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DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION

Diagnosis:

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Treated at:

Childrens Hospital and Research Center, Oakland

Current Status:

In treatment

Age at Diagnosis:

9

Ariel G.

Location: Pleasant Hill, CA, US Age: 13

Ariel Rose is a slip of a little girl with sparkling blue eyes and the most wicked and contagious laugh ever heard on a child her age.

Ariel began her fight against a rare muscle cancer (rhabdomyosarcoma) in 2007. She endured a year of brutal treatments with a courage, a strength, with a joie de vivre simply amazing and humbling to watch. In 2008 she emerged disease free and we've spent the last 3 yrs trying to keep up with her and her passions - Harry Potter, Dr Who, comics, video games, her friends and family, and of course her beloved puppy Squishy.

Life was simply wonderful...which made it all the harder to learn this month, Feb 14, 2011, that her cancer has once again returned. Ariel is gearing up for the biggest fight of her young life but wherever this journ...

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