Abby is a spunky and compassionate nine-year-old girl that loves art, dancing, books, and making people smile. She enjoys eating chicken nuggets and quoting lines from her favorite movies in her spare time. Abby is an incredibly positive person despite all the challenges she has faced. Her passion for making others happy shines through her dark moments through the compliments, hugs, joy, and love she constantly spreads to those around her.

In 2019, one week after her 4th birthday, during an ophthalmology appointment, Abby was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer called AT/RT. She underwent a craniotomy merely days after diagnosis. Abby experienced 3 months of induction consisting of 5 different chemo therapies followed by 3 months of consolidation with stem cell rescue at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and Children’s National in Washington, DC. Following these treatments, Abby was given anesthesia daily for 28 days during Proton Radiation Therapy at MPTC in Baltimore. Once proton therapy was complete, she began 9 months of oral chemotherapy.

Due to the incredible amount of traveling between the 3 hospitals, Abby’s mom, Katie, invested in a wagon to help her move around. Abby’s legs were weak from the chemotherapy and walks around the hospital campuses and even from the parking lot were often just too much for Abby to take. The wagon allowed Abby to be easily pulled from one place to the next, while allowing her to save her strength for her fight. The wagon was also useful in transporting necessities needed for lengthy inpatient stays.

The wagon became more than just a mode of transportation for Abby, but a safe place for her to sit, read, paint, or just hang out during checkups. It’s even essential to her now as she begins to build up leg strength again after treatment.