Isabella is the sweetest, kindest, smartest and most big hearted almost 4 year old. Her smile and personality have stolen everyone’s hearts here at the hospital and has left an imprint on so many. She LOVES to sing and dance, loves to draw and paint and do crafts, loves books and loves to be with her family and friends when she can. She also loves holidays and decorating for them, especially Christmas.
Isabella was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in March of 2017. She had sinusitis for 2 weeks, vomiting at night, and was getting progressively worse which led us to the ER for possible dehydration. She has endured six rounds of high dose chemotherapy, three stem cell transplants, and is currently in rehab and is receiving six weeks of craniospinal proton beam radiation.
I (Isabella’s mom) had to stop working because of the need to be with her here in a Philadelphia which is a distance from our home in NY. My husband works every other week to relieve me so that I can be with our 8 month old son whom I gave birth to 4 days after Isabella was diagnosed. We have not been able to be together as a family very much and our son is being taken care of by our families while we are back and forth with our Isabella at CHOP.
We are hoping for more time together as a family so that Isabella can have the opportunity to be the big sister that she so longs to be.
Hope session by Fortunato Photography
Session location by Sands Point Reserve