The highs and lows of Liam’s cancer journey don’t unfold over months or years — they happen in real time. Sometimes within the same week. Sometimes within the same breath. And for families like his, this is what life becomes.
One moment, doctors deliver words no parent is prepared to hear: the chemotherapy isn’t working. The cancer is spreading. Plans change instantly. Fear takes hold. There are biopsies to schedule, scans to wait for, and long hours spent in hospital rooms where answers feel painfully out of reach.
Then, just days later, something shifts.
After beginning a new, more aggressive treatment, Liam’s lymph node has already started to shrink. It’s a small change, but a powerful one — a sign that the fight is not over, and that hope still has a place at the table.
Liam is only 21 months old. He’s a toddler who should be toddling after his big brother, exploring the world with curiosity and laughter — not learning the rhythms of hospital life or facing a diagnosis as heavy as stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma.
So far, he has endured chemotherapy. What comes next is proton radiation — 30 treatments beginning January 28. That means six weeks away from home, six weeks of living out of bags and schedules, six weeks of strength no family ever expects to need.
Through it all, Liam’s parents are doing what so many families in similar battles must do: holding hope and fear at the same time. Grateful for signs of progress, while bracing themselves for what lies ahead. Celebrating small victories, even as they prepare for the next hard chapter.
They’ve asked for one thing — prayer.
Prayer for healing.
Prayer for strength.
Prayer for peace in the waiting.
For families like Liam’s, this is what courage looks like: waking up each day and choosing to believe that today’s hope can outweigh today’s fear.
And if you were standing beside them right now — what would you say?
