Kaylyn W.Follow

Kaylyn was diagnosed, at the age of 2 , with a supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma grade III in Nov 2002. Depending upon which doctor you talked with, they gave her between a 10 and 30 per cent chance of surviving. From that November to the following June, she had 2 head surgeries and 5 rounds of chemotherapy (at Palmetto Richland), then another chemotherapy and an autologous stem cell transplant (at MUSC). She was tumor free. Then in Aug 2004, on a routine checkup, we found that the tumor had returned. She had another surgery and radiation treatment (at Mass General). She has been tumor free since, a period of over 4 years. Today she is a normal 8 year old girl. We have been told that the tumor could return again at some time in the future.

We want to thank everyone who gives of their time, energy, and money to assist in helping the children with cancer and their families. We look forward to the day when nobody needs to hear that their child has cancer.