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St. Jude patient Luna smiling while holding a framed photo of when she was in treatment.

St. Jude patient Luna

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Luna has a light that shines everywhere she goes

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Star artwork by St. Jude patient Ty

 
 

Luna has a beautiful smile and a light that shines everywhere she goes. When she started to feel sick and stopped acting like herself, her parents became concerned. Doctors in her hometown in Guatemala confirmed what her parents had feared, Luna had leukemia.

Luna was referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where doctors placed her on a treatment plan that included chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.

Eleven months later, Luna and her family were given the okay to return home to Guatemala, but a month after their arrival, red spots appeared on Luna’s legs.

Her cancer was back.

 
St. Jude patient Luna hugging her dad around the neck as he is kneels down next to her.

St. Jude patient Luna and her dad

 
 
 
red stars artwork by St. Jude patient Ty
St. Jude patient Luna smiling. with hands on hips.
 
 
St. Jude patient Luna smiling while her father hugs her.

St. Jude patient Luna and her dad

 

Luna and her family turned to St. Jude again, where she underwent another bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy and CAR T-cell therapy.

St. Jude not only offers new treatment without a cost to us, but along with that treatment comes empathy and a lot of warmth.

- Mario, Luna's dad

 
 
 
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Families, like Luna's, will never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.

 
 

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St. Jude patient Luna smiling, while resting her head in her hands and elbow on a couch.
red stars artwork by St. Jude patient Ty
 
 
 

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