11-year-old Anna Labella of Ilion New York got the surprise of the Ilion community at Albany Medical Center after online bullies tried to bully her on TikTok.
Anna LaBella is fighting for her life at Albany Med. Bullies have been getting her down but Thursday afternoon, something amazing happened that lifted her spirits.
Large Crowd Gathers to Cheer Up Cancer Patient at Albany Med
At around 6pm Thursday evening, a massive crowd of police officers, firefighters, bikers, cheerleaders, friends, family and complete strangers gathered below the foot bridge at Albany Medical Center to lift the spirits of an 11-year-old girl named Anna LaBella. They held signs, made t-shirts, chanted her name, and it was beautiful.
Anna, an Ilion native, is currently receiving treatment at Albany Med bravely fighting Ewing s Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that occurs in the soft tissue of the bones. For Anna, this is her second battle with cancer, and for the last two years she s been mostly alone, isolated and depressed as she fights for her life.
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Kaylee Kruise poses in her dance outfit in this photo submitted by her family. Kruise passed away Friday following a two year battle with brain cancer.
The community is mourning the loss of an Altoona student taken by cancer.
Kaylee Kruise, a fifth grader at Ebner Elementary School, died Friday after a more than two-year battle with brain cancer.
According to her parents, Richard and Melissa Kruise, Kaylee “warmed everyone’s heart with her sweet smile.”
The Kruises have been touched by the community’s outreach.
“We received support from the school with dress-down days,” the Kruises said in a text message. “They had the teachers pay money to dress down, and it (went) to our family. We also received support from the Brian Morden Foundation and Fighting All Monsters,” organizations that fight childhood cancer.
Playing in snow is something that 10-year-old Aiden Rozier can now check off his bucket list Author: Bre onna Richardson (WMAZ) Published: 4:55 PM EST January 21, 2021 Updated: 6:49 PM EST January 21, 2021
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. An organization called Fighting All Monsters (FAM) and a group of Central Georgia moms came together to give a 10-year-old boy with terminal cancer one of his last wishes a trip to see some snow. I had fun playing in the snow, said Aiden Rozier.
Playing in snow is something that 10-year-old Aiden Rozier can now check off his bucket list.
He was diagnosed with a form of cancer in his right leg in Aug. 2019. He had treatment, but the cancer spread and doctors told his family it s terminal.