Austin
Meet Austin!!! “Austin’s journey started on January 29th 2018. He was diagnosed with high risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL). Rewind about a month before being diagnosed. Austin was complaining of leg pain. After a month his jaw started hurting, so we made a doctors appointment. By 6:30 that evening I received a phone call from the […]
Alexa Ponce
Meet sweet Alexa!!!! “Alexa was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on December 9th 2018 at the age of two and a half. Our world as we knew it would never be the same and so many of our plans changed so much. We had a trip planned to Mexico to visit our family. We were going to […]
Lincoln Schrock Family
Meet Lincoln!! “Lincoln was diagnosed with Stage Four Neuroblastoma on September 23, 2017. He immediately started chemotherapy and did a total of six rounds over six months. We made the decision to travel to Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC to get a second opinion and avoid more toxic chemotherapy at our home hospital. On our first visit […]
Trentin Heiny Family
Meet Trentin. Trentin is a sports fan, an outdoors man, the big brother, and a local celebrity at Children’s Hospital. He learned of his diagnoses after a fall in HS which led to him receiving the news he had Leukemia. To add to the equation his siblings each have diabetes and to say the least, […]
Derek Higlemann Family
Justin and Ashley lost their son Derek to childhood cancer a few months back. No family should have to experience such a loss and learn to live a “new normal”. Everyday is a challenge. We decided to gift them with a weekend getaway to The Thorp House Inn, in Door County! On behalf of Destination Dino Liam […]
Itzel Mercado Family
Meet Itzel A sweet and beautiful 8 year old who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on December 3, 2018. Itzel has been on treatment for 5 months with weekly visits to Children’s Hospital. She is a very spoken minded girl and is honest with how she feels! (you go, Itzel!) She has been back […]
Javeon Jerovetz Family
Shortly after an amazing family vacation in July, 2016, Bowen “Bo” started complaining of leg pain, had a loss of appetite and would spike fevers randomly throughout the day. Finally on August 26, just 2 weeks after his 3 rd birthday, after things seem to be getting worse, he was taken to the emergency room.
Bowen Miles Family
Meet Bowan (Bo), a smart, funny, and very independent, little fighter that has been battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since his diagnosis mere weeks after his 3rd birthday; after a slew of seemly random fevers were accompanied by leg pain and appetite loss.After his diagnosis, Bo spent 9 days at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin where […]
