Our Heroes
A tribute to the brave children who have fought neuroblastoma. Their stories inspire our mission and remind us why we fight for a cure.
Our Mayush was born in the spring, in late March, and brought light to each room she entered, touched every guest who passed by, and met everyone with a smile, laughter, kindness, and peacefulness. Maya was Ben’s young sister. Ben was born a year before Maya, who managed to catch up to any age gap in the verbal, social and motor skill aspect. They grew up as twins.
Maya was the best partner for everything, and her matureness surprised us all time and time again. Her creativity and imagination were endless.
Maya loved to sing, dance, jump, build, read books, play with dolls, knead dough, draw, cook, eat…
Dror – Imri was diagnosed at the age of 10, which is extremely unusual because neuroblastoma is a type of cancer that usually appears in babies up to the age of 5. Imri came down with chicken pox, two weeks later he ran a fever again, and something told me “Go to the doctor again.” By then there already was a 12 cm diameter lump in his stomach and our entire life turned upside down.
He was treated by the Head of the children’s department at the time, Prof. Paswell, who was a neighbor and personal friend, and Prof. Gidi Rechavi, who was a young doctor at the time and accompanied us all the way, during a struggle 24 years long.
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Whether you host a lemonade stand, join our ambassador community, or simply share our mission, every action moves us closer to a future without neuroblastoma.
