The Kids

Braeden was diagnosed with stage III, high risk neuroblastoma and opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome on May 15, 2007, the day before his second birthday. He received six cycles of intense chemotherapy, had surgery to remove the softball size tumor from his abdomen, had high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant, and completed twelve cycles of radiation therapy at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He rallied and spent a wonderful two months with our family. On April 18, 2009 at 2:27 a.m. he went quietly from our arms into the arms of Jesus. Strong and courageous to the end…..he will be our little Super Hero, always. Please click his photo to visit his web site.

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"Boey", This amazing little 8 year old was fighting cancer but not laying down. She met with Senator Wyden OR. to get on board for the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act. "Boey" aka Jenessa N. Byers earned her wings on December 28, 2007.

"She Believed"

Caleb Robert Whan was Diagnosed at the age of 3 with a rare form of ALL called Hypodiploid. He underwent 4 rounds of chemo, Total Body Radiation, and a bone marrow transplant. Through all of this Caleb always had a smile on his face. Caleb and his family had to relocate to Durham, NC to receive his transplant. Caleb received his transplant on November 20, 2007. The doctors were amazed how well Caleb did through this transplant and procedures. When Caleb and his family returned back home to Florida in March of 2008 they found out he had relapsed. The doctors said that they could put Caleb on Chemo that would prolong his life or Hospice. They decided to go with Hospice knowing the Chemo would not cure there son. On March 28, 2008 Caleb passed away 11 short days after his 4th Birthday.

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Billy, (photo 2007) originally diagnosed with 'growing pains', waited almost a year before final dx of ewings sarcoma of the distal femur in Sept. 2002, age 10. Total removal of his femur, knee, and hip also removed the cancer. Chemo treatment for 10 months destroyed his bone marrow and he was dxd with MDS, an aggressive blood cancer; and he was given 6 months to live if a 'good' bone marrow donor wasn't found. 3 days on the bone marrow registry revealed a 'Perfect Match'. Billy received the Gift Of Life in March of 2004. Billy and his Family fought the fight of their live's, and with the Prayer's of thousands from around the world, Billy is now considered CURED.
Billy is now 17, a Senior in High School, and has plans to attend the University of Florida Medical School.
Billy is ..............My Son

Our son Colton was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. It is an inoperable malignent tumor in the pons area of his brain stem.We were told by his doctors that he only had the flu because he was throwing up and having headaches, he was clumsy and choking on his food and lethargic.We knew something was wrong and took him to the hospital one morning where the doctor listened and did a ct scan. We had an MRI done on .January 13, 2009. We were told there is no cure and survival is usually only 9 to 12 months. We decided to do a protocal at St. Judes Childrens Hospital in Memphis ,Tn. Radiation has been the only thing that has helped and that only prolonged life for a while. We did 6 weeks of radiation at the highest dose we could do for it being the brainstem and were told that he can not have any more radiation that this was all he could have because it was his brainstem we were messing with. We also did an oral chemo a phase one trial.Being that this tumor is so rare (less than 200 diagosed every year) there are not many options out there. We continued to go back for Mri's and found out in August that there was a possiblity his tumor was growing back (less than 6 months after radiation being finished) We went back in September and our worst fears came true, his tumor was back and bigger than when we first started. We were taken off the chemo and given very few options being that his tumor had blood in it. If that happens most options are out the window. We were put one on chemo hoping to make him more comfortable and were sent home on hospice they said we had probably 3 to 6 made months with him. Colton fought really hard. They made him a fireman with his own gear (his dream when he grew up) and a black belt for his karate he was doing. Colton made it less than two months and earned his angel wings October 31, 2009 only 9 1/2 short months after being diagnosed. He will be missed. He was only 4. February 2, 2005 - October 31, 2009