Lucy

Pregnant with our second child on July 2011 we went in for our 20 weekultra sound to find out that we were having another daughter Lucy.What we also found out was she was diagnosed with a CDH Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. What is CDH you ask as we did... The diaphragm is formed in the first trimester of pregnancy and controls the lungs' ability to inhale and exhale. CDH occurs when the diaphragm fails to form or to close totally and an opening allows abdominal organs into the chest cavity. And prevents the lungs from forming completely. So going home of course I thought I better google it before knowing for sure how sever her case was and knowing 100% that yes she did have this defect. Come to find out this is a pretty common birth defect with a 50% survival rate. So we knew we were in for quite the ride praying our Lucy girl would be okay and be coming home with us. So we started our 2 week appointments and found out that she had her stomach intestine and spleen in her chest cavity pushing her heart to the right side of her body and under developed lungs .

Caleb

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step...."

Caleb Blaise is a four year old vibrant, lovable little boy with the most contagious smile. He was diagnosed on March 13, 2012, with Very High Risk Pre B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Before diagnosis he was an avid little soccer player
who loved being on the soccer field. All that came to shattering halt when he was diagnosed. It was a complete shock. Caleb had been in the ER for a soccer injury and the leukemia was found in his blood work.

Along the way Caleb has had a few bumps on the road. He was found to be hypodiploid, which intesified his entire treatment plan. Also he had developed a critical case of pancreatitis just two weeks into treatment from an allergy to one
of the drugs. He pulled through all that like a champ and since then has been taking very well to treatment.

He has been a true inspiration to all that have met him. He has opened everyone's eyes to the reality of cancer and what it means to be a true fighter. And he is so proud to now be part of the PNF fighter family.
Please follow Caleb's journey at www.helpcurecaleb.blogspot.com or www.facebook.com/kickinitwithcaleb.

Sierra

Sierra Rayn was an amazing child. She was born 7 weeks early at 3 lbs. 13.8 oz. and 16 in. long. She spent 3 weeks in the NICU on 2 vents, and then got to go home on oxygen. She was on that for about 2 months, and then was a healthy
child, or at least we thought she was.

At her 18 month old check up, everything was great. She had no problems. But when she was 21 months old, she started to vomit and her stomach looked a bit distended. Her Dr said it was the stomach flu, so we followed his instructions.
Sierra was back to normal for a couple of days and then it began again. At this point I knew that the stomach flu did not go away and come back like that. I took her in and her Dr wanted an xray done of her stomach. Turned out she had an
enlarged spleen, or that is what they thought. The Drs wanted to investigate it more in detail, and that is when everyone discovered a mass. A softball sized mass on her kidney. As they proceeded to investigate it further, she had a
total of five masses - the softball sized one, one on her rib, two in her thighs, and one on her shoulder. She was stage IV neuroblastoma cancer, one of the worst stages and most aggressive cancers a child can get. Survival rate for
stage IV is 30-40%.

To make a long story short, Sierra endured 3 1/2 months on a vent, she was on 2 strong narcotics that were so high in dosages that it could kill an adult, she had 6 chest tubes, 1 belly tube, she coded twice, she had pneumonia, 7 rounds
of chemo, 2 massive blood infections, 9 1/2 hour surgery, was on oxygen for months, endless scans, xrays, and IV pokes.

Addyson

Addyson was diagnosed with medulloblastoma (a cancerous brain tumor) in March 2007 at age 4. She has underwent numerous Chemo treatments, stem cell transplant, radiation, and surgery. She is currently battling it for the 4th time. She
started having seizures in January of this year. We just found out that the chemo protocol she was doing is not working. We are currently waiting on a new treatment.

Addyson is an amazing little girl. She does everything that a healthy child does, which is not usual for a child with her cancer and all the treatments she's had. She goes to school everyday, rides her bike, swims and just loves to have
fun. She is always laughing and playing. Her spirit is what I believe keeps her going and doing as well as she does even with her diagnosis. All the doctors are amazed with how well she's doing. I am told everyday by people how she
inspires them.

Addyson's caringbridge site www.caringbridge.org/visit/addysonbrankle and also a website people can go to donate and help us with expenses as we will be traveling out of state which will end up taking even more money out of our tight
budget. http://wecarecard.com/campaigns/addysons-journey-with-cancer/forum/