Allie was born a normal, healthy baby. In June of 2012, when she was six months old, her aunt noticed her right eye shaking. When I...
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Brain Cancer
Alana
Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us to Rally On to find better treatments with fewer long-term side...
Nolan
Nolan fought Medulloblastoma from October 8, 2009 to June 1, 2014. After four brain surgeries, radiation and numerous doses of...
Lucas
Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us to Rally On to find better treatments with fewer long-term side...
Abigail
Our 12 year old daughter – Abigail – was diagnosed with a Grade 2 Astrocytoma after enduring an Intraoperative MRI Craniotomy with Tumor...
Chayton
Chayton is a two time Medulloblastoma Survivor. His family writes, “In the summer of 2006 we began seeing signs of concern for Chayton’s...
Catie
Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us to Rally On to find better treatments with fewer long-term side...
Catherine
Catherine was diagnosed with a brain tumor (Optic Glicoma) on her optic pathways when she was 27 months old. She underwent chemotherapy...
Abby
In 2001, at the age of six, Abby was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor called anaplastic ependymoma. After surgery which completely...
Abby
Abby is currently in the 10th grade. She was diagnosed with a brain tumor in November 2009. Abby began chemo treatments after diagnosis...
Casey
In June 2010, Casey began to have trouble walking while on a family vacation to Myrtle Beach. Within two days she was having difficulty...
Caroline
Every child who has been diagnosed with childhood cancer inspires us to Rally On to find better treatments with fewer long-term side...
Hailey
Hailey’s story began at a check up when she was seven months old. She had been very healthy up until that point – hitting all milestones,...
Charley
Charley was born on August 13th 2013. She was healthy and beautiful with 10 fingers and 10 toes, she was the happiest baby I’d ever seen....
William
William was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a childhood brain tumor, in April 2001 at the age of 14. He underwent brain surgery,...
Brain Cancer
Dakota
On February 21, 2019, Dakota and her family’s lives were turned upside down. Three weeks prior, Dakota had started complaining about blurry and double vision, and she asked her mother, Molly, if she could get glasses. To appease her request, Molly took Dakota to the pediatrician. The doctor noticed the double (and even triple) vision so she referred them to an eye doctor. Further tests were inconclusive, with the eye doctor stating Dakota had either failed all of the tests or was “faking it”...
Breanna
At six years old, Breanna began suffering from headaches and vision problems that were progressively getting worse. In May of 2018, her mom, Michelle, brought her in for an MRI. That’s when doctors discovered a malignant tumor near Breanna’s optic nerve. On May 15, 2018, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. Currently undergoing chemo, Breanna is looking forward to completing treatment this summer and getting a brand new playground from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Now seven, she loves spending...
Jacob
When Jacob was just three years old, he started having trouble keeping his dinner down every night. Concerned about the frequent vomiting, parents Alyssa and Ryan took him to the pediatrician. The doctor suspected that Jacob was having issues with reflux and prescribed an acid reducer. The medicine did little to help, and things started to get worse for Jacob. His parents noticed that he was becoming clumsier each day, and when he started having accidents, they took him back to the...
Jeffrey
Like most teenagers, Jeffrey enjoyed spending time with his friends and playing video games until he started feeling sick in the fall of 2014. When he began vomiting every day, mom Tammy became concerned. They made several trips to the emergency room, but doctors couldn’t find anything wrong. One day, Jeffrey started vomiting blood at school. Tammy immediately took him to a different hospital, where they discovered a tumor in his brain. Jeffrey underwent surgery at Northside Hospital to...
Lillian
Photo credit: Caroline Singletary Three-year-old Lillian, or Lily, is described by her parents as an “incredibly smart and vivacious child.” They say that, like her red hair, Lily’s personality is full of fire and spirit! Naturally outgoing and bright, she loves to make new friends, dance and sing. “She has one of the most stubborn and strong personalities I have ever had the pleasure of knowing,” shared her mom, Alicia. Their cancer journey began on August 28, 2018, just five weeks after...
Casandra
Photo Credit: Flashes of Hope As an active 10-year-old girl, Casandra always enjoyed a busy schedule filled with dance classes, art, horseback riding and outdoor activities. So when parents Krystle and Nathan noticed that she was having trouble focusing, they knew something wasn’t quite right. For over a year, Casandra also struggled with balancing issues, headaches and nausea. In December of 2017, she was diagnosed with ADD and began taking medication. A few months later, her parents...