Did you know that each week 1-2 children here in Central Virginia are diagnosed with cancer? Perhaps not. But I am positive you already know that Kersey Creek Elementary School is a school filled to the brim with some of the most caring students and administration in Hanover County! In fact, many of our Comets are bursting at their seams to share their kindness in so many different ways. Because of this, the Kersey Creek Comets have decided to form our own ASK 5K & Fun Walk team to honor and support 3 of our bravest Comets, Bella, Kennedy and Javi! With the help of these ASK Kids, their siblings and a few of their friends, we present to you the first ever KCES, ASK 5K & Fun Walk team: Caring Comets Fight Kids’ Cancer!
What do these 3 brave Comets all have in common? Well, Bella, Kennedy and Javi know exactly what it’s like to fight cancer! In July of 2019, at the age of 4, Javi was diagnosed with Stage 3S EBV+ Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. In May of 2021, Javi’s friend and neighbor, Kennedy (age 7), was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Seven months later of that same year, Bella (age 10) and her family’s Christmas break plans changed in an instant when they heard the words, “Your child has cancer.” The next few weeks were filled with painful tests and an agonizing wait. Finally, Bella’s diagnosis came in…B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Fighting childhood cancer is tough, but there is no doubt in our minds that Bella, Kennedy and Javi are even tougher! As the parents of these resilient kids, we know that when times during active treatment are difficult or when the cognitive late-term effects from chemotherapy make school more challenging than it ever was before; ASK Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Kersey Creek Comets have been by our side to help us along the way!
Battling cancer is certainly not easy, but when we fight together it helps to ease some of those struggles. We invite you to join the Caring Comets Fight Kids’ Cancer team. Together, we will help make fighting active cancer, as well as its coinciding, emotional and cognitive late term effects a whole lot easier for kids like Bella, Kennedy, Javi and so many other local children who are currently fighting childhood cancer here in our Richmond area!
https://www.askccf.org/blog/meet-ask-kid-kennedy
https://www.askccf.org/blog/meet-ask-kid-javi