Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation

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Every year, my husband’s family-all 8 siblings, their spouses, kids, and grandkids-all go to my mother-in-law’s in Louisiana for Christmas Eve. It is a special day for our family. However, Bucky’s final chemo treatment was last year on Dec 18th, and he could not travel. So, we decided to make our only Christmas in Houston a special one. Read More…

A cancer diagnosis is difficult at any age. Teenagers and their families face unique challenges with diagnosis, treatment, and beyond. Our son, Bucky, was diagnosed when he was 17 – just at the end of his junior year of high school. He was the high school’s pitcher for the baseball team and they were headed to the playoffs. His pitching arm became strangely sore, so we took him to the doctor. Ten days later we had his diagnosis: Ewing’s Sarcoma. Bucky started chemo immediately, checking into the hospital every other Monday for 3-6 days at a time. He had three surgeries to remove his cancer-filled right radius and reconstruct his arm. This was not the senior year he had planned.

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