September 9, 2015, was a day that started like any other.\u00a0 However, by the end of the day, we did not realize that our world would be forever changed.\u00a0 As we thought our son, Lucas was sick with just a common cold we learned that he had cancer.\u00a0 He was diagnosed with\u00a0Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL).\u00a0 From that moment on, things would never be the same.\u00a0 We were told that the first six to nine months of treatment would be our worst nightmare.\u00a0 Boy were the doctors right.\u00a0 Five months into Lucas\u2019 treatment he took a turn for the worst.\u00a0 His counts dropped, he was diagnosed with Cdiff, had a very bad diaper rash and his liver started to fail.\u00a0 This led to Lucas being hospitalized for 30 days.\u00a0 He did a therapy of a \u201cmiracle drug\u201d that was on trial and not yet approved for the United States.\u00a0 He had to have multiple blood and platelet transfusion and was on several medications in addition to his chemotherapy.\u00a0 Thankfully after these 30 torturous days, Lucas recovered.\u00a0 We were finally able to go home and Lucas was very excited, as he had not seen his sister in 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucas\u2019 chemotherapy treatment was three years long.\u00a0 Through some minor bumps throughout the rest of his treatment, we finally made it to November 20, 2018.\u00a0 This was the end of Lucas\u2019 chemotherapy.\u00a0 Since this was a big milestone, we wanted to celebrate not only Lucas surviving cancer but also how much of a warrior he was and the strength he showed throughout this whole journey. \u00a0I decided to throw an end of chemotherapy celebration with our family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this celebration, I realized all the help that we received not only from our family but from other nonprofit organizations as well.\u00a0 This led to me wanting to be able to celebrate other children that are or were going through the same experiences as Lucas.\u00a0 I understand that not all kid\u2019s journeys with cancer are the same.\u00a0 I do understand that each child deserves to be celebrated, therefore The Lumies Foundation was created.\u00a0 We want to ensure that all children are acknowledged for being a warrior and celebrate these children by ensuring that they can feel special for even a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
September 9, 2015, was a day that started like any other.\u00a0 However, by the end of the day, we did not realize that our world would be forever changed.\u00a0 As we thought our son, Lucas was sick with just a common cold we learned that he had cancer.\u00a0 He was diagnosed with\u00a0Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL).\u00a0 …<\/p>\n