Healing Ava of Childhood Cancer

Ava is a beautiful, happy 6 month old baby.  At a routine physical examination last week, the doctor discovered a lump in Ava’s abdomen.  She was immediately sent to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and within hours Ava was diagnosed with Wilms Tumor, a rare kidney cancer that primarily affects children, also known as nephroblastoma.  

After having the tumor and her kidney removed a few days later, doctors discovered the cancer had spread to her other organs including her lungs and was now Stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma, a type of cancer, specifically a sarcoma (cancer of connective tissues), in which the cancer cells are thought to arise from skeletal muscle progenitors.  Ava’s family was told she has a 20% chance of surviving.

As you can imagine Ava's family's life has been turned upside down.  One day everything was fine, and within hours of finding this lump, their world changed forever.  With only a week of this journey under their belts, Ava has already undergone one major surgery and has serious treatments ahead of her.

The family is committed to changing Ava’s diet (and their own, as she is still breastfeeding) to a purely organic raw vegetable diet in an effort to starve the cancer, as it has been show that cancer feeds off sugar.  Since chemotherapy and radiation have been recommended, they want to be sure they are doing everything in their power to get Ava the best medical care and treatment possible, which includes trying to get her into St. Judes, a leading children's hospital pioneering research and treatments for kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Ava's family knows their faith in God is their most powerful source to healing Ava and ridding this cancer from her body.  This will be a lengthy and costly recovery process, and I am asking for your help to financially assist a wonderful family in their journey to saving Ava. 

It's hard to imagine receiving a cancer diagnosis for your child or grandchild.  Melanie is Ava's grandmother, and my best employee ever.  She has worked so hard to help me and my business grow over the past year and I feel compelled to do all I can to help her and her precious grandbaby.  This is the most tragic and draining situation a family could be put through.  Please pray for them daily and contribute anything you can afford to help them achieve health and healing for Ava.

Thank you so much for your prayers and contributions!