This page was created to keep our family and friends up-to-date on Isabella's battle with brain cancer. She has completed her chemotherapy and physical therapy at NYU Medical Center in New York City. She has also completed her proton radiation treatment at Boston's Mass General Hospital. With her tremendous spirit and courage, along with all of our support, she will ultimately prevail.
About Isabella
From the day she was born, we knew that Isabella was a free-sprited, fun loving kid. She loves to do everything that a kid loves to do: play, sing, and dance. She is also extremely smart. Isabella has an older sister, Annalise, and a younger brother, Nathaniel.
On November 17, 2008, an MRI showed that Isabella had a massive 10 cm tumor in her brain, and it was promptly removed. It was diagnosed as a malignant glioma and underwent chemotherapy to try and remove the remaining cancer cells. She also underwent proton radiation therapy at Boston's Mass General Hospital.
Today, we received a surprise visit from Santa Claus, who took some time out from what is certainly his busiest time of the year. He brought presents for everyone, including us big kids. It was an amazing visit and the kids didn’t stop smiling the entire time. In fact, hours after Santa left, Nathaniel was still proclaiming “That was AMAZING!”
Special thanks to the Marvin PTO and the Norwalk Fire Department for making this visit possible. We don’t know what kind of strings one has to pull to get a special visit from St. Nick, but we certainly appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts.
Below are a video and few pictures from the visit and we welcome you to share in this magical event.
Isabella greets Santa with a hug!
Santa gives Isabella her first present. A stuffed puppy!
Nathaniel greets Santa in his own way, with a high five!
Santa hands out even more presents.
Santa commented that he never gets to watch anyone open their presents so this was special for him too.
The aftermath. The house looked like the day after Christmas.
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