Rhabdomyosarcoma Archives

Sophia

When Sophia was settling into college she joined a soccer team and thought she’d sprained a tendon when she started going to practices. Over the next 3 months she tried stretching it out and eventually went to a college doctor, who gave her a boot to wear. As the...

Sophie

Soft Tissue Cancer

Sophie was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma after we found a lump in her leg. She had surgery to have her port placed and began chemotherapy on November 2, 2015, her seventh birthday. She is undergoing 43 weeks of chemo, along with 5 weeks of intense radiation. She had...

Katelyn

Soft Tissue Cancer

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Kamdyn

Soft Tissue Cancer

Kamdyn was diagnosed last October at 7 months old. His parents noticed he was crying a lot and started vomiting and was swelling up really bad. They took him to his pediatrician 2 weeks prior to diagnosis. The doctors told Kamdyn’s parents, Kamdyn may be allergic to...

Annie

Soft Tissue Cancer

I was diagnosed in May of 2016, at the age of 18 with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer that was located in my arm. I had just finished my first year of college and had been part of the college volunteer program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta...