Juliana Carver Memorial Fund

Our daughter, Juliana, was first diagnosed with a rare pediatric muscle cancer called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) in February, 2007 when she was just five years old. Since that time Juliana has relapsed three times--the latest relapse was this year on March 17th. Juliana is now twleve years old and has gone through a combined 40 rounds of chemotherapy and 27 weeks of radiation therapy to seven different areas of her young body. She is continuing to receive chemotherapy, in addition, we are now also adding complementary cancer treatments that are not covered by our health insurance. Complementary treatments are given in addition to conventional treatments like chemo and radiation and include many dietary supplements, enzymes, probiotics, spices, teas, diet changes, etc. We have been taking Juliana to a naturopath for a couple months and we have already seen results--Juliana is less tired and has needed fewer blood transfusions. We have also scheduled an appointment for Juliana with an anthroposophic doctor who can give her mistletoe therapy (neither his fees nor the treatment are covered by insurance). Juliana's oncologist has told us there is nothing he can give her to keep the cancer from coming back again (we've had several second opinions that concur).
Sadly and unexpectantly, Juliana passed away on October 24, 2016 after fighting rhabdomyosarcoma for over 9 1/2 years.  As a result we have changed this to a memorial fund for her.