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2011 Patient Ambassadors

Designed to fight childhood cancer, the Georgetown Jingle is ultimately about the children and teenagers who are living with cancer every day. Each year patients volunteer to be Patient Ambassadors for the Jingle. These patients and their families are partnered with a participating designer, and they willingly share their stories, their disappointments and their successes with all of us. Every time a member of the Jingle team walks into the pediatric clinic at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, one is a struck by the artwork on the ceilings and on the walls; the unflappable parent comforting a tired child; the tireless action of the staff; the smiles on all the faces; the courage that each and every child and adult must have to walk through those doors each day.

Join us in celebrating our 2011 Patient Ambassadors:

Kedar B.

hazalynn Cavin-Winfrey
Kedar B., age 6

"Peace on Earth"
Designer Partner: Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey

Diagnosis: ALL
Current Status: Remission
Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bells
Favorite thing about the Holiday: Opening Presents


Anuj D.

Anuj D & Patrick Baglino
Anuj D., age 2
"Christmas Candy Tree- Dylan's Candy Bar"
Design Partner: Patrick Baglino

Diagnosis: HLH
Current Status: End of Treatment!
Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bells
Holiday wish: Candy and Toys

Jefferson Y.

Jefferson Y & Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Jefferson Y., age 9
"The Poetry Tree"
Design Partner: Wendy Danziger

Diagnosis: Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
Current Status: Remission
Favorite Book: Diary of the Wimpy Kid series
Favorite "thing" about the Holidays: presents!! giving and receiving!

Teresa H.

Teresa H & Remission
Teresa H., age 10
"Green" Tree
Design Partners: Molly Kunselman & Kate Robertson

Current Status: Remission
Holiday Wish: "I could fly!"
Favorite "thing" about the holidays: Big family dinner

Devan T.

Devan T & Dee Thornton
Devan T., age 5
"A Caribbean Christmas"

Design Partner: Dee Thornton
Diagnosis: Acute Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Current Status: A second remission following a stem cell transplant
Favorite Holiday Song: "Up on the Rooftop"
Favorite Holiday Book: "Olive the Other Reindeer"
Favorite "thing" about the holidays: Decorating the tree

Markel W.

Markel W & Gloria Balack
Markel W., age 10
"The Golden Rule"
Design Partner: Gloria Blalock

Diagosis: Severe Aplastic Anemia
Status: One year post transplant (thanks to his brother) and doing great!
Favorite Holiday Song: "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Holiday Wish: A cool Sweet 16 party when I turn 16!

Dylan V.

Joe Ireland & Edith Gregson
Dylan V., age 12
"Far East Holiday"
Design Partners: Joe Ireland & Edith Gregson

Diagnosis: ALL Leukemia
Current Status: In Treatment
Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bells
Christmas wish: "for my parents to win the lotto"

Hannah P.

Hannah P & Camille Beers
Hannah P., age 11
"Bling in the New Year"
Design Partner: Camille Beers

Diagnosis: Von Willie-brands, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Uncontrolled Asthma
Current Status: "Doing OK"
Favorite Holiday Song: Feliz Navidad
Christmas/Holiday wish: World Peace

Joseph

Joseph & Remission
Joseph P., age 13
"Nature and the Holidays"
Design Partner: Rosie Sauser

Diagnosis: ALL (tcell)
Current Status: (remission - August was 5 years off treatment)
Favorite Holiday Song: The Drummer Boy
Favorite Book: Books by Andrew Clements
Favorite "thing" about the Holidays: family traditions
Christmas/Holiday wish: A cure for all types of cancer
Likes/Dislikes: soccer, football, swimming, music, song writing

Adam R.

Adam R. & Gary Lovejo
Adam R., age 3
"The Gift Tree"
Design Partner: Gary Lovejoy

Diagnosis: JMML (only 25-50 cases are diagnosed annually in the U.S. - he is literally one in a million!!!)
Current Status: On April 16, 2011, Adam was considered a cancer survivor!!! He had a bone marrow transplant at the age of 10 months on April 16, 2009
Favorite Holiday Song: Dreidel song
Favorite Book: Pinkalicious

Max R.

Max R. & Eleanor McKay, Niermann Weeks
Max R., age 14
Design Partner: Eleanor McKay, Niermann Weeks

Diagnosis: ALL
Current Status: Remission
Favorite Holiday Song: Frosty the Snowman
Favorite "thing" about the Holidays: no school :)
Was in the February 201l Junior Olympics for Fencing!

Ayden K

Ayden K. & Eleanor McKay, Niermann Weeks
Ayden K., age 4
Design Partner: Eleanor McKay, Niermann Weeks

Diagnosis: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Current Status: Startied maintenance treatment in May
Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bells
Favorite "thing" about the Holidays: Santa and the Christmas tree

Avery p.

Avery P & Camille Saum
Avery P., age 6
"Razzle Dazzle"
Design Partner: Camille Saum

Diagnosis: Leukemia
Current Status: finished treatment May 11, 2011
Favorite Holiday Song: All I Want for Christmas is You
Favorite "thing" about the Holidays: Gingerbread Houses


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