Help Lily Beat Cancer
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This fundraiser has been established for my lifelong friend Ramela’s 11-year-old daughter, Lily Abbamontian.
Lily is a fun-loving 6th grader who enjoys reading, building legos, watching movies and solving riddles. Most of all, however, Lily loves spending time with her parents, Ramela and Jimmy, and her two sisters, Grace (13) and Ella (8).
On April 15th, Lily was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles with an unrelenting high fever and abdominal pains. Sadly, doctors found a 7 inch mass on her right kidney, with masses in her lungs and lymph nodes. Shortly thereafter, Lily was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an extremely rare and aggressive cancer requiring immediate and intense chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.
Unfortunately, cancer is a word that Lily is very familiar with. In 2011, Lily's maternal grandfather died of breast cancer (sadly, breast cancer occurs in men too). Two years later, Lily's mother, Ramela, courageously fought her own breast cancer battle at the age of 37, while caring for her three young daughters. And only 3 months after Ramela's last chemo treatment, Lily's grandmother (Ramela's mother) was diagnosed with breast cancer. There truly are no words to describe how much Lily's family has endured and now this...
Lily’s parents are college sweethearts and were married shortly after Jimmy returned from his tour of duty in Iraq. Ramela teaches Art History at Pierce College and Jimmy is a high-school teacher at Holy Martyrs Ferrahian High School. As you can imagine, this catastrophic event has turned their world upside down. The family is now faced with additional financial burdens and medical treatments not covered by insurance. As Lily embarks on the fight of her life, her road to recovery will be long. Unable to attend school, Lily will be spending much of the upcoming year in and out of the hospital.
This fundraiser has been established to help ease the burden on Lily's parents, so that the family can focus all their efforts on Lily’s treatment, healing and spending precious time together. Anyone who knows Ramela and Jimmy can attest to the fact that they are incredibly giving when it comes to their time, love, and energy for anyone in need. As the Abbamontians face the unthinkable and do all they can to help Lily beat cancer, if we can help alleviate some of the day to day financial pressures that will mount during this time of critical care, we too will have done our part to support them in a time of sincere need.
#HelpLilyBeatCancer
With much gratitude,
Lily is a fun-loving 6th grader who enjoys reading, building legos, watching movies and solving riddles. Most of all, however, Lily loves spending time with her parents, Ramela and Jimmy, and her two sisters, Grace (13) and Ella (8).
On April 15th, Lily was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles with an unrelenting high fever and abdominal pains. Sadly, doctors found a 7 inch mass on her right kidney, with masses in her lungs and lymph nodes. Shortly thereafter, Lily was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an extremely rare and aggressive cancer requiring immediate and intense chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery.
Unfortunately, cancer is a word that Lily is very familiar with. In 2011, Lily's maternal grandfather died of breast cancer (sadly, breast cancer occurs in men too). Two years later, Lily's mother, Ramela, courageously fought her own breast cancer battle at the age of 37, while caring for her three young daughters. And only 3 months after Ramela's last chemo treatment, Lily's grandmother (Ramela's mother) was diagnosed with breast cancer. There truly are no words to describe how much Lily's family has endured and now this...
Lily’s parents are college sweethearts and were married shortly after Jimmy returned from his tour of duty in Iraq. Ramela teaches Art History at Pierce College and Jimmy is a high-school teacher at Holy Martyrs Ferrahian High School. As you can imagine, this catastrophic event has turned their world upside down. The family is now faced with additional financial burdens and medical treatments not covered by insurance. As Lily embarks on the fight of her life, her road to recovery will be long. Unable to attend school, Lily will be spending much of the upcoming year in and out of the hospital.
This fundraiser has been established to help ease the burden on Lily's parents, so that the family can focus all their efforts on Lily’s treatment, healing and spending precious time together. Anyone who knows Ramela and Jimmy can attest to the fact that they are incredibly giving when it comes to their time, love, and energy for anyone in need. As the Abbamontians face the unthinkable and do all they can to help Lily beat cancer, if we can help alleviate some of the day to day financial pressures that will mount during this time of critical care, we too will have done our part to support them in a time of sincere need.
#HelpLilyBeatCancer
With much gratitude,
Ani Shabazian
Organizer and beneficiary
Ani Shabazian
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Ramela Abbamontian
Beneficiary