Meet Maryn..............

Maryn Nicole Cella, born on October 20th 2005 was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in June, 2009. The name of this tumor is "Diffuse Pontine Glioma". Maryn's parents were told that she would have 9-12 months of life even with radiation therapy.

Maryn and her parents are moving mountains to find a miracle and save their sweet angel. They are blessed with a community of generous neighbors, family members and friends willing to pitch in and help in this time of need - and they are thankful to everyone!

Maryn is an incredibly brave child. Each day she goes to radiation therapy, she has a smile on her face and enters the radiation room to be sedated with little or no fear. We are amazed at her perseverance and willingness to think of others even when at the hospital.

Maryn epitomizes what we should all try to be with the way she is caring for others and putting others concerns first.

Maryn loves little stuffed animal toys and to play with her four sisters. Maryn also likes to watch her favorite cartoon called, "Calliou". Maryn loves the color pink and is always wanting to color in her coloring books.

Maryn and her Mother have gone "RAW" in hopes of not feeding this terrible tumor. Please go to this site and donate. There is also a link to her mother's blog which gives up to date information on how Maryn is doing.

http://www.marynshope.org/index.html

Zac is now an Angel.......

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 9:33 AM, CDT

Zac earned his wings this morning.

I'm not sure how or what to say. Right now I'm completely numb. Sorry we missed many of you either via phone or visit. Jason and I hadn't slept in quite a while and we crashed this afternoon. I know my little man is up and running, playing baseball, riding Blackie and Babe and playing with Jake right now. It is my own selfishness that misses him so terribly bad. It still does not feel real, it's not happening........Not my little Zac.We were so blessed to have him in our lives. He taught everyone so much. I can not wait until the day I get to see him again. It will seem like forever for me, but only a blink of an eye for him. We are planning on having the services at the Baptist Church in Fulton next to the Library. We are thinking Sunday afternoon/evening for the visitation and Monday morning for the service. As soon as we have more information we will let you know.Please keep all the other families in your thoughts and prayers tonight. I know there are a lot of hurting families as our DIPG group has lost so many children the past 11 days. I'm so thankful for the great friends and family. We want to thank my mom, Jenny, Jill, and Jim for being here with us this morning. Zac was surrounded by his Moms, Grandma and Daddy Jason when he went, God took care of him and he went quick and peacefully.

PLEASE GO TO HIS SITE.....

Ravyn a new Angel....

Ravyn Finch.........

Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:51 PM, CDT
Today Ravyn Finch earned her angel wings, now she flies around with Jesus and freinds .She was so sweet and fought this battle as long as she could. This sweet child touched everyone she met . My faimly and freinds are going to miss her and love her very much Big sister VanessaWe are going too miss Ravyn verry much,but i can see her now doing kartwheels and flying with jesus and our other loved ones.she touched each and every one of our hearts.I LOVE YOU RAVYN!!

Big sister Vanessa

We are going too miss Ravyn verry much,but i can see her now doing kartwheels and flying with jesus and our other loved ones.she touched each and every one of our hearts.I LOVE YOU RAVYN!!

Cousin Kambrie

PLEASE GO TO HER SITE AND LEAVE SOME CONDOLENCES.

Fact of the Matter.............

Everyone always asks me, "Aren't there any children that live? That do okay?" Yes there are but it is really difficult. If they are lucky enough to survive and be considered NED or No Evidence of Desease, the relapse rates are very, VERY HIGH.
There are some children who just touch your heart. I have found this to be the case with several of these children. I talk via email to their parents we pray constantly for all of them and when they get bad news I feel it also. When Sadie died I was heartbroken, in fact I still am. I could care less about the FREAK Michael Jackson, but a beautiful girl with such a pure soul went to Heaven that day and to me, that is more important.
There have been a lot of new children diagnosed in the last week, I can count 6 children. I will feature each child on here for everyone to help support. One day at a time though.

One little girl that has captured my heart is little Avalanna Routh. She has the awful cancer ATRT but was doing so well. I was so happy! She was cancer free and away from all hospitals and treatments. Though sadly she just had a MRI that showed after 2 months of NED, new tumors in her brain :(
I featured her in May but here she is again:

Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:32 PM, CDT

We truly thought that the worst of Avalannas illness was behind us. We had an MRI yesterday and we are heartbroken. We woke up yesterday morning, hoping and praying for a clear MRI. We felt that if everything looked good yesterday, we would be fine forever. The MRI was bad - Avalannas cancer is back - in the brain. We are devastated. The doctors are surprised and so saddened as Avalanna looks and acts fabulous.

There are not too many options left - the doctors are not optimistic that we can treat this. We have meetings on Tuesday to discuss options but we need a miracle now.

This is hell on earth - I thought this nightmare was over - it has only begun.

Monday, July 13, 2009 8:16 PM, CDT

We had many discussions / meetings in Boston today - each one more difficult than the one previous to it. We are now waiting until Wednesday to do the further tests and by Friday, we should have some plan in place.

The tests on Wednesday are very important. At this point, confidence is very low that Avalanna can be cured. But good results from tests this week, may give us some handle on what we are dealing with.

Simply, we need a miracle. We need prayers to all the angels and saints. Another dear friend, whose daughter, Brigid, has also relapsed told me that Mother Tereasa needs two more miracles to become a Saint. Lets pray that Mother Teresa use her powers to cure Avalanna and Brigid.

I dreaded the possibility of a relapse. I thought about it but I really felt that we had beaten the odds. This is devastating. No words can describe how we feel. Nothing in life matters - without Avalanna...........nothing makes sense.

Please pray for this Miracle,
Love Aileen, Cameron & Avalanna.

THIS FAMILY NEEDS PRAYERS PLEASE GO TO HER SITE AND OFFER SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS....
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/avalannarouth

Kate McRae..........

Kate's Story............

Monday June 29th began like every other day, and ended like one we could have never imagined. Our daughter Kate was taken to the dr. for tremors in her right hand. We proceeded to Phoenix Childrens Hospital for a stat CT of her head. At 5:30 I, Holly, Kate's mom, was taken into a room alone and told Kate had a massive tumor on the basil ganglia portion of her brain. I called her dad and our journey has begun. One we never would have chose to be a part of, but was chosen for us, and our sweet Kate. She is now in the Phoneix Childrens ICU awaiting tests to determine what it is and how far progressed. Please, our dear daughter needs your prayers, as do we, Aaron, Holly, Olivia and Will.

Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:44 PM, MST

Do you know those days where your kids are endlessly calling "mommy"? I have had many of those in the past. My kids are 6 (she will be 7 in 2 weeks), 5 and 4. There were many times I would say "okay no one can call me mommy for 10 minutes, I just need quiet!". How many times did I complain about how it seemed like they were always pooping and I was always wiping. How I loved those days where I could lazily stay in my pjs and not wear any makeup. One word can change all of that. Cancer. Now I beg for my daughter to say mommy, just once, just for something for me to hang onto. I don't care if she screams it, slurs it, anything, just say mommy. Kate finally pooped today, in the bed (of which I was sharing with her). I was so excited to clean her up. She pooped! I kept telling her how proud I was of her. Now I rejoice that she poops, the surgery didn't effect that. As far as pajamas go, people here in the PICU might believe that it's possible I don't own any clothes. I would love to get out of pajamas. Just don't feel the need most days. Things change quickly and forever. We can never go back. We can never again be pre-cancer days. Our lives are forever altered. Just pray we can have post cancer days. Lives after God's healing. I want it so badly for my baby. So badly for me. So badly for Aaron. So badly for Olivia and Will.Not sure what tomorrow holds. Possibly another MRI, I hope not. They are going to do another one to make sure the bleeding has stopped and see if the swelling has gone down.. (at least that is what I understood, but I don't hear a lot these days). If she has the MRI again that means more sedation and more intubation. AHHH! Please pray for Tuesday, I am absolutely dreading getting the pathology report back. I know most would think at least then you can move forward, come up with a plan. But the word, the diagnosis, one more layer of innocence torn away. Then it will be studying and hearing facts and statistics and prognoses. I don't want to.Kate is crying. I need to help her. She is trying to say a word, but can't pronounce it. Help us God. Help my daughter! Heal her body, every single cell. Preserve her spirit. Help her fight. Give her rest.

PLEASE JOIN THIS FAMILY IN PRAYER AS THEY AWAIT THE PATHOLOGY RESULTS FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. ALSO PLEASE PRAY THAT SHE REGAINS ALL HER ABILITIES.....HER WEBSITE IS TO THE RIGHT....

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO OF KATE'S PARENTS ASKING FOR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS FOR THEIR LITTLE GIRL........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ese3zYZ-NA4

I dare you not to CRY.....................

"Angel on Earth, Angel in Heaven" from Tiffany Huish on Vimeo.

Sadie has changed so many peoples lives in her short five years. I just think there is no was to understand why things like this happen but someday we will all have perfect knowledge. In the meantime we will cling to faith and our promise that "FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!!"

3 New Angels......................

It breaks my heart to tell you that three children have passed away this week. On June 22 we lost a beautiful 7 year old named Morgan and on June 30 we lost a beautiful baby girl Amanda and this morning July 2 little blondie Kira...........

Morgan's Post..............

Monday, June 22, 2009 12:53 PM, CDT
Morgan Dawn "Pookie Pookie" Kolling passed away this morning at 10:05 am.14 months from the date we found out she had cancer. She was free of pain and with her mom, dad and brother Andrew. We ask for NO phone calls yet we know you care but we need time. I will post more when we know about the service. We are thinking it will be Friday Thanks for everybody that followed her story and remember LIVE LAUGH LOVE Angela.

Amanda's Post is as follows:

Angel Wings
Posted Jun 30, 2009 7:41am
This is Adel, Princess Amanda Arianna's cousin. I wish to inform you that our Princess Amanda earned her angel wings early this morning, 6/30 at 1:47am. Viewing Services will be later today at Bernardo Garcia Funeral Services - 865 West 49 Street - Hialeah, FL 33012Please no visits prior to funeral services, the family is trying to rest at the moment.
Viewing Services at Bernardo Garcia Funeral - 865 West 49 Street - Hialeah, FL 33012From 5:00 - Midnight

Kira's Post.............

Thursday, July 2, 2009 10:58 AM, CDT

It is with great sadness that I tell you that Kira earned her wings this morning at 10:55 am EST. We know that she is in Heaven playing with a body that works, wonderful food to eat and lots of animals to play with. There are no more needles and hospitals etc. and we will all join her in a blink of an eye (Heaven time). We will miss her terribly but find comfort in the fact she is with Jesus. Thank you all for your prays and support. Please pray for the family as they grieve. Thank you so much! ReCe

PLEASE GO TO THEIR SITES AND LEAVE SOME ENCOURAGING WORDS, AND PLEASE PRAY...............