Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Javier was diagnosed with pre b ALL leukemia in October 2017. He was in and out of the hospital for over a year and he has been through a lot.

Javier is so young and still goes for chemo every month and now we are having a pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and he is trying to stay safe and at home.

Cristian will be donating his bone marrow to his younger brother Cody at the end of this month. He will have to take shots to get his cells to multiply. His body will be sore and will take a toll. His muscles and bones will hurt.

On June 26, 2013, at 6 years old, Mateo was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Our world was completely upside down since that night. Our hearts shattered when we processed the words "your child has cancer."

In 2007, I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After a long and painful 2 year and 3 month treatment full of chemotherapy, a coma, IV's. etc., I finally finished treatment. Around 2008, I began working with LLS to share my story and since then, I have continued to share my story through different programs held by LLS.

On January 11th, 2019 at 9:35 p.m., exactly 11 days before my baby brother's 40th birthday cancer decided to come to the party uninvited. It would be the first time in my life that I would see my mother, the strongest person I know, collapse in utter disbelief.

Our daughter, Monica, is a busy mother of three sweet girls, age 12 months, 3 years and 6 years. After a long winter filled with the girls’ colds, infections, and flu, Monica was exhausted.

Thirteen-year-old Da’Ni was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in July 2018. She endured eight months of intense treatment before starting maintenance therapy. Da’Ni is currently six months in to maintenance and back in school. She’s an 8th grader and a straight A student. Da’Ni plans to go to medical school and become an oncologist to help children like herself one day.

Amos is 6 years old and has been in treatment for leukemia since September 2017.