Breanna was born on April 1, 2000 in San Jose, Ca. She lost her battle for life on September 16, 2002. She hated car rides before she got sick but she loved them after awhile. She also disliked the word ni-night.

She loved being rocked to sleep, playing with her 3 siblings, and she loved her papas. She was a little cuddle bug if you could catch her.

Our little Breanna was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma on Aug. 25,2001.

We went through a misdiagnosis. In one day her jaw swelled up on one side, so I took her to the doctor. She had been cutting teeth so the decided it must be an abcess, gave us antibiotics, and sent us home.

Two days later she was admitted to the hospital for I.V. antibiotics due to they felt the oral ones weren't strong enough. That was a Saturday. On Wednesday she was discharged only to be taken to the hospital for pain the following day. They gave her a RX for pain meds and sent us home with a appointment the following day where they told us it was some type of growth they would need to biopsy. At that point I tried to prepare myself for the worst but no one could prepare themselves for what was about to happen.

We went home and on Saturday morning we were planning our day when all of the sudden my 19 month old daughter had gone into a full blown seizure. I hyserical, called 911 and watched terrified as her and my husband went off in the ambulance. I was not far behind.

Her regular pediatrician(who had not seen her during this ordeal)was on call. He ran a series of CT Scans and was able to tell us at that point our angel had cancer.

We could not understand how our perfecly healthy all of her life child could have this disease. After two and a half(seemed like a lifetime)weeks they diagnosed her with stage IV neuroblasoma with a 50/50 chance of survival. You never think your life can change so drastically overnight.

Breanna passed on September 16th in our arms. We all miss her so much. There is now an empty spot in our hearts. Thats all for now.

God bless Our Children