Carson was diagnosed with T-cell ALL in May of 2014. He began treatment immediately and has undergone many rounds of chemotherapy since that time. He also received cranial radiation in January 2015. He is currently in remission, but treatment remains aggressive due to his high risk for relapse. It has been a long road, and there’s still a long road ahead, but Carson has handled it all like a champ! The family’s motto is: Carson is tougher than Cancer! Every child who has been diagnosed with...

Four-year-old Maddox’ parents noticed a lump on his jawline at the end of August. He went to his pediatrician and ENT for exams, an ultrasound, labs and a couple rounds of antibiotics. After all those results came back normal but the lymph node was not getting better, he was referred to Egleston for a biopsy. On Friday, November 2, 2018 Maddox went in for the biopsy and later that evening his parents received a call that the first sample confirmed he had cancer. After further testing, an...

Gideon (AKA Gidster to his family members) was diagnosed on Dec. 13th 2013. His family shares with us, “He looked sick to me but that was it really and he seemed a little less energized. So I made a doctors appointment. On the way we went to look at Christmas trees. We were going to put it on top of the car, go to the appointment and then go home. Luckily we didn’t find one we liked because we didn’t go right home. The doctor quickly sent us down to the local children’s hospital. There were...