced loss of appetite, had a bruise above her eye, and her eyes appeared to bulge out. She has undergone 5 cycles of induction chemotherapy, 2 cycles of high dose chemotherapy, 2 bone marrow transplants, 12 rounds of radiation, 7 surgeries, and she is currently going through her fourth cycle of immunotherapy treatment.
Chloe is our youngest of three girls, and was only 17 months old when she was diagnosed. Her father and I both wanted to stay at the hospital with her when she was admitted for her chemotherapy treatments and transplants. As a result, our two older girls had to spend a lot of time away from us. Her young sisters are unable to fully grasp everything that is happening. With that being said, they have expressed sadness and anger due to the separation. We welcomed our first baby boy in-between Chloe’s first and second transplant so we have also been adjusting to our newly expanded family during her treatment. We decided it was necessary for me to stop working in order to best care for Chloe during treatment so we also went down to one income while going through all of these other changes.
Although it has been challenging, God has brought our little warrior a mighty long way. She will be done with treatment in April, and has made amazing progress!
