TeamCrista Foundation, Inc.

06/06/2026

Today in Smyer, TX!!! Make the trip and support the Moore family if you can. Every little bit counts!!! 💛🎗️💛

06/06/2026

Update: Patrick’s family shared hard news last week. His latest scan showed the tumor has grown.

He’s working with his medical team on next steps, and in true Patrick fashion, he is not done fighting. He’s stubborn in the best way, ready for summer, and has a whole lot of people in his corner. So let’s make that corner loud and wish Patrick the best summer yet. ☀️💜

06/02/2026

Our newest friend, Rylin, needs all the love, prayers, and support we can give.💛

Less than a month ago, Rylin celebrated a major victory by ringing the bell after receiving clear scans. Sadly, her family has now been faced with heartbreaking news: Rylin has relapsed with leptomeningeal disease in her brain, an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer.

The emotional toll of going from such a joyful milestone to this devastating setback is unimaginable. Rylin and her family have relocated to New York City for treatment and will be there for an unknown amount of time. Along with the challenges of fighting cancer, they are now facing significant financial strain from travel, housing, and medical expenses.

If you are able, please consider making a donation. No amount is too small, and every contribution will help ease the burden on this incredible family during the fight of their lives.

One hundred percent of all donations made through this fundraiser will go directly to Rylin and her family.

Thank you for supporting this sweet, brave, Taylor Swift-loving girl. We love you, Rylin, and we’re standing with you every step of the way.🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

06/02/2026

Angels please pray daily for Gryffin (update from yesterday)

Mom says: "Gryffin had scans today and 11 hours later, we’re finally headed home!
The good news, his eyes remain stable. There is a new spot on his left eye that doctors aren't sure about yet. For now, they will continue to watch it closely. It could potentially be a new and third type of cancer called melanoma. If it does grow, it would need to be removed. His eye doctor shared that she has never personally seen a trilateral retinoblastoma patient develop melanoma in this location but it doesn’t meant it can’t happen.
His brain MRI showed several changes. There are two small areas outside of the pineal region that doctors will continue to watch for cancer. As of now they are small and one appears to be an enlarged blood vessel, and the other appears to be white matter change. The MRI also showed numerous microhemorrhages throughout both sides of his cerebellum. His primary neurologist will be presenting his scans to the tumor board next week, and we'll learn more once the team has reviewed everything together. We always knew that choosing radiation meant accepting the possibility of long-term effects on the brain, but we didn't know what those changes would look like or how significant they might be. The best news from today is that Gryffin's pineal gland remains stable, and there is no evidence of cancer there!
As for what's next, Gryffin will need to start a new medication three times a day to help with some significant nerve damage symptoms he has been experiencing. He will continue with weekly physical therapy, and his doctor is referring him to a specialist to be fitted for custom leg braces to help support his mobility.
Today brought a lot to process, but we're incredibly thankful that Gryffin's pineal tumor remains stable and there is no sign of cancer. As always, Gryffin continues to amaze us with his strength, resilience, and smile, and we're looking forward to making this summer the best one yet. Next stop Disney!"

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

Please say a little prayer for Stella today 💛🎗️
Today’s MRI is to check on a blood vessel that was damaged from radiation treatment. On her last MRI, doctors saw a small area of bleeding from the damaged vessel that created a little pocket of blood. We’re praying and hoping everything is healing well and that there has been no new bleeding.

Thank you for always loving, supporting, and praying for our sweet girl 💛

06/02/2026

I’m sorry it’s so late on the east coast and that we have not updated everyone in a couple of days. We have had a couple of days to formulate a plan for Kathryn.
She needs to have 7 days of antibiotics from her first negative CSF culture before they can do surgery to put her shunt and ommaya back in.
With that said her cultures have been negative since Saturday so we need them all to be negative and stay negative. If that happens she will have surgery on Saturday and providing everything go well she will be able you go home Sunday. We could possibly fly home Sunday afternoon if not definitely Monday.
Today she had a rough day with being so far from home and our support systems. As well as she had to have a stitch put into her head to help her external drain stay in place. That was very painful for her and right after that she had to have a new iv placed so we are hoping tomorrow is more of a boring day.
She did get to meet clementine one of the therapy dogs and that helped. She now has a sign on her door so all the dogs will stop to see her.
We have seen many of the people from her oncology team and they plan to keep visiting her to help keep her spirits up. We also got to see our friend summer last night and that was a huge help. Her face lit up when summer walked in.
She did go for a walk yesterday around the unit. Today she got up around 530 and was awake until about nine. She spent all day up and in the chair other than her bathroom breaks. It is hard for her to get up and move because the drain needs to be clamped by a nurse.
I don’t really have any pictures because we haven’t done much.