Help Reegan Fight Cancer

Hello, I’m starting a GoFundMe page for my niece Reegan who was diagnosed in September with Osteosarcoma. She will be undergoing chemotherapy and a complete hip replacement. The funds raised will help with her medical care and help offset the loss of financial earnings her parents will incure while taking the time they need to be with her.

From her Mom & Dad:

“In Spring of 2023 at 12 years old Reegan started to experience pain in her upper thigh. We assumed it was growing pains and gave over-the-counter medicine here and there since the pain came and went. By July 2023 Reegan's pain was more regular and there was a bit of a limp when she walked. As the limp became worse, she was scheduled for a doctor appointment in August 2023. The doctor did an x-ray and it was revealed that Reegan had a 4.3 cm bone lesion. We were obviously concerned and the doctor referred us to Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, CA for further evaluation. We saw orthopedics and oncology where they recommended an MRI.

After an MRI at Valley Children's we were referred to an orthopedic oncologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, CA where they recommended and eventually performed an open biopsy.

On Friday September 22nd, we received the diagnosis of Osteosarcoma. Our sweet girl has cancer. Things moved very quickly at that point with more blood work, another CT for mapping of her future surgery and a PET Scan to check for metastasis. The PET scan came back clean showing no metastasis. On October 5th, Reegan will begin her first round of chemotherapy. Each cycle is expected to be 5 weeks. After two cycles of chemotherapy, we will pause to travel to Palo Alto where Reegan will have surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford to remove the tumor and undergo hip replacement and reconstruction. From there she will spend 1 week in-patient recovering and then another 5 weeks at home recovering. After recovering from surgery Reegan will again resume her chemotherapy for an additional 8-10 months, baring any delays. We are hopeful that chemotherapy will be complete in Summer 2024. We are all still trying to wrap our minds around what this will look like for all of us since we will be commuting 2 hours to Madera for her treatments at Valley Children's Hospital.”

Reegan is the youngest of three children with two older brothers. She is kind, funny, silly, sassy, and oh so brave. I will do my best to update as often as I can. But out of respect for Reegan's request we are keeping information limited in the public space.

UPDATE 10/06/2023

Reegan had her port put in yesterday and has begun her first round of chemotherapy today. Thank you everyone who has already donated and those who will. I can’t express enough how grateful I am for the support and kind words. Thank you thank you thank you! ♥️