Laurren's Story

Laurren is a 13-year-old blue-eyed doll with lots of cute freckles and a BIG personality! She loves to sing, dance and play funny jokes on people! She is always smiling and loves to make others smile! Lauren has a fighting spirit like no other!

Laurren was diagnosed with a rare cancer called Osteosarcoma on August 22, 2007. She underwent surgery on November 19, 2007 to remove the tumor and replace it with a prosthetic knee and titanium femur. She had nine grueling months of chemo which should have been completed in April 08, but the chemo caused heart failure in January 08, so she was not able to complete here protocol.

Laurren’s cancer returned to her right lung on June 2nd, 2008 and she underwent another surgery on her lung June 4th, 2008. After surgery she began 2 additional chemo therapy treatments which lasted five months and she was given a weekly research drug for nine additional months. This treatment completed March 2009. New CT scans were taken on April 6th, 2009, which revealed 5 new tumors in both lung. (Heart-broken is the only word suitable.)

The doctors at Children’s Hospital have recently told us that they can no longer help Laurren with conventional treatment. So we have now been faced with the decision for an alternative treatment that is not covered by medical insurance. With God’s plan and His miracles, this treatment will save her life!

The treatment center is in Santa Barbara, California. Lauren started her treatments on Monday, July 27th and will continue the treatments for three weeks. We are hoping to extend her treatments in Santa Barbara with the Fundraiser proceeds.