Shortly before Ava’s second birthday, she began crying out and complaining of pains almost daily. Many doctors visits and tests later, Ava was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. One year later to the exact date of her diagnosis, Ava stopped breathing in her mother’s arms. Once stabilized, the family took Ava to Dr. Pat Brown at Johns Hopkins.
Ava endured several relapses from 2010 until 2015, when Ava was given weeks to live and was placed on hospice. The Daniels instead tried some holistic therapies and Ava once again achieved a full remission until her fourth relapse in August of 2016.
Ava’s body responded to intermittent chemotherapy and after Dr. Brown fought for Ava to be part of a trial, she was accepted into the CAR T-cell Trial at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. By April 2017, Ava received her own, genetically-engineered T- cells. Today, she remains in full remission. The Daniels live day by day knowing that life can change in one single breath.
Watch The Daniels Family’s story here: https://youtu.be/KaROnvmz5gMc.
