Bridgette Fox just turned 9 years old. She was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Type B - in July 2014.

In late June after school ended for the 3rd grade Bridgette was complaining of pain and was looking pale, her pain was from an enlarged spleen . She was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center and given the diagnosis of ALL Leukemia. She started chemotherapy at Albany Medical center with a very long hospital stay in July. In August 2014 after further testing Bridgette was upgraded to high risk after some spinal fluid testing found trace amounts of bad cells in her body. 

She started a more intensive chemotherapy treatment with many side effects, and hospitalizations. She has been rushed to the hospital with breathing issues, several fevers, including one from a rare bacterial infection called Leptotrichia . This was from side effects of her mouth sores due to the chemotherapy. She is among only one other documented case of this infection in childhood cancer patients. 

She also has had ongoing treatments of methotrexate and several other chemotherapy medicines all during fall of 2014 to combat her high risk status of her disease. She is still currently in that treatment as we write this. She spent her 9th birthday recently in the hospital like a trooper. 

She is not attending school due to being neutropenic, and having some neuropathy in her legs, hands and feet making it hard to walk. She has an excellent tutor helping her keep on track for being a 4th grader. 

Bridgette is an excellent student, an amazing strong and funny child with 2 sisters and 4 cats and a hamster at home. She is a bright girl with a love for art, cats, cooking, and planting gardens.  She is thankful to all her care givers, our community support and her 4th grade class and keeps a journal of them so she can do nice things for them once she is feeling better.