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Meet Sully

Sully was referred to St. Jude after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

 

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St. Jude patient Sully wears a red dress and is held by her mother while her dad and sister stand next to them wearing white.

St. Jude patient Sully and her family

 
 
St. Jude patient Sully's sister twirls her around.

St Jude patient Sully with her sister

 

Sully's story

Sullivan — Sully, as everyone calls her — is a barefoot adventurer who loves feeding the miniature donkeys on her family’s Alabama farm. But she also loves to play dress up with fancy clothes, shoes and sparkly costume jewelry.

“She’s my spicy one,” her mother, Madelyne, said of the younger of her two daughters. “She’s my outdoor lover.” 

 
 

That spark — equal parts grit and glitter — has carried Sully through more than a year of treatment for a brain tumor.

It started in the summer of 2024 with intermittent vomiting. Then Sully’s eyes began to cross.

A CT scan confirmed what Madelyne had already feared.

 
St. Jude patient Sully playfully places her hands on her face.

St Jude patient Sully

 
 
St. Jude patient Sully is held by her mom as her father and sister stand next to them.

St. Jude patient Sully with her family

 

I had this weird feeling. I told my husband, ‘I think Sullivan has a brain tumor.’

- St. Jude patient Sully's mother

Sully was referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

In December 2024, Sully completed treatment. The family returned home, trying to settle into a new rhythm. But at Sully’s next checkup in March 2025, scans revealed evidence of metastatic cancer.

 
 

She continues treatment at St. Jude.

Asked what St. Jude means to her, Madelyne said:

It’s home. It’s second chances.

 
St. Jude patient Sully stands between her parents as they kiss her on each cheek.

St Jude patient Sully with her parents

 
 
St. Jude patient Sully sits in her mother's lap in a windowed room.

St. Jude patient Sully with her mother

 

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