Sweet little Freya, just 19 months old, has been a fighter since the day she was born. Arriving prematurely on December 31, 2023, she spent her first 43 days in the NICU. Since then, she has faced spinal masses, bladder and bowel struggles, multiple surgeries, and now a devastating cancer diagnosis.

In July 2025, doctors confirmed Freya has a rare, aggressive yolk sac germ cell teratoma that has already spread to her lungs. She now has a port for chemotherapy, faces ongoing infections, and must use continuous catheterization to protect her bladder and keep her treatments on track.

Though often tired and scared, her courage shines through every day.

Every three weeks, her parents travel to Ann Arbor for five days of chemotherapy, leaving her siblings with family until they return. On her off-treatment weeks, they make the long drive twice a week for labs, port cleaning, and possible blood transfusions if needed—a lot of road time that Freya doesn’t enjoy either. The road is long and hard, but Freya’s strength gives us hope—and we believe cancer can be beaten.

Updates will be shared on her Facebook page: For The Love of Freya