Honored Kid

Landon B.

Age 11
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Location

Knightdale, NC, US

Diagnosis

Medulloblastoma Brain Cancer

Date of Diagnosis

March 2021

Status

In remission

Treated At

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center

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My Story

Thank you for supporting me and the more than 300,000 kids worldwide who will be diagnosed with cancer this year. By sharing the gifts of your time, talent and money with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, you're supporting research to give all kids with cancer a better chance for a cure. Landon's cancer journey: -8YO at diagnosis March of 2021 -Medulloblastoma tumor the size of a tangerine -8 surgeries 3 of which were major brain surgeries -Developed PFS handicap -Has a permanent Shunt -30 rounds proton radiation where we lived in Philadelphia alone with Daddy coming to visit from time to time and to visits from his sisters. It was 89 days before we saw our own beds at one point. -4 rounds high intensity chemo -4 stem cell transplants (broke a record for most stem cells recovered after radiation) -countless blood and platelets transfusions upwards of double digits -Nearly died 3 times during treatments -3 months before first word -5 months with feeding tube during which daddy did not have Bojangles until Landon could again daddy has also been shaving his head since Landon lost his hair and will continue to do so until Landon's hair grows back in fully -9 months before he could stand -1 year before he could use a walker -1 year and 5 months till he could take steps without help - He will be 11YO this September

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