The A Team

Meet Alexa.

Alexa was diagnosed in July of 2013 with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. She was 15 months old with a massive tumor on her spine and disease in her bones and bone marrow. After a grueling 8 months of chemotherapy, she was declared in remission, only to relapse just 6 months later. This moved her into the high risk category, with a 25% chance of survival. Over the next 6 years, Alexa endured high dose chemotherapy, radiation to her spine and femur, stem cell transplant, multiple cycles of immunotherapy,  years of clinical trials, countless infections, hearing loss, surgeries, sepsis, and TWO more relapses. We could write an entire book about her journey, the ups and downs, and the roller coaster of emotions we went through as a family fighting for our young child's life. 

Fear, joy, uncertainty, grief, hope, devastation, guilt, relief, tears, anger, sadness…..7 years fighting a battle we weren't sure we could win. 7 years not knowing if we would see her next birthday. 

But. There was not ONE MOMENT of this journey where we didn't have a tribe of warriors fighting right along side us. 

St. Jude was there with us every single step of the way. Our team of doctors, nurses, child life specialists, volunteers, sponsors, and so many more--they were the light in the darkness that is Cancer. 

Without them, we would not have survived.

Without them, Alexa would not be here with us, HEALTHY AND THRIVING at 13 years old.

Without YOU, our donors, St. Jude would not have been able to give the life saving treatment that saved not only Alexa, but countless others.

We owe them her life.

Will you help me give back so that they can continue to be a light in the darkness?
 

Can I count on your donation to help me reach my goal?

This is her story in a nutshell; it would take a very long time to talk about everything she went through to get to where we are today. We will forever be grateful to St. Jude for saving our daughter’s life so that we could go on to tell her story. We raise money for kids just like Alexa so that they can have hope for a cure!

Thanks for visiting our fundraising page for the St. Jude Walk/Run!

Our team is committed to fundraise for the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital because St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats, and defeats childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases.

Since opening their doors more than 50 years ago, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate for childhood cancer from 20 percent when their doors first opened to more than 80 percent today — but there is more work to be done.

That’s where you come in. Donations from fundraising events like the St. Jude Walk/Run support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and families will never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer—so neither will we. Will you join us by registering for our team or making a donation today?

Your support makes a powerful, lifesaving impact. Let’s inspire kindness and find hope because together, nothing is impossible.