Honored Kid

Gavin R.

Age 16
Gavin R. Kid Photo

Location

Bellevue, WA, US

Diagnosis

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Date of Diagnosis

July 2017

Status

In treatment

Treated At

Seattle Children's Hospital

Change your kid's logo

My Story

On July 10, 2017 our world changed forever. Our son, Gavin was diagnosed with high risk pre B-cell ALL. He was always very active and upbeat. He had just finished playing Lacrosse in June and fractured his knee the last game of the season. This forced him to lay around a bit more. The week of 4th of July he started to feel sick with on and off feather and throwing up. We took him to urgent care that week and they weren't sure what was wrong. On that Saturday we took him to Seattle children's thinking maybe he had a kidney infection. We ended up being admitted that night with the news that his white blood counts were off and his platelets were low. On Monday they did a bone marrow biopsy and that afternoon we were given the news. News no family should ever hear. Your child has cancer. Please support 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.

The Childhood Cancer Ripple Effect

Help Give Kids a Lifetime

Infants, children, teens and young adults are depending on us to find cures for childhood cancers — and to give survivors long and healthy lives.

Support lifesaving childhood cancer research today.

Photo submission policy

Please read the photo submission policy and accept below.

By submitting a photograph of yourself on www.StBaldricks.org, you agree to the following terms and conditions for submission of your photograph:

We strongly encourage all users to submit a before and after photo, so that donors and fellow participants can easily recognize and relate to one another.

Any photo containing cartoons, comics, celebrities, nudity, pornography, sexually explicit images or any copyrighted image (unless you own the copyright) is not permitted. This is because photos of celebrities and cartoon or comic images are generally copyrighted by the owner.

Uploading images of other people without their permission is also prohibited.

This photo submission policy applies to StBaldricks.org users. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation reserves the right to review all photos and to remove any photo for any reason at our sole discretion. If you see a photo on StBaldricks.org that you believe does not conform to this policy, email to WebQuestions@StBaldricks.org