Patient Stories

Patients and Families Share Experiences

The Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is changing the outcomes for our patients and their families. As part of our belief in the compassionate, respectful family-centered care of every patient and family, we understand that the best reassurance and support for our families comes from stories shared by other families in similar situations.

Here are some stories of Cincinnati Children's patients and their families who have battled cancer, blood and immune disorders.

	At age 9, Sarah was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a form of bone cancer.		Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the age of 3, Timothy is now a long-term cancer survivor.
	Diagnosed with hemophilia, JD did not know how to self-infuse, which kept him from things he enjoyed.		When Mimi was 5 months old, she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia.
	Just before his senior year in high school, Ben Rudy was diagnosed with a bithalamic brain tumor.		Born with an array of vascular abnormalities, Sheyenne Davis received life-saving treatment at Cincinnati Children's.
	At just 9 months old, Brianna Bookman was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).		A month after Briana Berry was born, she was diagnosed with sickle cell disease.
	Daniel Conway was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia at age 12.		At age 3, William Flaherty was diagnosed with an extremely rare immune deficiency disorder.
	When Jackson Harris-Scalia was just 1 year, he was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).		Blake Sharpin was diagnosed with Stage III Neuroblastoma when he was just 13 weeks old. Today he is cancer free.
	When Lillian was just 2 years old, she was diagnosed and treated for a brain tumor.		After being diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), Hannah came to Cincinnati Children's for world class care.
	Shayla has made countless trips to Cincinnati Children's due to complications with sickle cell disease.