“Reason this person is a Gold Ribbon Hero: Riley has just turned 5 years old and after several tests to find out why she was not feeling well and running a fever, they found Riley has stage 4 neuroblastoma and is also in her bone marrow. Riley is the beautiful daughter of Rick and Kristin Sherman and big sister to Matthew from La Quinta CA. Riley has had several tests done on her and has recently had two surgeries to remove a tumor that was pressing on nerves and her spinal cord that had left her unable to walk. Riley is such a vibrant little girl who even with dealing with this horrible cancer, still always has a smile on her face that would light up a room! Where this family should have been preparing their baby girl to go to Kindergarten this year, they were having to prepare her for chemo. Riley will need to have 12-15 months of chemo/radiation and stem cell transfers. No child should ever have to go through this.” – Kim T
More about Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancers:
- About Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer – Detection and Diagnosis
- Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention of Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer
- What are the signs and symptoms of Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer?
- Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer Treatment
- Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer – Stages and Prognosis
- What is the expected life span of Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer?
- After Treatment – Living as a Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancer Survivor
Learn More About the Different Types of Childhood Cancers:
- Childhood Brain Tumor Cancer (Brain Stem Tumors)
- Spinal Cord Tumor Cancer
- Childhood Neuroblastoma Cancers
- Childhood Hodgkin Lymphoma Cancers
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Cancers
- Wilms tumor (Kidney Tumors)
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Bone cancer (including osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma)
- Leukemia Cancers: Acute lymphocytic (lymphoblastic) leukemia (ALL) Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)
- Hepatoblastoma (Liver Cancer)
- Rhabdoid Tumors