I never thought about it or ever imagined I would be a mother of an angel. I had front row seats to watch my 6 year old son die in a hospital bed, during a vicious fight against blood cancer. In the early stages of grief, everything is unreal, excruciating and unbearable. Everyday, all day …
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Sending a Happy New Year’s note all the way to heaven…
Its been 5 New Years that I’ve survived without my son Bryant, he would be 11 years old now. I can only imagine everything Bryant would be doing today. I’m sure he would be taking charge and running the Bryantstrong Foundation, working the toy drives, speaking at events & raising awareness. That was our plan, …
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“This made her day. And will forever be a sweet memory.”
“Audrey got an awesome and very generous gift box today from Bryantstrong. We are very thankful for them and their donation to her as we go through this long journey of fighting childhood cancer. This made her day. And will forever be a sweet memory. I’m grateful for organizations like this who help make the …
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Joshua wants to be an Oncology Nurse when he grows up…
He is brave, courageous and has a heart of gold. Today we we had the blessing to deliver some gifts and a Bryantstrong check for $500 to our Bstrong Kid Project recipient, Joshua Ribeiro and his family. Josh is 13 years old and has been battling Leukemia for a little over one year. Josh truly …
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Meet Baby Audrey
About 6 years ago Lydia’s teenage daughter Rachael, passed away after complications from a bone marrow disease, Severe Aplastic Anemia. This year on May 24th, her granddaughter Audrey Mae Jones at just 7 months old, was diagnosed with Bilateral Retinoblastoma. Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rare form of cancer that rapidly develops from the immature cells of …
Meet 13 year old Joshua
About 1 year ago our Bstrong Kid was fighting for his life. On October 19th, 2018 at the age of 12, Joshua Ribeiro was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Childhood (ALL) it’s a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many immature lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Signs of ALL include fever …
