Alena :: Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia

Alena was Diagnosed with ACUTE UNDIFFERENTIATED LEUKEMIA in 2011.

Alena celebrated her second birthday on March 5, 2012 with gifts, a homemade cake, her mom, and the nurses at Valley Children’s Hospital. This sweet little girl from Merced, California is currently undergoing chemotherapy and awaiting a bone marrow transplant to treat her acute undifferentiated leukemia. Alena was diagnosed in May of 2011, and after undergoing chemotherapy, was placed in remission in October of last year; two months later, the leukemia was back. Now she lives at Valley Children’s with her mother, as she finishes her chemo and awaits the results of a bone marrow biopsy, and ultimately for her name to reach the top of the transplant list.

Alena is such a fun, spirited, playful toddler! She loves to play on the swing set, read Silly Sally, and clean with her toy vacuum. Barney and Elmo are her favorite characters, and she loves to eat rice and noodles. Alena’s mom and dad hope to take Alena, along with her two older brothers and one older sister, to visit Disneyland once Alena is in remission again and back home. They also hope to have a new home to live in once the transplant has taken place, complete with Alena’s very own swing set in the backyard. What a precious, beautiful, courageous little girl.