Age: 5
Diagnosis: acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Favorite thing to do: giving hugs and love-notes
Everything St. Jude is doing for us, and we won’t have to pay a bill? That’s amazing. Being able to focus on nothing but your child is a wonderful thing.
Help our families focus on their sick child, not medical bills.
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Meet Hannah
After receiving a devastating diagnosis, Hannah's family turned to St. Jude, where they would be free to focus on her treatment.
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Meet Azalea
When Azalea was found to have rhabdomyosarcoma, her parents, Simone and Ricardo, traveled from Jamaica to St. Jude so Azalea would receive the best care.
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Meet Kayla
Kayla endured two-and-a-half years of chemotherapy with grace and style. She ends it with a St. Jude tradition: the "No 'Mo Chemo" party.
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Meet Liam
After they finish treatment, patients like Liam visit St. Jude for regular checkups. His family anxiously awaited the results of his first scan post-treatment.
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Meet Aniya
“The first thing on my mind was making sure I had the money to pay for treatment,” says Aniya’s mom. But Aniya’s family will never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.
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Meet Ximena
Of her daughter’s diagnosis, her mother, Nora, said “We were on a dark path. But when we arrived at St. Jude, it was like seeing light on the path.”
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Meet Lillian
Chemotherapy isn't easy, and we support the emotional well-being of patients like Lillian undergoing treatment. “ St. Jude is giving me my child,” says her mom.