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Ava
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Just over 1 year ago we brought Ava home from Boston Children’s Hospital after 38 days from receiving a bone marrow transplant, preparing for a year in isolation; no in-person school or friends and family in our home. It was the last of 148 days she spent last year battling a relapsed leukemia that refused to respond to traditional treatment protocols.
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Over 40 days were spent preparing for transplant as the 10th patient from BCH-DFCI to receive the leading edge CAR T-Cell immunotherapy and in rarer space as the second in the country after a single relapse. 2019 was exhausting and emotionally challenging, but Ava’s cancer met its match, because decades of research and perseverance via donations from amazing people such as yourself made that possible.
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This is why Kicks For Cancer is our favorite event of the year. It draws the community together unlike any other cause, to the point that it is truly felt deep within. Over Ava’s 4 year battle we have received tremendous support from coaches Pavlik and Fischelis, who along with the amazing volunteers, created special experiences for Ava during the event. While COVID would like to ruin the party, we can achieve so much by rising to the task and making this year uniquely memorable. And Ava? Her infectious joy and appreciation for life ensures every day is lived to its fullest. Let us all be responsible for giving others that same chance. -- Live your best life everyday!
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The Boys Varsity team gifted and delivered before their game, signed pink KFC T-shirts to a sweet 7 yr. old neighbor being treated for leukemia and his family. Fight on Hard Captain Ewan!
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Ewan Story
Our son Ewan was initially diagnosed with a high-risk form of leukemia (AML) in 2015 when he was just 5 years old. He spent 6 continuous months at Boston Children's Hospital that year, undergoing intensive chemotherapy followed by a bone-marrow transplant. He was discharged, and after 10 months in isolation to protect his new immune system, he attended kindergarten. But that school year, in early 2017, he relapsed. He was readmitted to Children's and for another 6 months went through it all over again...multiple rounds of intensive chemotherapy, total body irradiation, all followed by a second bone marrow transplant. But after another 10 months in isolation, his immune system and his body recovered and he has been in remission now for over 3 years! He's been back in school now in 4th grade, playing soccer, baseball and golf, and just being an awesome and hilarious 10 year old kid. Through all of this we've seen first hand the power that efforts like Kicks for Cancer can have on patients and their outcomes. The research that this fundraising supports is life saving and life changing, and it gives everyone, especially our kids, hope for a better future. We hope you will help support this amazing cause! |