At 13 years old, in November of 2021, Bella had spinal fusion surgery. Several months later, her left shoulder began to hurt. Tracy, Bella’s mom, contacted the surgeon, who stated that shoulder pain should not result from the spinal surgery. Bella researched her pain online and told her doctors she suspected cancer, but they dismissed … Read more
Brittney Bliss was born May 27th, 2018, and she was the picture of perfection. She joined her older sister, Trinity, and our family was complete. Brian and I had tried for over a year to conceive and suffered a miscarriage before Brittney. She was our rainbow baby, just brought such light, love, and happiness to … Read more
When Gabriel was just four years old, in 2016, his mom, Rachel, noticed an unusual discolored lump on his body during bathtime. Gabe didn’t know how it came to be so Rachel contacted his pre-school and father to ask if he had hurt himself at any point. No one had seen Gabe get injured or … Read more
When you make the decision to have children, the moment they take their first breath they are in your care. You want to protect them, do everything you can to keep them safe, put them in bubble wrap
Dylan’s mom told us, “As a mother we have senses that are hard to explain. I always knew from the beginning that something wasn’t right.
“There are no words when a doctor tells you that your child will die and there is nothing we can do to save her. How can I, as her mother, not do ANYTHING to help my baby? Until this day, I still have no words for that moment but it is burned into my memory forever.”
Laurel died in our bed between my husband and I in the early morning of June 15, 2018. We were up with her the night before, singing songs and reading and telling her she was the love of our life.
At two years old, on December 9th of 2018, Jane Santoro was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and the nightmare that is pediatric cancer began.
“For me it was like the end of the world. I was so terrified and devastated. Nothing seemed normal or real. I literally fell on the floor. It was like I opened a door and walked into a horror movie and the door closed behind me. Nothing would ever be the same after that point,” Breslyn’s mom said.
In October 2015, the Iorio family, Melissa, John, and 4-year-old Luke, should have been planning their Halloween celebrations. Instead, some unusual bloodwork sent the family to Boston Children’s Hospital…
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