Hope for Ashlyn Hope

Ashlyn's Hope is inspired by Ashlyn Hope Perkins. Ashlyn is a lover of princesses, baby dolls, digging for worms, art, and all things makeup and glamour.  The week of May 15th, Ashlyn started experiencing pain in her belly,  After an X-ray and an ultrasound, they were told that she has a 10cm mass on her kidney and was diagnosed with having a Wilms Tumor.  Ashlyn had surgery on Monday, May 18th to have a port inserted and began chemotherapy the next day.  She had 5 weeks of chemo and another surgery on June 25th.  When they opened her up, they discovered that chemo didn't work, the tumor had grown, and that they didn't know what Ashlyn had inside of her.  After a week of waiting for pathology results to come back, we learned that Ashlyn has been diagnosed with stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma.  She will have 12-15 months of treatment. Treatment includes 5 rounds of chemotherapy, surgery to remove what's left of the cancer, 2 stem cell transplants, and much more.  Ashlyn is a trooper and the strongest little girl I know. If anyone can handle this, she can!  Let's all have hope for Ashlyn Hope!