Faith R.Follow

Faiths diagnosis came as a blow to her family, who was already dealing with her fathers diagnosis of gastric cancer only a year earlier in May, 2007. He passed away on August 11, 2008, only 11 weeks after Faiths diagnosis with ALL. Despite these tragic events, Faith and her family feel very blessed to have the support of so many kind and generous people and are most appreciative of all of the generous acts of kindness extended toward them. Faith and her family, which includes her mom and three brothers, have been embraced by the entire Oswego community over the past 22 months and are grateful for the love and support of friends and family, and especially the administration and staff of Oswego High School. They are looking forward to participating in the Bolingbrook St. Baldrick's event for the first time!

Despite her diagnosis and the ongoing treatments, she continues to attend school and participate in extra-curricular activities. At OHS, Faith is a Junior Varsity cheerleader and a member of the Junior Varsity Tennis team. She remains in the top 10% of her class of over 400 students and was recently honored by the Oswego Village Board as an Extraordinary Oswegoan!

Since beginning the 20 month maintenance phase of her treatment in January, Faith is getting stronger, feeling better, gaining back some of the weight she had lost and is excited to see her hair coming back in! She is hoping to participate in a trip to Washington D.C. later this spring with other teen cancer survivors and is anxiously awaiting taking her permit test in anticipation of getting her drivers license later this year!