Makinley is the most fun loving little girl we know. She loves to make jokes and has great comebacks. She loves anything and everything rainbow. She plays soccer on a team and she is really good! She’s also a wonderful big sister. We couldn’t be more proud to call her our daughter.
On August 20th 2013, at just 2 months old, Makinley was diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma. There were no obvious symptoms at that time but the pediatrician felt a tumor on her liver at a routine well baby check up.
Makinley had to have 7 total rounds of chemotherapy and received a liver transplant at just 8 months old. She has to get routine labs and scans to ensure that everything is okay with her transplanted liver and we have to be careful that she doesn’t get sick since she is on antirejection medications that weaken her immune system.
Makinley has been through so much but she is such a helpful and caring girl. She wants to be part of anything to help other fighters like her.
