Families Fighting Cancer Together

Providing financial assistance and other support to families affected by cancer and other life-altering pediatric illnesses in Graham & Greenlee county

Genesis austin

During my pregnancy, I was very sick and doctors didn’t understand why. She was born through an emergency c-section.

She flipped our world upside down. After doing some Googling, I found a disease that seemed to match every criteria, it was called Griscelli Syndrome type 2.

Laith Bryce

Laith and his twin brother were born September 2021 at 30 weeks gestation. Laith suffered a brain hemorrhage which went unnoticed for nearly 8 months.

When he finally got an MRI of his brain it showed periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). PVL is an incurable injury which affects the white matter of the brain.

Helping Families In Need

Providing financial assistance to families with children who have been burdened with life-altering diagnoses.

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Our Mission. Your Family.

We Support Families When They Need It Most

Bram Romney

Bram was born with TEF (Tracheal Esophageal Fistula) which means his esophagus was not attached to his stomach. The condition was not known until Bram was born but was detected right away.

Within 24 hours he was in surgery to attach his esophagus to his stomach. The surgery was a success. They also installed a G-Tube while they were in there just in case.

Max Williams

During pregnancy, Max was diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), leading to an early induction. Fortunately, he was born healthy, and doctors were unable to pinpoint the cause of the IUGR.

From birth until age 2, Max developed typically, hitting all his milestones without any concerns. However, at age 2, he began to regress, losing all of his speech

Maia Hunt

Maia was born in January of 2023. Four days after she was born, we got a voice-mail saying that her newborn screen came back abnormal.

Within two weeks Maia was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA). SMA is a genetic degenerative muscular disease which causes the progressive loss of the ability to move, eat, and breath.

ruger Wells

Ruger was born in February of 2015. He was your normal happy cooing baby who grew into your everyday curious energetic toddler, but he just wouldn’t talk.

It wasn’t until May 2019 when Ruger was diagnosed with autism and ADHD through the Center for Neurosciences in Tucson. His autism has left him with speech, sensory and eating issues which he combats with different therapies he receives through Therapy Group of Tucson.

Oscar Cisneros

Oscar was born with Caudal Regression. In Oscar case it affected his walking and being able to sit upright. He was 3 days old when he got his first set of casts.

He has had 4 sets since then. They were to make his legs straight and now in a sitting position so he can sit on his wheelchair. He has had 2 surgeries and has a surgery coming in May.

Ella Morales

Ella is a sweet three year old who, with her twin brother, completed our family in July 2019. Ella was born with a rare genetic disorder, chromosome 3p deletion. Since there’s not much known, we still have a lot to learn about this disorder.

Ella lived in the NICU at Phoenix Children’s for the first month of her life. She had her first surgery at two days old for choanal atresia.

Testimonials From Our Community

This organization has been beyond AMAZING for my daughter and family! My daughter has a tumor that we travel states away for treatments on. They’re so full of care and go above and beyond to make us feel that someone else is in our corner! They have helped us so much and we appreciate it more than I could ever put into words. Thank you for being so kind and helping us and always checking in to make sure we’re ok!

These guys are so helpful and understanding, they really helped our families experience dealing with these adversities much easier. My kids and I absolutely love what they do for us. Having people that listen and can relates to these experiences means a lot as well.

Thanks to FFCT, we’ve been able to take our daughter to her specialist appointments without going into debt like we have previously. Her needs are being met and we have peace of mind. Families Fighting Cancer Together was started by the most kind people and we are so grateful for all they do for our family. They have blessed us and become like family.

This organization was so helpful! I don’t know how we would have gotten through our extended hospital stay and series of follow up appointments without their support! They were so easy to work with and so compassionate! A huge Thank You to Families Fighting Cancer Together!

Such a great organization to help families! We are so grateful to the Hatch family and all the donors for the support we’ve had with Laith.

My daughter has type III Osteogenesis Imperfecta. We have to travel to doctors appointments often, and this organization has helped us so much.

Brynlee Pulsipher

They did tests, and found out that she was in severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis, which can be deadly. They began treating her and arranged to fly her and mom to Diamond Children’s Hospital in Tucson.

Addelyn Mullenaux

In early April of 2017 we learned at a routine O.B. appointment that our 2^nd baby girl- whom we had already decided to name Addelyn- had developed enlarged ventricles with excess cerebral spinal fluid in the brain.

Paige Pace

Paige was first diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis (NF1) when she was 3 years old.

When she was born, her doctor mentioned the possibility that she may have NF1 based on the many brown spots all over her body.

Mia Johns

Mia is a happy and active 6 year old girl. When Mia was about 4 years old we noticed something odd about the shape of her mouth. It took many doctor visits, but we finally got an answer from Phoenix Children’s dermatology.

Mia has a rare condition called Parry Romberg Syndrome. There is no explanation for the cause of it, nor is there a cure.

Cayden Maza

Cayden is a 16-year-old who is a Sophomore at Thatcher High School. He enjoys hanging out with his friends, football and video games. Cayden was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma In October.

He’s been coughing for several weeks nonstop and had a huge lump on his left side of his neck. The lump just continued to grow and no antibiotics were helping.

Marcus Cortez Leon

Marcus age 13 was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. The way we found out; Marcus was playing in the All Stars Soccer Tournament January 15 2023 in Tucson. That night he came to us saying that he couldn’t urinate.

With in three weeks later his urination discomfort continued and this time with blood in his urine.

Dustin Wamsley

Dustin started to suffer from frequent extreme stomach cramps, nausea and rashes leading to many doctors’ visits with a lot of different explanations such as COVID, flues, viral infections, a hernia and even food allergies.

Aria Smith

Aria will be 13 soon. She loves to swim, because floating in warm water is the only place she gets some relief from her daily pain.

Aria was born with every long bone in her body broken. By the time she was three, she had 150 breaks under her belt. Aria suffers from Brittle Bone Disease.

Jett Skousen

Jett was born on January 28th, 2008. He was such a sweet baby with a mild temper.

As he got older, we started to notice a weakness about him, so we ordered a genetic test. We were told that Jett had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).

Haileigh Huffstetler

On June 6th Haileigh started to have stomach aches almost daily. They did blood work and noticed her white blood cell count was elevated and sent her to an emergency room.

Once at the ER they did more blood work and a CT scan of the abdomen and found numerous tumors.

Kason Nunley

Kason is a fun loving 12 yo who loves Roblox and sleepovers. His twitching started at 10 yo. His frustration showed as doctors and teachers weren’t seriously concerned.

He struggled making it to school as mornings are the worst time for his yet undiagnosed Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy..

Carson Hatch

Carson was your typical teenage boy who was involved in sports, he loved to hang out with his friends, pull pranks on others and have a great time, then in May of 2006 he was diagnosed with bone Cancer…

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