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Honored Patients
Our Inspirations
A.I. duPont
Honored Patient Molly Anderson
Molly is an active 5 year old. She loves telling jokes, swimming and playing baby dolls with her sister, Maggie. On May 28th, 2008 her family's life was changed forever. Molly's parents noticed that she had some swollen lymph nodes, but other than that felt fine. Molly went to A.I. duPont's Emergency Room where they did a lot of tests, then they x-rayed her chest and saw a mass and knew it was cancer. After a biopsy of her neck Molly was diagnosed with with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia T-cell and her journey began.
Molly has been a shining star during her treatments. She didn't complain about hospital stays, numerous surgeries, shots, chemo or pills. She would look at her parents after a treatment and say "piece of cake." Although this has been difficult on the entire family, Molly's courage and loving spirit has been an inspiration to her family and many others. Molly's journey to being cancer free is a long one, but she plans to be a fighter the entire way.
Molly is looking forward to starting school again and just being a "normal" kid. Her family so proud of both her and her sister for how they have dealt with this difficult turn of events in their lives.
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Honored Patient Sarah Moody
Sarah, the daughter of the late Ernest and Louise Moody, is a native of Delaware.
She attended school in the former De La Warr School District and graduated from
Wilmington College - now known as Wilmington University. Sarah is the mother of
three children - Michael, Maury and Michelle. Her three grandchildren - Z'nayah,
Michael, Jr. and Nahrai are dear to her heart.
After experiencing several episodes of severe back pain and irregular movement of
her leg, Sarah sought medical advice. Subsequently, in April of 1999, Sarah was
diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Her journey to recovery began immediately.
Sarah received chemotherapy and plasmapheresis twice a week and had procrit shots
administered weekly. During her journey with myeloma, Sarah has endured countless
outpatient treatments and hospital stays.
Sarah's victorius attitude never changes. She is determined not to let cancer put a stop to living life to the fullest extent. She has had to
put her life on pause several times but worked hard to resume her daily routines. Sarah does not have a sad story. She knows that God
is in control of her life and He's taking care of her.
Rehoboth Beach
Honored Patient Danny Fontanez
Danny is a typical boy in every aspect of the word. He loves Spider Man and the
Spongebob Squarepants. Pizza and McDonald's french fries top his favorite food
list. Danny loves running around his family's living room pretending to be a Power
Ranger. The only thing that separates Danny from other boys his age is that he
is a cancer survivor.
It started the evening of January 5, 2008 when Danny began complaining of
severe pain in his legs. After two trips to the Emergency Room, Danny was
diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Months of therapy, medications,
hospital stays and even a stint in the Intensive Care Unit followed.
Although the past year and a half has been rough on Danny, his older brother and their parents; the family has survived. Today, doctors say Danny is 99.9% cancer free. Danny will remain on maintenance treatment, but is able to go back to enjoying being a little boy. The family credits the support of the staff at A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, friends, family and their church for giving them strength during this journey.
