Special holiday party
Local children with cancer treated to celebration
They celebrated the season with Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research and around 50 members of the community. Rally families and volunteers gathered for a holiday party at Westgate Church along North Campbell Station Road, Tuesday, Dec. 16.
One such child was 9-year-old Chance, a Farragut Intermediate School student, who was diagnosed five days before turning 5.
“He just finished at St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Memphis for medulloblastoma,” his mother, Trish Adams said. “It’s an aggressive brain cancer. He was referred there by East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.”
The trial is in Phase 2, and “it’s really showing some promise,” Adams said. “We were really excited to be part of that and to celebrate Christmas again.
To have such a part, “it’s really exciting because any time we can be with other families who really get how special every holiday is for us — I mean, everybody loves Christmas, but when you’re unsure if you’re ever going to celebrate that again with your child — it’s really extra special. And, when you can be with other families that get it, it’s really, really nice,” Adams said.
“It’s nice to see them like normal kids, another parent said.
“Rally Tennessee is committed to creating moments of joy for families who are walking through the hardest experiences of their lives,” Rally Tennessee director Elaine Kay said. “These events give families a chance to breathe, connect and feel supported by their community.”
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