Ashley's Cancer Kidz

06/29/2018

A California family devastated over their 6-year-old daughter’s brain tumor diagnosis were gutted to discover just two weeks later that their 4-year-old son was also suffering from the same illness.

06/26/2018

Hello I would love to make cards for kids with cancer if you know a kid and their siblings who would love to get a card please put their information and what they like in the comments please and thank you

Or any child with a disability who needs a pick me up

02/11/2018

EXCITING news for Osteosarcoma patients, with thanks to Zach Sobiech, who passed from Osteosarcoma in 2013. His hope for better treatments and a cure have come to fruition in the form of a clinical trial for Osteosarcoma!!! As a result of Zach’s song, “Clouds”, the brilliant team at the University of Minnesota have a new clinical trial for OS! VX15 activates the immune system and stops tumor cells from growing. It is in trial at 30 hospitals in the US! ...

University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Laura Sobiech Pioneer Press
https://www.twincities.com/2018/02/10/new-cancer-treatment-in-clinical-trial-thanks-to-zach-sobiech/

12/30/2017

He was about as happy with his diagnosis as the rest of us. Prayers, please. His cancer is back and we are waiting to see what the line of attack will be. Gonna be another long year but if Triton can beat this, it'll be worth it!!! Round 2 is more aggressive and more of a challenge so our faith will be tested over the course of the year.
*Update: What a year it has been!! Triton needs a liver transplant, so we are very far from home until that happens. We are in Washington, DC where we will wait for his new Liver. We will probably be here until Spring. If you would like to send Triton a card or note of encouragement. we have updated our current address.
💛Triton "Tough" Fritz, 3727 14th St NE, Apt LL, Washington, DC 20017💛

*If anyone would like to send Triton a card or a note of encouragement the address is: *Triton Fritz, PO Box 299, Hudson Wyoming 82515*

12/17/2017

Did you know?

Between 1975 and 2012 mortality from childhood cancer was cut in half. Let’s keep it going!

12/15/2017

12/08/2017

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11/19/2017

DON'T MISS ORDERING YOUR GOLD RIBBON FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL AWARENESS TREE!

*** TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO ORDER ***

Order your ribbon today and join us as we Light Up the Holidays with Hope!

VISIT THIS LINK TO ORDER: http://bit.ly/2017Tree
1. Add the child's name, age, state and option tribute
2. Complete your purchase.

The ACCO has honored and commemorated thousands of children since the year 2000, who have had their lives changed forever by . Each year, our over 20-foot-tall tree is decorated with thousands of , each ribbon bearing the name of a child who has been affected by childhood cancer.

All purchases made by Sunday, November 26th will appear on this year’s Awareness tree in Newport Beach, California. Any purchases after this date cannot be guaranteed placement on the tree.

Note: More than one ribbon may be purchased for each child.
After the , you will receive your child’s ribbon in the mail. When you do, please so we can add it to our social media or email it to [email protected]

You can see our N proudly displayed at the in , from December 13-17th, during the Holiday Boat Parade! They are also going to have fun activities, food and more! To learn about the event, travel plans and activities planned, please visit www.acco.org/tree2017 - BIG thanks to the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce!

For questions or concerns, email [email protected].

To learn about the of our , visit: www.acco.org/tree-history/

*Thank you to our wonderful, beautiful model, Espy, who is a childhood cancer ! We appreciated your help last year to get the ribbons just right! You definitely are a in our book!

11/17/2017

Please come support 14 year old cancer warrior Lexy!!!! would be an amazing present for someone in your life! https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=477462592461768&tsid=0.9358863278523364&source=typeahead

11/17/2017

Brantley is sick and he wants to celebrate Christmas again. Here's how you can help.

11/11/2017

Relapsed💔

It breaks our heart to write this post but we want to let all of our superheroes know we received some devastating news last Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Over the past 3 years and 10 months Jace has been in immaculate health and in remission after his bone marrow transplant. He's been living a normal life and that’s all we wanted for him. He even started kindergarten at Helena Park Elementary this past August. But we are once again, un-expectantly faced with our biggest fear.

The weekend before Halloween, Jace was feeling a bit under the weather, nothing concerning, just a cold with a low grade fever. We decided to take him in to our local pediatrician just for a check up to make sure Jace didn’t have the flu. Everything checked out fine and we were sent on our way with a prescription. Tuesday, Halloween night, Jace was feeling better but still running a low grade fever along with a cough. He was so excited for Halloween, we decided to let him go trick or treating with his cousins. While walking the neighborhood, Jace told daddy, “my bones hurts daddy”. So John picked him up and carried him the rest of the way. That night before his bath, I inspected his body like I normally do once a week and noticed his skin just didn’t look right. Jace's skin was blotchy with white
spots, that’s the best way I can describe it. So the next morning, I made a call to the transplant clinic at Texas Children's to see if they could see him. We thought, maybe we were just over reacting and being paranoid about the whole situation but honestly the fear of his cancer coming back has always lingered in our mind. His nurse practitioner knew I needed reassurance that everything was ok, so she made room for him to be seen the same day. A CBC was drawn at his appointment and within a few hours we received the news that Jace’s leukemia was back.

We can’t even begin to describe the emotions, thoughts, and fears running through our mind. From that point on it has been a whirlwind. Jace was then admitted to the hospital back on the oncology floor, followed by blood transfusions. The next day he underwent his PICC line placement along with a bone marrow aspiration, lumbar puncture, Echocardiograms, and a kidney function test. It has been a lot to take in over the past week. Although all this seems so scary we still remain hopeful.
There is a new drug that just a few months ago was approved by the FDA. There are only a few hospitals that are allowed to administer this drug. Texas Children’s will the second hospital in Texas that will be able to administer the drug. The drug is named Kymriah made by the company Novartis. The process is CAR T cell Therapy, where the company will take Jace’s own T-Cells and alter them to attack his leukemia cells. Since the cells takes about 4 to 6 weeks to engineer, Jace will still need some chemotherapy to control his rapidly growing leukemia until the Car-T cells are ready.

We are so blessed that Jace is in the care of some the best doctors and he truly has the best team planning what’s best for him. We are so blessed to have the best family, friends, and work family that have shown us so much support this past week. The love we feel from all is so heartwarming and has really lifted our spirits. He has enjoyed all his visits this past week and stayed positive and hopeful. Please keep Jace in your prayers. Please pray for complete healing of Jaces little body. No child should ever have to go through this.