Fight like Atlas

06/04/2026

Hey everyone! Atlas does have a TikTok account, .

06/04/2026

There are 4+ children from our small area in Iowa that were diagnosed in less than a year. 2 of them, stage M neuroblastoma. No news coverage, nothing from KWQC TV6 News. No looking into it.

It's like it doesn't even matter. Like these little lives that are being affected by Iowa's environment means nothing to the government, the insane amount of pesticide usage, the factories, the water. It hurts.

And yes. All of our children are at risk. We didn't think it would be us either. I didn't think it would be Atlas. But it is. This is not supposed to be normal.

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A Massachusetts school district is investigating whether possible environmental factors at a local high school could be connected to multiple teachers being diagnosed with breast cancer or precancerous conditions in recent years.

06/03/2026

I'm genuinely dreading Gaia and Atlas being separated for nearly 3 weeks. Atlas isn't himself without Gaia and vice versa.

Gaia is the reasoning he finally got out of bed and played for the first time in a month after diagnosis. She was the reason we were able to take the NG tube out- she was able to get him to eat. She is the reason he gets off the couch to play and run. She's our reason. Leaving her at home just feels so wrong. I'm having a hard time thinking about being without her for that long. I've tried so many different ways to bring her but it just isn't possible. RMH has strict guidelines on sibling ages and Gaia is too little. 3 plane tickets were $2,000 due to none of the medical flights getting back to us. It all just adds onto the already existing anxiety and stress around Atlas's high risk surgery next Wednesday.

This breaks my heart. This next month is going to be so hard. No Gaia, intense surgery, watching Atlas be in pain for weeks and have more tubes in his body. More incisions. Far away from family and everyone we know. New hospital, new people that don't know Atlas. Why can't we just have a normal summer like everyone else?

06/02/2026

The color back in his face is everything to me. I hate that the last round of immunotherapy knocked him down so hard. 4 days until we leave for New York.

06/01/2026

Back to our normal jogs by the river (plus Gaia now!) Atlas is loving the fresh air and is feeling so good!

06/01/2026

i like to think I took these videos for a reason. Lately, they’re one of the only ways I can remember what life was like before cancer became our everyday reality.

When you’re deep in a cancer diagnosis, it’s easy to let it become all you see. But Atlas is so much more than cancer. He’s more than hospital stays, scans, surgeries, and treatment. He’s still the same little boy with the curly hair, the big personality, and the joy that lights up every room.

We’ll get to the other side of this. His curls will grow back. His smile will be the same. One day he’ll get to be a normal kid again, and I am holding onto that.

Since the day he was diagnosed, I’ve said there’s no way out but through. That mindset matters now more than ever with this surgery coming up. It’s a major operation, and it’s terrifying as a mom. But we don’t have another option. We have to keep moving forward, keep fighting, and do everything we can to get this tumor out.

One step at a time. One day at a time 🎗️💖 my precious boy

05/31/2026

Atlas is officially back to himself, and was up for a family day today! We're soaking up every second before we're gone for all of June. Seeing him be more himself has been such a relief after a really hard few weeks. 🎗️💖

05/30/2026

Insurance, the reason why Atlas has had to go through 6 more rounds of chemo instead of just getting the surgery he desperately needed.

05/29/2026

I'm not strong enough for this, sometimes. A lot of the time. I struggle. He didn't deserve the life that was handed to him. Everything used to be so normal.