PLEASE COME OUT & SUPPORT RICKYS BATTLE!
Donations may be made to : "RICKYS RAINBOW FUND" |
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Ricky McAvaddy is the son of Rick McAvaddy & Jamie (Valasek) McAvaddy.
Ricky McAvaddy was born on November 22, 2002, weighing in at 8lbs 2 oz. He was a picture of health at every well visit. He hit every milestone early, especially walking when he was only 8 months old. Ricky attended daycare starting at the age of 18 months and loved every minute of it. Ricky was very active especially in the summertime where he became an instant waterbug. He was very happy in his grandparents' pools or jumping the waves at the beach.
On Thursday, October 5, 2006 after taking him out of the bathtub, I noticed he had little purplish freckles on his chest. I thought it could be a possible virus because nothing else was going on with him. Monday morning, October 9, 2006, Columbus Day the day started out normal. We went to breakfast, made a doctor's appointment for both children because my daughter had a diaper rash, then we were going to go to Smithville and ride the train after the appointment.......we never made it to Smithville. Instead we were sent to Shore Memorial Hospital for stat bloodwork. The purplish freckles were petechiae, a side affect from Leukemia. At 8 pm we were picked up by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and were there for a month starting Ricky's first round of chemo at the age of 3.
Ricky is diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He goes twice a month to see his oncologist at the Children's Hospital Specialty Center in Voorhees, New Jersey and receives chemo at home everyday. He will be done with chemo in the year 2010. He is doing well and we are looking forward to a positive outcome....On April 15, 2009, Ricky relapsed. He will have two more years of chemotherapy plus radiation. This time he will be more inpatient at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia because the protocol will be tougher on his body. Ricky is strong. We are still looking forward to a positive outcome. Ricky will WIN!
Ricky is currently in 1st Grade and enjoying every day!!
Ricky likes weather, lightning, thunder, storms - what is more appropriate then the Lightning supporting him.
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Coach Ted is putting together a running team to raise awareness and hopefully help incoming donations to support Ricky's treatments. The primary running event is the 39.3 mile Goofy WDW event in January. Coach Bill, Will, and Mikey shave their heads every year onn St. Baldrick's Day (Shaving your head for kids with Cancer)in HONOR of Ricky who is a personal friend of their family.
Email: rickysrainbow@gmail.com.
The EHTSC Lightning Youth Soccer team are supporting "RICKY'S RAINBOW FUND" as a means to help the family during this difficult time with financial support for medical and other related expenses.
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