Noa Strong

08/04/2026

45 days. 🦈💛✨

Today has been so emotional and it’s not even 2pm.

I signed e-check in consent forms for her final spinal today. That’s the last time I will ever fill out e-check in for a sedation procedure.

And then we picked out her Final Spinal cake and got surprised when Daddy and Bublebee just happened to be at the same grocery store.

It’s so sweet to be able to get excited about these incredible milestones.

I was able to tell a friend “When Noa is 38…”

And it hit me. She will BE 38 one day.

She gets to live. She IS living.

God is good, and so is CHOA Oncology. 🙌🏻💛

Keep seeing sharks. Keep saying prayers. 💛🦈✨

07/28/2026

We are officially 52 day away from our baby girl ringing that bell!!!!

I am reposting her GoFundMe for her after treatment celebration!!

Noa has not gotten to see her grandma (Lita) or grandma’s side of the family since she was 7 months old, due to her cancer.

We are hoping and praying to be able to take Noa down to Colombia to see her family she knows only via FaceTime.

If you find it in your hearts to share, please do! Every dollar helps so much to having her wish come true!!!

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07/24/2026

Our Brave Girl 💛

We submitted Noa’s photo to be on the CureFest Survivor Tribute Wall this coming September.

CureFest will be September 18-20 this year in Washington DC.

There’s something extra special about the fact it starts on Noa’s last day of chemo.

Our miracle girl 💛

07/21/2026

🦈💛✨

As always, Noa had an eventful clinic. It was a girly pop only clinic, so of course we had flair ✨✨

We were surprised by one of our favorite nurses being in clinic yesterday! We haven’t seen her in about a year, so when she snuck in during port access, we were both excited!

Our brave girl is incredible. She didn’t flinch or cry at all when they accessed her port this time! It always amazes me how used to this life she is.

After port access, we got to see our friend Gianna from Rally and we talked to another one of our favorite docs about next steps and her numbers.

So, here’s the low down on what her blood counts show:
Her hemoglobin is still dropping. We are now keeping a heavier eye on her watching for signs of her hemoglobin coming down and making sure she doesn’t need a blood transfusion.
Her ANC was still a little high, but not anywhere where it has been the last few times we’ve been in, but they increased her methotrexate dosage (her second chemo on Fridays). So we’re gonna pause any Saturday plans for now until we know how she feels on this increased dose.
They also gave us a referral for GI. (I told you this clinic came with flair✨) Noa’s been experiencing some pretty severe constipation and some acid reflux at night, and while both are pretty common side effects of her chemotherapy and she takes medications for both, they want to make sure it’s just side effects and the chemo isn’t masking another issue altogether.

But then the big call came.
We officially have our ✨PORT REMOVAL SURGERY DATE✨

I haven’t allowed myself to cry yet because I know I’ll be a big blubbery mess when I do, but this is a major milestone for our girl.

After chatting with our doc, we went up and had our antibiotic infusion with a nausea med cocktail on the side and then she slept through rush hour traffic on the way home.

We have 59 days left. 59 daily doses of oral chemo, and 7 more of her second dosage on Fridays.

Our next clinic is her ✨FINAL SPINAL✨

We’ll be back in August to terrorize the sedation nurses one last time.

Until then, See all the sharks, Say all prayers. 🦈💛✨

07/19/2026

🦈💛✨

Please keep Noa girl in your prayers. She has clinic and infusions tomorrow.

She’s been wearing out really easy the last few weeks, and we’re not sure if it’s summer heat + chemo, or something else.

We’ll be there all day, haha. So we’re packing extra snacks and books.

She got to enjoy some summer fun today and celebrate her best friend’s birthday! ✨💛 Safe to say, our girl is always up for an adventure. It was fun to see her play in the foam, considering that’s what we used for our gender reveal. Full circle moments. 💛

I’ll update everyone tomorrow after we get home from clinic. 💛

07/11/2026

Too fast for cancer today. ✌🏻🐆

69 days.

Thank you Sunshine for an incredible zoo day with our wild one. 💛☀️

07/08/2026

Two years ago today, we heard the words “It’s official, your daughter has cancer.”
Two years ago yesterday, I found Noa unresponsive in her crib at 16 months old.

July is hard. It’s when we started this insane journey into being a cancer family. From the first moments of watch Noa fight for her life, to the moments now where we get to watch her thrive, this has been an incredible journey. It’s been hard, but there are good days.

Like yesterday. When we took July 7th back.

July 7th will always be Noa’s Survivor Day. We will always stop and celebrate the fact that our miracle is still alive.

July 7th, we’re rewriting memories. One day July won’t scare us. But for now, we celebrate our miracle girl with all her favorite things.

72 days in active treatment left. 💛
September, we’re coming for you.

07/01/2026

🦈💛✨

Noa had clinic yesterday.

She got to play and hang out with Rally Gianna, who we love!

We also got to sit down with our lead oncologist, Dr Summers, and really discuss what the next 3 visits will look like.

Wow, there’s only 3 visits left…

We discussed her port removal surgery in October.

She will still have to receive antibiotic infusions October, November, and December after her port comes out, but her doctor is adamant that we take it out as soon as possible so that she doesn’t have an infection risk/if she has a fever has to go to the ER.

Her ANC was still very high, and her hemoglobin is dropping again into the 8’s which is low for her and makes us nervous with her history (especially being so close to her diagnosis anniversary) but her liver numbers are still very much recovered so we will take the blessings where they are!!

We are going to take the next few days easy as we prepare for her diagnosis anniversary.
Thankfully we have a fun day planned to get us all out of the house and focus on what matters most; Noa is alive.

We go back in on July 20th for another round of bloodwork and another antibiotic infusion.
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Happy Fourth of July, everyone! 💛

See a shark, say a prayer 🦈💛✨

06/29/2026

Miss Noa has an appointment down at AMBH tomorrow for blood work and infusions.

We have just 82 days left. It seems insane to think that we're now down into double digits.

We just relaunched Noa's t-shirt fundraiser. If you'd like to get a shirt to wear for our girl, you can do so here:

Noa is finally ringing the bell!! This shirt is to help her celebrate this milestone!!. After two and half years, 803 days, Noa Ramirez is finally going to RING THAT ...