Esmeralda is a playful, sweet girl who loves dolls and princesses. When she was diagnosed with Wilms tumor, a type of kidney cancer, her family traveled to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude is a miracle. It’s truly a blessing here because of the way we are helped and the way we’re taken care of.
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At St. Jude, Esmeralda’s treatment included chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Unfortunately, Esmeralda’s cancer returned in December 2016, and she is currently undergoing additional treatment at St. Jude.
“St. Jude is a miracle,” said Esmeralda’s mother. “It’s truly a blessing here because of the way we are helped and the way we’re taken care of.”
Editor's note: We regret to inform you that Esmeralda lost her battle in March 2018.
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
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