Fighting back — and giving back
I was diagnosed with a stage 4 Wilms tumor. It was a kind of kidney cancer, and I was five years old. The following months were the most heartbreaking in my life as I underwent months of chemotherapy, radiation, and sleepless nights. However, all was over after the removal of my left kidney in a nephrectomy. My loving and caring family saw that dark time of my life when the odds seemed stacked against me. God gave me faith to know that his healing hands were upon me during those sleepless nights and scary moments.
During my treatments, God gave me strength to face the pain and hardship of therapies. But he also allowed me to face another challenge. At age eleven, I encountered another serious health condition, which involved an intestinal rupture requiring emergency surgery. I was once again in the hands of miracle workers who saved me when I had no hope of surviving. This time too, God helped me return to my normal life after the illness left me bedridden for a while. As my body healed, it was God’s hands that made me feel better when I was unable to do even the simplest tasks.
SickKids and their staff saw me through those dark times and fought relentlessly for my life. God brought me to SickKids at the right time to heal. He gave them the strength to fight for my life, and the doctors and nurses are true heroes who took away my worries and pain and gave me a new lease of life.
Today, as a sick kid cancer survivor, I will always be grateful to God for letting me live another day. My life is a testimony of God’s will, and I owe my life to the doctors, nurses, and angels in white who made it possible. I am raising money to help support this beautiful foundation and help it provide better care for families going through something similar to what I experienced.
Every contribution you make will give hope to a child in the hospital who is wondering whether they will recover and lead a normal life. You have my sincere gratitude for supporting this worthy cause. I survived by the grace of God and those around me, and I know that with faith in God, miracles are possible.
