#RallyKid Fletcher's Fundraiser

Fletcher was born in March of 2009. Being born an almost 10-pound baby, he gave William Wallace a run for his money on his battle cry. As Fletch grew, so did his curiosities. He is an old soul that loves being a vivacious reader. He never kept still and always included everyone around him if he felt they were being left out. Fletcher was never one to shy away but liked to keep to himself when he had enough people-time. At the age of 7, he began to have terrible migraines. His being diagnosed with ASD, made the doctors conclude it was just his low threshold for pain. He'd be sick to his stomach, and there were multiple times he was found withering in pain on the bathroom floor. One afternoon I took him to the ER, they found something, and I quote, "There's something on the scan that shouldn't be there." An hour later we were in a medical emergency helicopter flying into DC from Fairfax. Two hours after that, an MRI produced answers, we find he had a tumor. It is quite large and by the looks of it, a very difficult placement. The neurosurgeon was confident in his ability to perform the surgery, but was wrapped around the brainstem. After an 8 hour surgery, pathology confirmed it is medulloblastoma, group 3. He made lifelong friends in the darkest time of treatment. We kept prayers high, along with our heads. We were positive and though there were breaking points, never gave up. We didn't know that this battle would have raged and waged such a heavy war. We kept the dance parties going and books stacked high by his bed. Medulloblastoma is an aggressive brain tumor that has a survival rate of 80&. I'd never heard of it, I didn't know there were so many children faced with such a life-altering disease. Fletcher is a lucky and extremely blessed child to now have made it to 15. We have lost multiple friends. There are countless difficulties in his everyday living. You wouldn't know it by looking at him. He still has a bright light in his heart. He still has that great sense of wonder and joy of reading. His treatment left him with deafness, cataracts, neuropathy on his entire left side of his body, significant cognitive delays, and alive. Alive and willing to share his story and his love of bookswith his service pup Starlight Cordelia by his side. Any donation to support childhood cancer awareness will always be a phenomenal choice. Chidlren like Fletcher are diagnosed and treated, but there is a deficit in treatment options. children are still dying every day from their cancer or its aggressive treatments. No one fights alone. #cleverfletcherfightscancer. 

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Your purchase will contribute to the ongoing efforts to develop better treatments with fewer long-term side effects, and ultimately, find cures for young patients like Fletcher. Stand with us in this critical cause and help bring hope to children and families battling cancer.