A Black Friday childhood cancer diagnosis…

Today is #GivingTuesday, a day to celebrate the spirit of giving.In November, we highlighted Caroline and her family. Caroline is beating neuroblastoma cancer in Nashville, on one of the clinical trials you’re helping us drive. Today we have a guest post from Margaret, Caroline’s mom.Black Friday (literally!) 2017: Diagnosis Day Black Friday 2018: Same spot, one year into treatment, and still …

Ezra Matthews

Ezra was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma on October 4th, 2009 at the age of 13 months. The day before Ezra’s 2nd birthday the Matthews family discovered he’d relapsed already, less than 4 months out of stem cell transplant. This meant his neuroblastoma was very aggressive, and there was no current cure. They were slated to start a trial using a …

Will Lacey

Ezra was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma on October 4th, 2009 at the age of 13 months. The day before Ezra’s 2nd birthday the Matthews family discovered he’d relapsed already, less than 4 months out of stem cell transplant. This meant his neuroblastoma was very aggressive, and there was no current cure. They were slated to start a trial using a …

John Gegen

On the 1st of June 2012, life as we knew it ended when our beautiful daughter, Lily-Mae was diagnosed with Stage IV neuroblastoma just 6 weeks after her 4th birthday. Lily-Mae hadn’t been particularly ill, she’d had a pain in her back for about two weeks, but it wasn’t a persistent pain and she went to school & her ballet …

Lily-Mae Morrison

On the 1st of June 2012, life as we knew it ended when our beautiful daughter, Lily-Mae was diagnosed with Stage IV neuroblastoma just 6 weeks after her 4th birthday. Lily-Mae hadn’t been particularly ill, she’d had a pain in her back for about two weeks, but it wasn’t a persistent pain and she went to school & her ballet …

Malia Jusczyk

On April 1, 2011, it was official: 2 ½-year-old Malia Dakota Jusczyk’s carefree life of Disney World and pony rides, soccer practice and swimming pools, came to a grinding halt. A CT scan revealed that Malia’s recent “tummy aches” were caused by a large tumor lodged in her abdomen. The solid mass wrapped around major blood vessels and pushed against …

Brooke Hester

Brooke Elizabeth is 5 ½ years innocent. Her first strange sign of what would later be diagnosed as full blown aggressive stage IV neuroblastoma cancer came September 21, 2010 with a phone call from Brooke’s daddy while her mother was away at a state science education conference. Our perfectly happy, healthy toddler had a sudden painless limp which rapidly progressed …

Grayson Dragon Hernandez

Grayson Dragon Hernandez was 5 1/2 months old when his parents took him to emergency room at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans for a barium enema. They did a routine x-ray and ultrasound but before giving him the enema they asked his parents to follow them back to our exam room. A few seconds later an oncologist walked into the …

Caden Shrauger

In March 2012, three months shy of his 4th birthday, Caden began complaining of leg pain while on vacation in Utah. On March 30, 2012, Caden was flown 700 miles from home to Seattle Children’s Hospital. The initial fear was leukemia, but tests pointed toward another type of cancer – Neuroblastoma. On April 3, doctors in Seattle diagnosed Caden with …

Isabella Denisulk

Please pray for Isabella Denisulk, a beautiful warrior whose neuroblastoma has relapsed!