Meet Jake

Jake has been battling neuroblastoma since October 2001. Jake underwent five rounds of high dose chemo, surgery to remove his primary tumor, two more rounds of chemo, and a stem cell transplant. After relapsing almost 15 months later, he underwent more chemo and antibody treatment before his scans showed no evidence of disease. When the cancer returned 15 months later, Jake received more chemo, radiation, and accutane therapy. Jake then had a wonderful summer free of cancer and the pain of chemo treatments before the cancer returned once again, and Jake has been undergoing chemo and radiation since then. Jake's cancer treatments often take him far from home, but he enjoys spending time at home with his older sister and twin brother in between treatments. He also enjoys the internet and spends a lot of time surfing the web and playing games online. Jake loves baseball, and he attends his twin brother's baseball games whenever he can. Jake likes to play with his white lab dog, and his dog even retrieves all of the baseballs that Jake hits!