Alaina
Whiteland, IN
Alaina is 1 year old and lives in Whiteland, IN. She has Neuroblastoma. The ATI Foundation assisted Alaina and her family with funding toward mounting medical bills.
Alaina has stage-3 Neuroblastoma, a form of cancer that can easily spread throughout the body including bones, bone marrow and the entire nervous system causing kids to be unable to walk without extreme pain in their bones.
At 10 months, doctors discovered a large tumor that had taken over the majority of her abdominal area that is aggressive and fast-growing. As the tumor continued to grow, her vital organs were being pushed and her vena cava was being constricted, causing extremely high blood pressure and severe back pain so she was unable to lie on her back.
Alaina received chemotherapy treatments and underwent surgery to remove the tumor, followed by nine months of additional chemotherapy and immunotherapy to complete a successful battle with this potentially deadly disease.