Drew
Drew
ALL SurvivorOne thought that never crossed my mind as a parent was the fear of a cancer diagnosis for my five year old son.
One thought that never crossed my mind as a parent was the fear of a cancer diagnosis for my five year old son.
Stanley was only 13 months old when he was diagnosed. He was a happy and healthy baby boy. Showing no previous symptoms or signs of sickness, Stanley was rushed to the ER one late Wednesday night because his parents, Joe and Krissi, thought he might have swallowed something. That was December 16, 2015. By 8p.m.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivor travels from India to receive LLS-funded treatment
Most importantly, the doctors, nurses, and researchers are true angles; wouldn’t be here without them. Dedicating their lives to saving others’, I am forever thankful. Not to mention the secretaries, volunteers, and administrators who are the lubrication to the operation, thank God.
Maddox's journey began in October 2015 when he first started showing signs of being sick at just three years old. He had a tummy ache one day and a few bruises on his arms and legs, both of which we thought we had explanations for. It wasn't until he experienced a nose bleed at daycare and had an extraordinarily whiny day on a field trip, that I started to wonder if something else w
I am Grayton Bliss and I am a survivor! I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in December 2008, at four years old. Today, I am 13 years old and I have conquered the disease and am in remission. My mother and father tell my story with a full and happy heart. We look back at photos taken just a few months prior to diagnosis and we can see the physical characteristics of the disease.
On Monday July 17, 2017 my world got flipped upside down. I got out of work to bring my son, Nate to the ER, he had a bad stomach ache, my thoughts were he might have appendicitis. When I got him to CCMC, he was in extreme pain and they took him in right away. Initially the docs thought the same, they did a bedside ultrasound to find the appendix and it could not be found.