A Madeira sixth-grader, recently diagnosed with cancer, is learning a lesson in the power of community.Ella Ellison is 11 years old. She was diagnosed with pediatric osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, last week. One week prior, her family had no idea she was sick. "I had a healthy child as far as I knew two weeks ago. She was as healthy as could be," said Caroline Ellison, Ella's mother. "Her daughter was at the skating rink with friends two Fridays ago when she was injured and thought she may have broken her arm."She was sitting in a booth, and one of her friends bumped her out of the booth being funny, but little did he know, he probably saved her life," she said. "What we thought was just going to be a fractured arm and maybe a cast turned into, 'Oh my goodness, we see a tumor. We think your daughter has cancer and the oncologist is on his way to talk to you.'"The girl's mother said the last two weeks have been heartbreaking and devastating but her daughter remains strong and brave. "She knows there's one way to get through it and it's head on," Caroline Ellison said. "Pray for strength and bravery and to keep her fierce and feisty."The Madeira sixth grader loves to play lacrosse, hang out with friends and make TikTok videos. Her mom says she will also miss her classmates as she fights cancer over the next eight months. She was checked into Children's Hospital Friday to start her first chemotherapy treatment. She will later need surgery to have her tumor removed and then several more rounds of chemotherapy.The girl's mother said the community has surrounded them with love. Family and friends decorated their yard with yellow ribbons and a large sign that reads "You've got this. Ella strong."A GoFundMe page in her name has raised more than $16,000 and dozens of gifts have been ordered off of her Amazon wish list.
A Madeira sixth-grader, recently diagnosed with cancer, is learning a lesson in the power of community.
Ella Ellison is 11 years old. She was diagnosed with pediatric osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, last week. One week prior, her family had no idea she was sick.
"I had a healthy child as far as I knew two weeks ago. She was as healthy as could be," said Caroline Ellison, Ella's mother. "
Her daughter was at the skating rink with friends two Fridays ago when she was injured and thought she may have broken her arm.
"She was sitting in a booth, and one of her friends bumped her out of the booth being funny, but little did he know, he probably saved her life," she said. "What we thought was just going to be a fractured arm and maybe a cast turned into, 'Oh my goodness, we see a tumor. We think your daughter has cancer and the oncologist is on his way to talk to you.'"
The girl's mother said the last two weeks have been heartbreaking and devastating but her daughter remains strong and brave.
"She knows there's one way to get through it and it's head on," Caroline Ellison said. "Pray for strength and bravery and to keep her fierce and feisty."
The Madeira sixth grader loves to play lacrosse, hang out with friends and make TikTok videos. Her mom says she will also miss her classmates as she fights cancer over the next eight months.
She was checked into Children's Hospital Friday to start her first chemotherapy treatment. She will later need surgery to have her tumor removed and then several more rounds of chemotherapy.
The girl's mother said the community has surrounded them with love. Family and friends decorated their yard with yellow ribbons and a large sign that reads "You've got this. Ella strong."
A GoFundMe page in her name has raised more than $16,000 and dozens of gifts have been ordered off of her Amazon wish list.
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