I got diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in my right femur on a Friday afternoon in September of 2010. The weekend after that, I was supposed to move in with my friends at Xavier University to start my junior year. I was 20 years old at the time. I didn’t know anything about osteosarcoma and I didn’t know what to …
Makayla is a happy little girl full of love and Faith. She loves Soccer, Dance, Track and field, loves to cook and Plans to travel the world when she grows up. Makayla was diagnosed with a Brain Tumor called juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA)only a week after finishing Kindergarten at 6 years old. Our world was flipped upside down. Makayla became very …
Joseph was 14 and in the eighth grade when he noticed that he was having difficulty swallowing. After a trip to the pediatrician thinking he had swollen glands from the persistent cold he seemed to have all winter, Joe was sent to Children’s Hospital Liberty Campus for an ultrasound of his neck and chest. It was in the ultrasound exam …
Frankie is our fun-loving, endless energy, sweet boy. A mass was discovered two weeks prior to his birth on a fetal MRI. When he was born on August 8, 2014, it was confirmed to be Neuroblastoma and the tumor was removed when he was ten days old. A few months after surgery, the Neuroblastoma was present in his liver and …
My name is Thomas Edwards. I’m 23 years old and I’m currently a full-time college student. I currently work at a local Deli full-time as well while pursuing construction management and with a double major in land surveying. In May of 2017, during the first week of my new job as a land surveyor for a civil engineering firm, I …
Hello, my name is Julia and I am a Leukemia survivor. On June 28, 2015, I married my best friend in Cincinnati, Ohio. We spent our honeymoon in Venice, Italy, and then returned to start our life together. I was entering my doctorate program for pharmacy in August that year, and I had three days of school orientation before classes …
“Taylor Pearl Heatherly” At the age of 14 (Freshman year of High School), Taylor was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma, which in layman’s terms is when white blood cells, called lymphocytes, become abnormal and grow in an uncontrolled way. People usually present with painless swelling in the neck, armpit or groin. This is caused by enlarged lymph nodes. When …
By Matt Neitzke My life was just like any other 10-year-olds: full of hanging with friends, chasing girls around, and playing baseball. Every day was as good as the last and it seemed like joy was never-ending. This was the reality I knew until the one night came that would forever change my life. It was a Friday in the …
On June 20th, 2018 The Aubrey Rose Foundation held its 3rd Annual City Chicks for Charity event at Switch Lighting & Design. The night was filled with generous ‘chicks’ shopping and having fun for a great cause. Each year, Aubrey Rose partners with a charity to benefit from the event as well. This year, The Dragonfly Foundation was so grateful …
