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Meet Aya
Meet Aya When Aya, a 19 year-old college student, thinks back to elementary school, she remembers the experiences she missed. “I couldn’t go swimming, play in the snow, or participate in sports. I missed so much school.” Aya’s Sickle Cell Disease limited her activities. However, after receiving a life-saving bone marrow transplant, Aya is now […]
Meet Elizabeth
Meet Elizabeth All sisters have a special bond, but for 12 year-old Elizabeth and her 10 year-old sister Esther, their connection was forever strengthened by a lifesaving act. In 2014, at the age of 6, Elizabeth underwent a bone marrow transplant to cure her of her Sickle Cell Disease. The donor was her younger sister, […]
Penelope
Meet Penelope Throughout June 2020, Penelope’s parents, Cassandra and Jack, felt that something was not right with their young child. Some yellowing around the eye progressed into a bruise. Originally, their pediatrician thought that the cause was normal toddler clumsiness. Afterall, Penelope was a lively two-year old. However, when her parents noticed a lump on […]
Meet Razel
Meet Razel For 18-year-old Razel Colón of Hoboken, New Jersey, not all childhood memories are warm and fuzzy. That’s because Razel didn’t have a normal childhood. Instead of sports, swimming pools, sprinklers and sleepovers—things most kids enjoy and take for granted—he remembers wheelchairs, IVs, heating pads and hospital beds. And pain. Excruciating, debilitating pain.
Meet Megan
Meet Megan Megan is an outgoing nine-year old. She loves to dance and to spend time with her twin brother, Brendan, and her friends at school. Last year, Megan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type of pediatric cancer. Her diagnosis has made doing the things she enjoys difficult, as the three-year […]
Meet Katherine
Meet Katherine “Katherine was 12 years old when she developed recurrent headaches and her family sought the counsel of a migraine specialist. An MRI revealed Katherine had a pilocytic astrocytoma, a tumor that is often slow-growing and benign. “We were in shock,” said Christy, Katherine’s mother. “One day she is outside playing and the next […]
Chana
Meet Chana At 2-and-a-half years old, Chana had powers of perception beyond her age. She connected directly with people through her brilliant blue eyes. And she loved life. “Chana loved every day,” says her mother, Shoshana. “She had a playfulness and an emotional depth. Her potential was so apparent.”
Eugene
Meet Eugene Eugene was fun loving, curious and enjoyed music. Eugene often played the piano on days he was sad to lift his spirit. Eugene Choi passed away from a brain tumor. Eugene was in remission for two and a half years however, his cancer had a high recurrence rate. Eugene’s mom wrote a book […]
Josephine
Meet Josephine High on a rooftop, there is a place where pediatric patients can simply be children at play. Josephine’s Garden, in the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, was inspired and designed by a vibrant and creative child who loved and longed for the outdoors. “Josephine’s Garden keeps Josephine’s memory […]
Meet Daniel
Meet Daniel Ten-year-old Daniel expressed he was not feeling well and had symptoms of back pain and shortness of breath. When his parents took him to the hospital, they thought he might have a virus; however, Daniel was diagnosed with T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.