Miyonna’s journey started in August of 2020, she was only 3 years old and a very active little girl. She loved to play with her siblings, dance, and have fun. One day she came to me and told that her arm was sleepy (numb) so I was thinking that she fell or landed on it wrong or nursemaid elbow. So …

Ethan was a typical 3 year old boy prior to his diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Being a typical boy, he would have occasional bruises on his arms or legs from rough playing with his brothers. Approximately 1 month prior to Ethan’s diagnosis, he was noted to have more bruising than normal on his extremities. Two weeks prior, he …

In January of 2022 at the age of 16 months. Bennett Tate was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer that was growing behind his right eye. Before he was diagnosed, Bennett’s parents, Jessica and Blake noticed his right eye bulging and took him to the local ED in Orlando, Florida where they found a mass in his right …

Liam was born on July 19th, 2014 weighing a whopping 8lbs 14oz 21.5 inches long. Looked seemingly healthy and passed all the newborn tests and was good to go home at 3 days old, minus slight jaundice. We had his levels checked at 4 days old. July 25th, 2014 at just 5 days old, I got a call that would …

Myles was born with a genetic immune deficiency. Because he was born before his disease being included in newborn screening, he wasn’t diagnosed until he was around one year old. Typically, these kids don’t live beyond their 1st birthday, so we were very fortunate that it was caught. His first bone marrow transplant was immediately after his diagnosis and while …

Yosselin is an Osteosarcoma Cancer Survivor! Yosselin was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma on December 21, 2011, at age 6. Yosselin had a limb salvage and double lung surgery to remove the nodules. Yosselin endured 29 horrible chemotherapy treatments and multiple blood transfusions and platelets. As Yosselin grows, she has to have her rod lengthened. Now she is at the point where …

On October 3, 2019, our lives changed so suddenly. Our daughter Ariyana, at nine years old, had been complaining of leg and arm pain and weakness. We didn’t think much of it as she was a cheerleader practicing four times a week and would run twice a week for Girls on the Run. With that, we thought she pulled muscles. …

We found out about our daughter’s condition in November of 2019. She was playing with a drawing pad in her room when she had tripped over a toy and fell and hit her head on the baseboard heater at age 3. When we went to the hospital, they took her blood work, and it came back drastically low, so they …

­Marley’s symptoms, mainly occasional headaches and vomiting began in Fall 2019, when she was five years old. The doctor diagnosed her with migraines, caused by the stress of starting Kindergarten. “Weird, Marley loves school,” we thought. We also noticed that one of her pupils was slightly larger than the other. We took her to several eye doctors. Each one told …

It has been a long seven years with our little one, Chase. At four months old, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He has been through several treatment protocols, and while some have worked, they have not kept him in remission. It has been quite a journey and one that I would never choose for anyone. However, …