Help the Reda Family Fight Cancer

Nikole is currently a 10th grader at Rondout Valley High School.  She is a very caring and thoughtful girl.  She has recently been diagnosed with Chordoma, which is a rare cancer.  In October 2017, Nikole was presenting symptoms of numbness and tingling in her arm, which they believed at the time was muscle spasms.  She began physical therapy and seemed to get better.  In March, she began to lose feeling in her left arm and hand and was in a  great deal of pain.  Doctors performed an MRI and a tumor was found on her brain stem.  She had surgery in June, but the medical team was unable to remove the entire tumor due to its location.  Just last week, (beginning of July) a PET scan was done to see if there are any additional tumors. The Reda Family is awaiting the results.

Nikole will start treatment in Westchester at Maria Ferrara Children's Hospital.  Inpatient chemo will be done for 8-12 weeks with brief times that she can go home and then will be transferred to Dana Farber Cancer Institution in Boston for localized radiation to her brain stem.  If all goes as planned, the entire process should take up to 9 months.  At that time, they will determine if she needs additional treatments.  Please find it in your hearts to donate.  Any amount would be greatly appreciated and a blessing.