I might only be a kid but I can do something to make a difference for kids fighting cancer. Kids have dreams of all the things they want to do when they grow up. When I was diagnosed I had a big list of things that I wanted to do. First on my list was to get better. I was so sick that I couldn't walk anymore and I cried most of the time. My cancer hurt very much and I was scared of all the things that happened to me in the hospital. When I got my first chemo medicine my mommy tried to explain how it would help me. I did not like it because it made me feel sick. My mommy called it "get better forever medicine". She told me that lots of people gave their money so that I could have it and it would make me better forever. She explained that it might make me feel sick but only for a little while. She said that I got it because people loved me enough to want me to get better so I could grow up and do all the things that other kids get to do.


Now that I am bigger, I am doing all the things I wanted: such as going to school, going fishing with my daddy, laughing with my friends, playing video games with my sister, and jumping on the trampoline. I am also helping other kids to have their "get better forever medicine" by collecting donations to St Baldrick's Foundation.


I am 7 years old and I am a childhood cancer survivor.


When I was only 2, I was diagnosed with a hard to cure type of leukemia. There hadn't been any kids who had lived. Because people cared enough to donate to charity, I received a new kind of treatment. Despite the odds, I survived. It is my mission to help all kids receive the gift of survival. All kids deserve their best chance at a cure. St. Baldrick's Foundation makes that possible because they take your donations and turn them into better treatments and cures.