Emma has a quiet but funny personality. She loves to joke around and make up raps. She has a soft spot for animals, especially puppies. She very much enjoys playing Minecraft with her younger sister. She loves art. She is involved with Girl Guides and enjoys helping younger children.

Three years ago she was getting constant headaches with extreme thirst and nosebleeds. After taking her to the doctor, we discovered she had Acute Myeloid Leukemia or AML. Emma ended up being hospitalized 51 weeks! She has been through so much including two rounds of chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, and numerous bone marrow aspirates and LP. She had a sepsis episode resulting in 23 minutes of cpr and three and a half weeks in the ICU. She was confined to a bed for 10 months.

This has been the most challenging last three years. We have prayed and fought for our daughter like never before. We witnessed miracles that she is still with us as she was given less than a 1% chance of survival. Emma told us that she always thought she would come home, that she would live. She has been through so much and ended up missing about two years of school. She has just started high school and is so excited to be there. We are incredibly blessed!

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