Sophie Grace Taylor, or Super Strong Sophie, as her friends and family call her was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January of 2018. Sophie battled through many cycles of chemotherapy
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This 9 year old boy and his family moved to America after a cancer diagnosis in his own country. He was treated for progressive/ metastatic mesenchymal chondrosaroma at CHOC and was so strong during his treatment. This patient gained his beautiful angel wings on November 30. He will forever be with us.
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This beautiful girl is Christine. Because of you we were able to give her family the assistance the CHOC social worker asked of us
Read MoreThis patient endured a 6 month battle with metastatic Wilms Tumor before passing away at the age of 11. She stayed in the hospital her entire course of treatment until she went home on hospice care. Since her family lived far from the hospital, Dad was not able to work during her treatment and they need our support now more than ever. I am glad we can be there for them during this difficult time. She will forever be with us.
Read MoreThis patient ended her battle with cancer and gained her angel wings at only 5 years old after battling both ALL and then AML Leukemia. She will forever be with us.
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This sweet girl is Deandra. Her mother reached out to our foundation because they needed our help to give Deandra a tomb stone to sit on her grave site. Deandra fought Osteosarcoma for 13 months,
Read MoreThis patient strongly fought Recurrent Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma for over 6 years at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. She will forever be with us.
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This sweet baby girl is Isabella, Bella for short. Because of childhood cancer her life on this earth was only 15 months. Because of you
Read MoreThe next funeral we are assisting is for a girl who I actually met while interning at CHOC. A very quiet and sweet 17 year old fighting Leukemia. During rounds one day she was watching The Fault in My Stars. After we left the room a person commented about her movie choice. The response is one I cannot get out of my head, “she’s very smart, she knows”. No child should know they are going to die. No child should have to sit in a room in silence waiting for that day. This sweet girl passed away peacefully in the PICU last Saturday, and I hope and pray with everything I have that she gained the most beautiful angel wings and is free from all pain. Childhood cancer is a ruthless disease.
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