Team Tali
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Dear family, friends, and generous donors,
Meet Taliana. This beautiful soul is my Goddaughter and the most loving, generous, kind, silly, smarty pants (gifted classes sort of smarty pants) who just turned 10! Three days after spending her double digits birthday in the hospital, she and her family received the news that she has Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a cancer of immature nerve cells. (You can read an excerpt below directly from her courageous parents regarding what our strong Tali has already been through.)
Tali has a very long and difficult journey ahead of her. Most kids her age are loving summer and dreading going back to school. Taliana is NOT this child. She LOVES school, but because of the treatments ahead of her, she will not be able to return to school this year. Her father will be staying home with her as he and her mama provide the best at-home, round-the-clock care for her. This year, they will be spending a lot of their time and money on in and out-patient procedures including radiation, surgery to remove the baseball-sized tumor behind her right lung, visits to Denver for stem cell harvesting, and additional chemo treatments. This is not something a family plans for (or should ever have to).
This beautiful girl needs our prayers; prayers for inner peace, continued strength, joy through the pain, and healing. This is the priority, so please join me in this daily. Another way we can help is to alleviate the burden of the cost of her care, hence this GoFundMe account. The hope is to help cover the cost of medical and travel expenses and time off work.
Thank you all for your humbling generosity and prayers for this most precious soul. For updates on her progress, please visit her "Team Tali" Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TeamTali53
An excerpt from a Facebook post by her parents:
"When reading the following information, please keep in mind that the odds don't matter and we don't care what the statistics are. This is Taliana's very own specific journey... and she's optimistic.
On July 23, 2018, we received her official diagnosis: Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. We are attaching a few of the more credible (doctor recommended) links for information about the type of cancer she has. Her treatment plan includes approximately 18 months, barring any complications. The first step will begin right away with two rounds of chemo to shrink the tumor in her chest. We will keep you posted with the subsequent stages as they occur. They will include: radiation, a surgery to remove the tumor when it's smaller, visits to Denver for stem cell harvesting and additional chemo treatments. We are told she will start losing her hair pretty rapidly and she's chosen to shave it before it falls out so that she remains in control of that part.
Our baby is so strong and has already endured three different types of chemo, two surgeries (one to place a fluid drain in her chest and the other was her biopsy and bone marrow test), a blood transfusion, two iv lines, daily x rays, a ton of blood tests and numerous other tests that we can't think of at this time.
We are choosing to remain optimistic and positive. This road will have highs and lows. The care team at Presbyterian has made her a priority and we have faith in their knowledge about this type of cancer. We believe they have her best interests at heart.
Thank you for the outpouring of support, love and encouragement during this time.
They wake her up a lot during the night and she's tired a good portion of the day so when we get to see a little bit of her precancer self, it's always going to be a little extra bitter sweet and we'll try to mostly post when she's having a good day.
We love our baby so much! She's a fighter and right now we have to be too.
Cancer sucks!!
https://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma
https://curesearch.org/Neuroblastoma-in-Children"
Meet Taliana. This beautiful soul is my Goddaughter and the most loving, generous, kind, silly, smarty pants (gifted classes sort of smarty pants) who just turned 10! Three days after spending her double digits birthday in the hospital, she and her family received the news that she has Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a cancer of immature nerve cells. (You can read an excerpt below directly from her courageous parents regarding what our strong Tali has already been through.)
Tali has a very long and difficult journey ahead of her. Most kids her age are loving summer and dreading going back to school. Taliana is NOT this child. She LOVES school, but because of the treatments ahead of her, she will not be able to return to school this year. Her father will be staying home with her as he and her mama provide the best at-home, round-the-clock care for her. This year, they will be spending a lot of their time and money on in and out-patient procedures including radiation, surgery to remove the baseball-sized tumor behind her right lung, visits to Denver for stem cell harvesting, and additional chemo treatments. This is not something a family plans for (or should ever have to).
This beautiful girl needs our prayers; prayers for inner peace, continued strength, joy through the pain, and healing. This is the priority, so please join me in this daily. Another way we can help is to alleviate the burden of the cost of her care, hence this GoFundMe account. The hope is to help cover the cost of medical and travel expenses and time off work.
Thank you all for your humbling generosity and prayers for this most precious soul. For updates on her progress, please visit her "Team Tali" Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TeamTali53
An excerpt from a Facebook post by her parents:
"When reading the following information, please keep in mind that the odds don't matter and we don't care what the statistics are. This is Taliana's very own specific journey... and she's optimistic.
On July 23, 2018, we received her official diagnosis: Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. We are attaching a few of the more credible (doctor recommended) links for information about the type of cancer she has. Her treatment plan includes approximately 18 months, barring any complications. The first step will begin right away with two rounds of chemo to shrink the tumor in her chest. We will keep you posted with the subsequent stages as they occur. They will include: radiation, a surgery to remove the tumor when it's smaller, visits to Denver for stem cell harvesting and additional chemo treatments. We are told she will start losing her hair pretty rapidly and she's chosen to shave it before it falls out so that she remains in control of that part.
Our baby is so strong and has already endured three different types of chemo, two surgeries (one to place a fluid drain in her chest and the other was her biopsy and bone marrow test), a blood transfusion, two iv lines, daily x rays, a ton of blood tests and numerous other tests that we can't think of at this time.
We are choosing to remain optimistic and positive. This road will have highs and lows. The care team at Presbyterian has made her a priority and we have faith in their knowledge about this type of cancer. We believe they have her best interests at heart.
Thank you for the outpouring of support, love and encouragement during this time.
They wake her up a lot during the night and she's tired a good portion of the day so when we get to see a little bit of her precancer self, it's always going to be a little extra bitter sweet and we'll try to mostly post when she's having a good day.
We love our baby so much! She's a fighter and right now we have to be too.
Cancer sucks!!
https://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma
https://curesearch.org/Neuroblastoma-in-Children"
Organizzatore e beneficiario
Shelby Ann Wolfe
Organizzatore
Albuquerque, NM
Gabe Vargas
Beneficiario
