Fight with Finley

05/29/2026

I’m a little late yesterday was World Blood Cancer Day. 🩸

Blood cancer became personal for us when Finley was diagnosed with leukemia. Since then, our world has been filled with hospital rooms, chemo, endless labs, transfusions, waiting on counts, and learning a language no parent ever wants to understand.

We’ve watched our girl fight through things most adults couldn’t imagine. We’ve seen fear, exhaustion, and heartbreak — but we’ve also seen unbelievable strength, courage, and resilience in Finley.

There have been hard days, scary days, and days we didn’t know how we would make it through. But there have also been victories worth celebrating: hearing “counts made it,” getting to go home, hearing the words “she is in remission,” tiny moments of normal life, and watching Finley continue to smile through so much.

Blood cancer changes an entire family. It changes how you see time, health, and what truly matters.

Today we honor every child and adult fighting leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood cancers. We honor the families carrying this weight beside them, and we remember the warriors no longer here.

If you can, please donate blood, register to be a bone marrow donor, pray for these families, and help spread awareness.

And to our Finley girl — you are the strongest person we know. 💛

05/29/2026

Wednesday she had pancreas clinic with dad, and apparently the highlight of the visit was them asking her what her p**p looked like. She thought that was absolutely hilarious. 😂

Nothing major came from the appointment — just more labs, another look at imaging, and we’ll follow up again in December… on her birthday of all days.

Today was clinic day, and it was a busy one! Remi got to come along this time, which made Finley so happy. Our girl made counts today, got chemo, and needed some platelets too. She was still screaming during access, but the volume has definitely decreased. At this point, I think that’s just part of our routine. 😅

Thank you all for loving Finley and our family so well. Please continue praying that she keeps feeling good, that we can stay out of the hospital — no fevers, no admissions — and for remission forever. 💛

Her weight is staying stable and she’s feeling amazing right now, which we are so incredibly thankful for. Please be praying specifically that she won’t wake up with one of those horrible headaches tomorrow or deal with any nausea.

Now we need y’all’s help — we get a 3-week break from chemo/clinic life soon and we want to make the most of it! Send us all the fun ideas, little adventures, favorite places, or special things we should do with the girls during our break. 💛

We also found out she won’t need any more bone marrow aspirations ever. Honestly, I’m not really sure how I feel about that. Part of me is so thankful, but another part of me almost wants one more just to make sure everything is completely clear.

We have ONE more chemo left this round, and then we get a 3-week break before starting maintenance!! Praise Jesus. 🙌

Honestly, I still can’t believe we’re almost there. A year and a half later and maintenance is finally in sight.

Finley was so much more relaxed having Remi there with her — she had her sister to play with. And Remi had about a million questions since this was only her second time at clinic. 😂

Today Remi finally got to go to sibling camp with Smile-A-Mile and she was so excited. I miss her so much already. I know she will have so much fun!! She will get so much attention that I know she needs being the other kid.

05/24/2026

Finley was very excited to see she had mail!!

LIV like a Unicorn

A foundation that has a mission is to support families dealing with pediatric cancer, as well as support research,
so one day no other family will be told to “go home and make memories.”

Thank you so much for the package Finley did all the crafts the same day she received them!! Thank you for loving on her!!!

05/24/2026

Today was a good day!! We got to go and see some amazing cars at the car show!! I’m so thankful the rain stopped.
Finley enjoyed being able to help pick the one she liked the most with Aiden!! Honestly I was very surprised on the car they picked I thought she would convince him to pick a purple one.

Thank you all so much for coming out to support us!!! Thank you to everyone that put this car show on! It was the perfect day!

05/23/2026

See you guys later today! 💕

Cruising For A Cure – Supporting Our Sweet Finley 💛

Mark your calendars!

The 3rd Annual Cruising For A Cure Car Show will be held Saturday, May 23rd at Barney Hood Stadium in Southside, Alabama, and this year it will help support our sweet Finley and another brave child fighting cancer, along with their families.

This event is about more than just amazing cars — it’s about community, love, and rallying around families who need us. Finley continues to fight with so much strength, and this day will be a beautiful way to show her and her family just how many people are standing beside them.

✨ What to expect:
• Incredible classic and custom cars
• More awards for 2026 entries
• Drawing for Dollars – a brand new money tree format filled with cash and prizes
• Great local food vendors
• 50/50 raffle
• A full day of fun while supporting two courageous kids battling cancer

Please save the date, invite your friends, and share so we can make this year the biggest one yet. Every car entered, raffle ticket purchased, and plate of food bought helps support our family!

Let’s pack the lot at Barney Hood Stadium and show Finley & Aiden just how loved they truly are. 💛

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05/20/2026

Yesterday she finally got to go to her besties house.
She had so much fun!

Finley woke up with a pretty bad headache this morning. We gave her some pain medicine and after a 3 hour nap she was back to her old self.

I don’t know if it was heat or just chemo but I’m very thankful that it was short lived!! Please pray that tomorrow is a better day.

Please pray she has no headache or nausea and she feels good.

05/18/2026

Running into clinic today!!

She is the strongest girl I know. We had a little trouble about of that her port but the awesome nurses got it working!

Finley’s numbers look great. She is up 2 more pounds. Dr Xavier thinks she looks amazing so do I! Finley’s legs are getting thicker and stronger, also look at all that hair.

I told Dr Xavier that we are going to stay home as much as we can but she said we needed to do things!! The next thing we are excited about if Finley’s car show this Saturday!! She will be there and we are so excited about it!!

During this phase of treatment she gets hot very easily and can get sunburned very easily. She will also have a hard time healing.

Please pray with us that we won’t have to be admitted again. Please pray no fevers and no side affects from chemo.

We love y’all!!

05/18/2026

Join us this Saturday in Southside!

Cruising For A Cure – Supporting Our Sweet Finley 💛

Mark your calendars!

The 3rd Annual Cruising For A Cure Car Show will be held Saturday, May 23rd at Barney Hood Stadium in Southside, Alabama, and this year it will help support our sweet Finley and another brave child fighting cancer, along with their families.

This event is about more than just amazing cars — it’s about community, love, and rallying around families who need us. Finley continues to fight with so much strength, and this day will be a beautiful way to show her and her family just how many people are standing beside them.

✨ What to expect:
• Incredible classic and custom cars
• More awards for 2026 entries
• Drawing for Dollars – a brand new money tree format filled with cash and prizes
• Great local food vendors
• 50/50 raffle
• A full day of fun while supporting two courageous kids battling cancer

Please save the date, invite your friends, and share so we can make this year the biggest one yet. Every car entered, raffle ticket purchased, and plate of food bought helps support our family!

Let’s pack the lot at Barney Hood Stadium and show Finley & Aiden just how loved they truly are. 💛

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05/17/2026

One of the very 1st things I thought about after they told us Finley had cancer was is our marriage going to make it.

I have heard the stories where the parents pour their lives into a sick child and they lose site of the marriage. They are doing everything to keep their child alive. We completely understand this.

I don’t know if Adam knew this or if he just took on the task that we would not drift apart. We would be solid even when I felt things were falling apart. A simple gesture as holding my hand while I sit in the backseat knowing I was scared he had me. Being the best nurse and pharmacist to Finley because she wants her mom to be mom and not nurse her. When I call him he will always call me back or attempt to give me the solution. The man that says let me research that and then can do it.

Our simple get away he spoiled me to say the least. Being married 15 years is hard to find new things to talk about. But you know what we can do we can dream together.

We talked about what our lives will be like once this journey will end. Will our lives be the same as before. Will we have a farm with cows? Will we live off the land as we always wanted too?

15 years married over half our lives.

I’m so thankful for you. I love you so much!

05/13/2026

We got to break out!!

Please pray that she continues to get better and no fever. Finley ANC is 400 so we were instructed to hold her oral chemotherapy until Monday. Please pray that her anc will rise and her cough improves.

She feels great and so excited to be home. She wants to go to her friends house but I told her she needs to wait until Monday to make sure her ANC is up so we won’t have another hospital stay.

This part is hard on a 7 year year old. She wants to spend time with her friends and do things but she also doesn’t want to end up in the hospital again. So we will wait.

After much consideration we are still going to go on our anniversary trip. Please pray that Finley stays well/no fevers. It’s hard on a marriage a childhood cancer diagnosis and Finley oncologist said we needed to go. I’m so thankful how much she is invested in our family as well as Finley. It doesn’t make it easy. But we need this.

We love y’all!!