Thank you for supporting me and the more than 300,000 kids worldwide who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. By sharing the gifts of your time, talent and money with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, you're supporting research to give all kids with cancer a better chance for a cure. More research is needed to help children fight and beat childhood cancer. especially ATRT. This is a rare type of cancer that I was diagnosed with at the age of 18 months. I went through 4 months of vomiting and doctor appointments to try and come to a conclusion of what was wrong. The GI specialist along with my pediatrician decided together that I needed to be admitted to run some tests. So August 10, 2023 I got admitted to Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego. On August 11, 2023 they prepped me for my MRI and endoscopy procedure and wheeled me downstairs. After about an hour the doctor went out to call my mom to break the news to her. They had let her know that they would not be following through with the endoscopy, and that during the MRI they had found a tumor on the base of my brain stem. After they told her they took her upstairs to talk to the doctors and to the neurosurgeons. She signed papers for them to put in a tube to drain the fluid that was building up in my brain which was causing the vomiting. We waited a long 3 days to wait for my surgery to remove the tumor. This was a major surgery they were to be performing on a delicate part of my body, my brain. August 14, 2023 was surgery day. The big day was here to get the tumor out and see what it is. The whole procedure lasted 4 hours and my parents were able to meet me at my room in the PICU. The surgeon told them that my surgery went well and that I did really good. They had to let them know that could not remove all of it because of where it was located. they said that they got as close as they could but had to stop because it was irritating my brain to much so a thin layer of the tumor was left behind. Whatever they did get though, they sent a sample of it to get tested to see what it was. About 5 days after my surgery is when the oncologist came into my room to break the news to my mother. It was cancer. She then called my dad to break the news to him. The oncologist told her they have a route they would take for my treatment, but they will be treating it head on with everything they got as that is how they have the best results. My parents were heart broken. But here I am! I have had not 1, but 3 brain surgeries and so far I have been clear of any new tumors that could be growing. I am also clear of any cancer cells in my spinal fluid which is a HUGE win for me! I am currently in chemo treatment but will be done in February of 2024. It has been a long 5 months for me, but here I am fighting. There is more to my story, but that is just the short version:) My family and I thank you for all your support and donations to help find cures so more kids dont have to go through what I am going through. Thank you!