photo credit: Kimber Jiminez Facebook
A cancer diagnosis is devastating at any age, but when you recieve the news and it involves your 14-year-old daughter, it takes devasting to a whole other level.
Aubrien Jimenez is an active young lady who is now facing a battle for her life as she lays in an ICU bed at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. She has been diagnosed with an esthesioneuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor that is extremely rare in children. Typically, the disease doesn’t develop in someone until after the age of 55. It develops behind the nasal cavity with the potential to quickly and aggressively spread to the brain and lymph nodes.
Because Aubrien is so active in softball, playing for both Inspiration Academy and with the Palma Sola Softball League, her story somehow made its way to Team USA’s softball team.
TEAM USA put together a video in which they express their love and support for the girl and sent it to Aubrien.
Read more from Bradenton.com here and at her mother's Facebook Page below.
Quick link to their GoFundMe Page here.
Our health insurance is through Florida and we do not have out of state coverage. There are three hospitals in the country that specialize in this rare type of cancer. We are partnering with Texas Children’s Hospital and plan to fly Aubrien there once she becomes stable. We thank each of you for your prayers. - Aubrien’s father Mariano Jimenez