Meet Nathaniel

He recently turned 5 and has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. He was diagnosed on 03/02/12. The first month after diagnosis he and his family stayed in the hospital for 19 days. During that time he had to battle the stomach bug for two weeks and then pneumonia. He lost 12 pounds and had to basically learn to walk again due to the leukemia setting in his hip. He grew strong enough to be released but was admitted again a week later because he had developed three cysts in his leg. Thankfully Nathaniel hasn’t had to have any more in-patient stays since and is continuing on with the “maintenance phase” of his treatment and tackling Kindergarten at the same time. Nathaniel’s favorite things are Transformers, Play-Doh, trucks, tractors, trains and games….typical all-American boy stuff! And he likes to run! Did I mention that?? He was on the go the entire time we visited the museum. It truly warmed my heart on that cold, winter day to see this little boy so full of fight! I had a wonderful time with this family and would like to thank The Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, NY for hosting this incredible little boy’s Gold Hope session. Living in Upstate NY can make it difficult to do outdoor sessions in the winter with our precious fighters. We had cancelled our first scheduled session in November due to bad weather and it looked as though we would need to wait until Spring until we heard from the good people at the MOST-SYR! Images by: KellyAnnePhotography