A Mother’s Ambitious Goal to Raise $1 Million for Cancer Research
Christine O’Connell knows the walls of Seattle Children’s all too well.
In 2017, the O’Connell’s 3-year-old daughter Jane was diagnosed with stage IV Wilms, a pediatric kidney cancer. The cancer had spread to both of her lungs, lymph nodes and a vertebra in her spine. The months of chemotherapy, radiation and surgeries that changed their lives forever are still vivid memories.
“Radiation and chemotherapy was our only hope to save Jane’s life, but it is so damaging to young, developing bodies. She will suffer the effects of treatment for the rest of her life,” O’Connell said.
Then she learned that Seattle Children’s was pioneering a better way.