#LittleWarriorStrong Stories | Vol I
Every single day, 43 precious children are diagnosed with cancer, at an average age of just six years old. The following pages contain real stories of some of these incredible children as told by their loved ones. Stories of great joy from a healing, extreme grief from a loss, and incredible inspiration from a continued fight. These children are precious, adored and so loved. At just a few years, months, and even weeks old, these children face battles every single day that many of us will never have to face even one time in our adult lives. They are #LittleWarriorStrong.
Every single day, 43 precious children are diagnosed with cancer, at an average age of just six years old. The following pages contain real stories of some of these incredible children as told by their loved ones. Stories of great joy from a healing, extreme grief from a loss, and incredible inspiration from a continued fight. These children are precious, adored and so loved. At just a few years, months, and even weeks old, these children face battles every single day that many of us will never have to face even one time in our adult lives. They are #LittleWarriorStrong.
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39 | Little Warrior<br />
AEDEN<br />
Age 6 | Stage 3 Cancer Wilms Tumor<br />
Little Warrior Aaden was an energetic three year old who enjoyed playing<br />
with his two older brothers. On July 2nd, 2013, at his three year check<br />
up, his pediatrician noticed a lump on his right kidney. An ultra sound was<br />
ordered immediately and confirmed there was, in fact, a large mass. He was<br />
rushed to American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. Shortly after<br />
he was admitted, there was an entire team of doctors in his room. He was<br />
carted off to have a CT Scan and he was diagnosed at that time with a<br />
Stage 3 Cancer Wilms Tumor. His amazing team of doctors scheduled him<br />
for surgery the following morning to remove the entire kidney and implant a<br />
port in his chest to receive chemotherapy.<br />
The surgery went according to plan, but unfortunately while removing his<br />
right kidney it was discovered to have ruptured. This drastically changed his<br />
treatment plan. Which was originally thought to have been 7 treatments<br />
of radiation and 25 weeks of chemo, now was to include 11 radiation<br />
treatments as well as 30 weeks of chemo. This was the most aggressive of<br />
the two plans discussed prior to surgery.<br />
Aeden spent the next six days in the hospital recovering from surgery.<br />
His family felt a strong sense of relief but the hardest part was yet to<br />
come. Treatment was set to begin right away where he endured 11 days<br />
of radiation treatments with chemotherapy simultaneously. Throughout his<br />
treatment, Aaden endured 10 hospitalizations due to high fever, 14 blood<br />
transfusions, 15 platelet transfusions, and daily Neupogen injections to keep<br />
his white blood cells at the proper level.<br />
Through all the fight and battle Aeden continued to find reasons to smile<br />
daily! He continues to show nothing but strength!
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