#RallyKid Sadie Fundraiser
Rally Kid Sadie's Story
I'm Sadie Ely, a 17-year-old from Rome, Georgia. In November 2023, I was living a normal teen life when I began having severe knee pain. I thought it was growing pains but asked to see an orthopedic doctor on 11/10/22. X-rays showed something abnormal, leading to an MRI that revealed a large tumor on my left tibia. I was sent to CHOA for a biopsy on 11/21/22. I was told if I woke up with a port, it meant cancer. I woke up and felt my chest—I knew my life had changed. I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a bone cancer with no stages. I began chemo on December 7. It was a hard journey—painful, scary, and overwhelming. I leaned on my faith and the memory of my great-grandfather who passed during my treatment. On March 7, 2022, I had limb salvage surgery. My leg was saved, but I now have foot drop. A spinal fluid leak during surgery caused intense headaches and delayed therapy, turning a one-week stay into three. Eventually, I started chemo again and began physical therapy while in a leg brace for 8 weeks. Learning to walk again was tough, but I kept pushing. After months of therapy, braces, and another surgery, I rang the remission bell on September 5, 2023. But the fight wasn’t over. On May 17, 2024, I had nodules removed from my left lung. I’m still in therapy, but grateful for how far I’ve come.💛🎗️
By making a donation, you are directly supporting childhood cancer research through the Rally Foundation.
Your donation will contribute to the ongoing efforts to develop better treatments with fewer long-term side effects, and ultimately, find cures for young patients like Sadie. Stand with us in this critical cause and help bring hope to children and families battling cancer.
Fundraise in Honor of Sadie
Every day, kids are diagnosed with cancers that still have no cure — and treatments that haven’t changed in decades. Rally steps in where traditional funding often doesn’t, providing philanthropic seed funding for bold, early-stage research with the greatest potential to save lives.
Join us and help fund the future by backing breakthrough science because kids fighting cancer can’t wait. Their futures depend on more than hope. They depend on action.