In 2012, Emma Paulson received news that would change her life forever; she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). After withstanding two and a half years of grueling treatments, Emma “rang the bell” signifying the end of her cancer treatments. However, doctors do not consider leukemia ‘cured’ until it has been in remission for five…
Homestead Football is committed to raising awareness for Childhood Cancer. The Highlanders made good on their mission by designating their game on September 30th as an opportunity to “Boot Childhood Cancer”. T-shirts were designed and sold throughout the week at Homestead High School, and at the game under the Friday Night Lights. The Highlanders’ desire…
September is here! At PAX Headquarters, September means Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Go Gold! and More Than 4%. For Braeden, September means: BIRTHDAY! For many kids, birthdays involve friends, parties, and lots of new presents. Braeden is perfectly happy with family, friends and a little party; but once again, he took a pass on presents…
PAX is proud to introduce a very special warrior, Sir Nikolas the Brave. Nikolas was diagnosed with Gliomatosis Cerebri, an extremely rare form of childhood cancer, in November of 2014. With fewer than 100 cases diagnosed each year, this highly aggressive brain cancer remains very resistant to current treatment protocols. While Nikolas has been fighting…
This heart-warming drawing was created by our beautiful PAX Warrior, Charlotte. It was included in a recent ‘Thank You’ letter we received from her brave mom. It warms our hearts to know that Paxton’s life spark continues to shine on through the support PAX provides to other brave children fighting childhood cancer. For all who’ve…
Andrew started his third round of chemotherapy starting last week. He is taking a pill daily for 21 days and then a week off and then starting the same cycle once again. He will be doing this for a few more months. The chemotherapy is called topotecan. Andrew has done rather well so far with…
Andrew started another round of chemotherapy earlier this month. This round consists of treatment, in the form of a pill, for the next three weeks. He will then have a week off followed by another three weeks of chemotherapy in pill form. Andrew loves to cook and the Foundation has worked to keep him busy…
While Paxton’s Momma could be sitting at home, avoiding Christmas, and certainly avoiding kids with cancer at Christmas, she’s not having any of it. She’s busy leading her Sweet Boy’s Army of Love in spreading the real spirit of Christmas. Danna and Paxton have conspired with all of us at The Paxton Andrews Foundation to…
Mabel was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma (form of childhood cancer) June of 2013. She has gone through six total treatments of chemotherapy. Four treatments were done before the doctors and her parents agreed the best course of treatment would be to resect as much of the tumor as possible. The initial thought was thy would be…
When we visited our sweet Dafne earlier this month, we learned that her family was in need of a set of bunk beds. So, the Army of Love went on a mission… and last weekend, we were able to deliver a bunk bed to Dafne and her family. As you can see, Dafne was very…