2022
Meet Noah
Noah is an 8 year old boy who attends Swarts School in Monroe. In November of 2021 Noah was diagnosed with Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma Of The Liver, a rare form of childhood liver Cancer. He is currently being treated at St. Jude in Memphis Tennessee . He has already had four chemotherapy treatments and still has two to go and will have to undergo a total of twenty radiation treatments he has already had six with fourteen to go. He has also already had surgery to remove the tumor and 60% of the liver.
You will be happy to know that Noah is back home and back at school with all of his current blood work and scans CLEAR of all cancer! AND. Passing school with all A's!
2023
Meet Alison
Alison is a 4 year old little girl who lives in Jonesboro Louisiana. Alison was diagnosed with All -B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in July of 2022 . She is Currently being Treated by the Amazing Doctors and staff of St Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis . She has already had countless lumbar punctures and 4 bone marrow aspirates in her short time in being a St. Jude patient . Alison and her parents have been back and forth between home and St. Jude since her diagnosis her and expect to be there and have treatment for at least another 2 years .
You will be happy to know that Ali will be having her end of treatment Bell Ringing Ceremony April 7th of 2025!
2024
Meet Cypress
Cypress is a 6 year old little girl from West Monroe , La. She has two siblings Makailyn 11, and Beaux 9. She loves playing make-up with her older sister and video Games with her brother . Her Favorite thing to do while at home with her mom is have nail/ spa days, cuddle with her cat Sheila , play on her tablet and have movie nights with her step dad Logan and eat popcorn. Her Favorite thing to do while at her dads house is to go to Grace Point Church on Sundays with her father and older sister Laken.
Cypress was admitted to St. Jude Hospital on Monday December 18th 2023 from St. Marys in Shreveport. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer .( Nerve Cell Cancer). They were told to expect that they would initially be at St. Jude in Memphis for six to eight weeks for chemotherapy treatments and following that they will be traveling back and forth between Memphis and Shreveport for the next year and a half. She did her first round of chemo on December 21st, a central line and biopsy procedure on the 26th of December. Cypress and her Mother were finally able to be discharged to outpatient on January 4th. On January 11th she Started her Second round of chemo, and as long as all goes well she will be able to come home for a few months , only having to travel to Shreveport to St. Marys for her next 3 rounds of chemo treatments. They will return to St. Jude in 4-5 Months for her stem cell transplant .
Recent update from Taylor Cypress's Mom . Cypress’s recent scans from came back! So when she was first diagnosed and they did scans, the cancer was EVERYWHERE. They can see where the cancer is based on the “brightness” of the scans. So when she was first diagnosed, she was at 19… and now she’s at 2!!!! AND they only see cancer in her abdomen and pelvic area! Which is mainly where it was at first. THE CANCER IS ALMOST GONE!!!!!!! I can’t believe she is almost cancer free. We will be done with this round of antibodies Wednesday morning, then we will be headed home to finish out the rest of this months treatment. We come back to Memphis in February for our last inpatient stay/round 5 of antibodies. Round 6 of the immunotherapy treatments will be in March, all she has that month is accutane for two weeks and then another set of scans to see if she’s cancer free! I’m so thankful for St Jude and all of the nurses/doctors that have helped my girl beat this! This place is amazing! and I’m so thankful for all of the prayer/love/support we have had for the last year! A few more months and Cypress is free!!!