Celebrate With Hailie- She is a Fighter, a Warrior and a Survivor!
Please join us in celebrating with 10-year old Hailie, who proudly announced on August 14th that she is CANCER FREE! Hailie’s mom and dad shared the great news with their fans and supporters,
“ As of today Hailie is no longer a cancer patient, she is a SURVIVOR! Hailie will have the ongoing hormone issues for the rest of her life, but she has won her fight! We are so proud of you Hailie! You kicked cancers butt!!! Congratulations!!! – love mom and dad
This month, Hailie is returning to many of the things she loves- her first day back to school, activities with her friends and so much more. Hailie came home from school this past week and thought about all of the other kids fighting cancer like her and the hundreds of them who wouldn’t get that same opportunity to return to school. That night, Hailie sat with her dad and said that she would like to do something to help kids fighting cancer. As a childhood cancer fighter and survivor, she knows just what kids need to be encouraged to Never Ever Give Up.
Hailie courageously fought Germinoma (brain cancer surrounding the pituitary gland), for almost a year. Hailie was admitted into the hospital in January 2013. After a few MRI’s it was determined that Hailie had a brain tumor. Surgery soon followed in February and it was determined that the tumor completely surrounded Hailie’s pituitary gland, and mostly destroyed it. Hailie stayed in the hospital for 29 days and has since gone through 4 rounds of chemotherapy, each round she had to stay in the hospital for 3 days.
Throughout it all, Hailie never gave up, she kept going; kept fighting. Hailie continued to remind herself that she was much stronger than cancer; and that she was! Congratulations Hailie–you have the entire NEGU community behind you, celebrating with you. We send you so many wishes and prayers for the wonderful, joyful life you so deserve! Yay Hailie!!
If you would like to join us in sending Hailie tons of notes of encouragement and joy, please visit her at Go Hailie
Also watch this special video of Hailie’s journey, put together by her dad..tears of joy