Jensen Strong - Crushing Leukemia

06/01/2026

Thank you The Freedom Flyers 🧡🎗️🐎

Prayer. Performance. Purpose.

These 3 words are the foundation of everything we do as The Freedom Flyers. On June 13th, we are proud to partner with the Clip-Clop Farm Open Classic Series at the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds as we put that mission into action by performing in honor of a courageous little boy…

Meet Jensen. A local brave 3 year old who since July 2025 has been fighting a battle no child should ever have to face: a rare and high risk form of Leukemia. He has already endured harsh chemotherapy treatments, long hospital stays and life threatening infections. Even after 10 months of treatment, his journey is far from over with his treatment expected to continue through December 2027.
But if you ask those who know him, they'll tell you Jensen is so much more than his diagnosis. He is strong, rambunctious, full of life and is always smiling through it all.

The Freedom Flyers believe in the power of prayer, community coming together and the impact of a single act of kindness. Together, we stand as an army of support, cheering Jensen on every step of the way. On June 13th, donations will go directly to Jensen and his family to help lift the financial burden of this long journey.

Since gold is the color of childhood cancer awareness, every Freedom Flyers’ horse will be decked out in gold glitter ✨ as we ride in Jensen's honor.🎗️ Every hoofbeat will carry a prayer. Every pass through the arena will be for a purpose. Every rider will be thinking of one special little boy and the incredible fight he continues to face each day.

Please join us! Come watch, donate if you can, share this post and most importantly, say a prayer for Jensen and his family. 🙏🏼
Every horse rider, we invite you to come out & participate, sign up for the events. Help us “go for the gold” together! You can help out by donating directly to Jensen’s Fund, via Cash App @ Bridget Etheridge $JensensFund

This is what The Freedom Flyers is all about!
Riding for a purpose, one performance at a time
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05/31/2026

Just a little update on how Jensen is doing. He hasn’t been knocked down too hard yet. The day after chemo, he had some nausea and vomiting, so we started Zofran back. He’s been very playful up until yesterday. He has small bursts of energy here and there. Mostly he just wants for mama to lay in bed with him. He still has a pretty good appetite. The vincristine has caused some constipation but we’ve got it under control. Over all’s he’s doing good but we can see his color draining from him. He will return to Children’s on Monday for his next chemo treatment, then again on Thursday for more. Keep lifting him in prayer as the days to come will only be harder on us all.

05/28/2026

Jensen’s doctor just called and the pathologist reported no blasts in the spinal fluid! 🙌🏻 Thank you God for answered prayers!

05/27/2026

Jensen met counts today and was able to start his next phase, Delayed Intensification. He did amazing being accessed today! I did not have to hold him down or anything. He received a spinal tap with methotroxate injected into the spinal fluid. He also received Vincristine and Doxorubicin via IV. He’s also going to start steroids at home. While he was getting his spinal tap, they changed his NG tube. This is going to be a really hard phase and we will need all the prayers we can get. But, I have a very special prayer request for today. Jensen’s results for his spinal tap started to roll in and his CSF protein levels are pretty high. His white blood cells aren’t beyond the norm but they’re elevated in comparison to his usual level on previous spinal taps. There are a few explications for this. The one we fear the most is a CNS relapse. This would mean that leukemia cells have infiltrated his central nervous system. I’m praying that this is just a late reaction to the blina therapy and I’m asking you to pray the same. The last part of the spinal tap will tell us for sure after the pathologist has reported his findings. These results should post tomorrow. It’s going to be a looonnngggg night! Pray with me please. Let God know that we all confidently believe that healing is in this kid’s story and not relapse! Speak it; don’t request it! Thank you all for praying with us. 🙏🏻🧡🎗️

05/27/2026

Jensen is returning to children’s in the morning to try and start his next phase. Pray for safe travels, that he meets counts, and for no side effects from chemo 🫶🏻🙏🏻🎗️🧡

05/21/2026

And he’s home! The past few days Jensen’s numbers have boggled up and down. We finally started treading upwards on his ANC. It wasn’t a big trend but we went from 0.05 to 0.06, which is all still pretty much zero but it was enough for them to allow him to go home as long as we were comfortable with it and we understood that if he ran a fever we would have to bring him right back. The plan is to try and start this next phase again on Wednesday, as long as he meets counts. Keep praying for Jensen. As we said before this next phase is the least favorite for most families and we are definitely not looking forward to it. Pray for one of our friends and fellow CHNOLA kiddos too. She has unfortunately relapsed and started the same protocol as Jensen today. She’s had poor reactions to chemo in the past so lift her up also. Thank you to our prayer warriors for never forgetting Jensen and for fighting this with him. 🙏🏻🧡🎗️