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Mother's Day weekend of 2018 marked the start of five-year-old Yemayah McNeil's battle for life. Her initial complaint to her mother was a headache, which was followed by several bouts of nausea and vomiting over the course of the weekend. However, each time she would get sick, she seemed to recover quickly and rejoined her family and friends in the celebratory activities that had become a Mother's Day custom in...
Continue Reading »Yemayah McNeil
Knightdale, NC
Transplant Type: Stem Cell
Transplant Status: Transplanted
Goal: $150,000.00
Raised: $9,597 of $150,000 goal
Raised by 109 contributors
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Adjusting to our new new Norm!
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After 93 days in the hospital and another 50 days at the Ronald McDonald house, me and my girls have officially moved back to our own humble abode.... Continue Reading »
Bell Ringing Ceremony
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Bell Ringing Day!
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You did it Warrior Princess! Your treatments done, your course is run, and you are on your way! Continue Reading »
Meal Prep for a Warrior Princess
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This is the meal plan for my Warrior Princess. Three times a day she is given this elaborate spread of medications and formula to sustain her. Now that... Continue Reading »
Welcome to the next step in the road to recovery!
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And so it is, 93 days after being admitted Duke University Medical Center for a stem cell transplant, my Warrior Princess has been discharged to start the next... Continue Reading »
Deja vu
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It's been 45 minutes since I watched the anesthesiologist pushed Propofol in Yemayah's IV. Immediately her eyes rolled back in her head as the potent anaesthetic took effect.... Continue Reading »
HE is a Way Maker
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There are two things that no mother should ever bear witness to. One is the lifeless body of her child and the other is a MRI showing a... Continue Reading »
Dilemma
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Pediatric cancers robs children of a lot of things. One of the most fundamental things is their opportunity to play with other children. Because chemotherapy depletes their immune... Continue Reading »
KFC now selling chicken butts
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Yemayah: Mama I want a chicken butt from KFC. Me: What is a chicken butt: Yemayah (aggravated with my obvious ignorance): a chicken butt! Me: (truly confused): Sweetheart... Continue Reading »