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OUR KID'S STORY
"February 2, 2006 was the day our lives were forever changed. It was the day I was
expecting to find out my little girl had a compression fracture on her spine, but instead learned devastating news. At the
tender age of 5, my beautiful, blonde-haired, blue eyed, loving, energetic, spirited baby girl was diagnosed with cancer."
-mother of Savannah Swandal She is still battling cancer now years later and is currently still
undergoing chemo treatments as she fights cancer--Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma--for the third time.
Garrett Whipple is in kindergarten at Barksdale Elementary School. He has been battling
cancer for the past year and is now in remission! His last scans showed no signs of any tumors!
He also loves LEG-Os! :)
Madison Lanway is 4 years old and was recently diagnosed with a tumor at the base of her
skull that is currently inoperable. The cancer is believed to be RHABDOMYOSARCOMA (a very aggressive cancer) and it has also
spread throughout her body. She is looking at a very difficult road ahead. Maddie is about to
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On March 18, 2010, Owen went to the doctor for a simple cough. He
had no fever and was not acting sick. The pediatrician ordered a chest x-ray to look for pneumonia. When the xray
came back, she knew something was irregular and sent us immediately to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. After leaving
our 12 week old with my parents, we came to Vandy and within hours were told there was a large mass that was most likely cancer.
The tumor is located in the chest cavity near the heart and lungs. They said it is the size of a cantaloupe. The cough
is due to compression on the lung and air passages. After a biopsy, the doctors are now fairly certain that Owen has
what is called T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Victoria is 6 months old, she was just diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.  
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