Donate to Dannie's Journey: Cancer and New Baby

Thursday, August 8th — the day my sister found out she has Classic Hodgkins Lymphoma, in her 20s, and just shy of 34 weeks pregnant with baby #2. Dannie’s a nurse, but now it’s time for her to be the patient.

Dannie’s entire body has been itchy since February — labs came back normal, so just suspected it was from the pregnancy (who knew that itchiness was a sign of Hodgkins). Fast forward to about two weeks ago, Dannie noticed swollen lymph nodes on her neck. The next week consisted of an ultrasound resulting in “concerning for lymphoma,” followed by an ultrasound guided biopsy with the final diagnosis of Hodgkins. We won’t know what stage it is until she can safely get a full body scan.

Next week, Dannie meets with an oncologist and will come up with a game plan. What we do know is that baby Avery will likely be welcomed earlier into the world than anticipated and Dannie will start chemo shortly after. A maternity leave was expected, planned, but what wasn’t planned, was having to undergo treatment, postpartum, while caring for 2, 2 and under.

We would like to extend the utmost gratitude to family, friends, and to the community for reading her story, sharing kind words, prayers, and your consideration in donating to help with the accrued costs as Dannie undergoes chemotherapy —whether that be medical bills, unexpected hospital visits, childcare, or household expenses.

Here’s to kicking Cancers you know what.