Quilt #59 Tre Quenneville donated by Barbara Holt

Quilt #59 was given to an adorable little guy named Tre Quenneville by my dear friend Barbara Holt.

At the end of November 2017, just a few weeks after his 2nd birthday, Tre Quenneville, the 6th child of Allison and Matt, was diagnosed with a golf ball sized tumor on the back of his brain. Allison his mom,had noticed something was not right and insisted on having an MRI done. He was rushed into emergency surgery at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City where the lump was removed. The next day a second MRI showed spots of the cancer down his spine. On the 7th of December the biopsy came back and little Tre was diagnosed with Stage 4 Medullablastoma.



The card Barbara made to go with the quilt

Tre has had 4 rounds of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant over the past 5 months, spending most of the time in the hospital. He and his mom are so happy when they get to come home for a few days between treatments. He began his 5th round on April 23, 2018. He will have 2 more stem cell transplants and one more round of chemo after this.

Through all of this, Tre has had a big smile on his face and has faced this with courage and resilience. We are all amazed at this little lighter. I wanted to make Tre a quilt that fit his journey. I loved this pattern with arrows. This quote summed it up beautifully.

Tre's family has created a blog to chronicle his journey: https://www.facebook.com/TheTrestrong/

She added:
Did you know that 43 kids are diagnosed with cancer in the USA every single day? It is not rare. Tre is one of those kids. Adults get over 96% of government allotted cancer research funding while pediatric funding is less than 4%. This is a good link if you would like to learn more and  see how you can help these sweet babies like Tre Quenneville. More needs to be done to address childhood cancer.

https://nationalpcf.org/facts-about-childhood-cancer/

There is love in the stitches for this little warrior...

Quilt #58 Cory and Kirsten Nilsson

Quilt #58 was presented to Cory and Kirsten Nilsson. They were recommended by my dear friend, Cherie Johnson.

On August 30, Cory was biking down Hobble Creek Canyon when a rapidly moving storm hit and a large tree fell from the mountain, striking him. He was critically injured, and was left paralyzed with multiple injuries.

Cory and Kirsten

The lives of the Nilsson family have been turned upside down and forever changed. However, their faith, courage and the love and support from family and friends has sustained them. They continue to inspire others as they endure this trial with gratitude for victories, great and small.

There is a FaceBook page which chronicles their journey through the many surgeries and procedures. They have a quote posted by Brene Brown that reads, "Courage is a heart word. Be brave. Love Hard."

Nilsson Family

It is clear that this is exactly the way they are facing this challenging journey.

In Kirsten's text to me she noted that Cory was cold tonight when she got to his hospital room and the Duncan quilt helped warm him up quickly. There is "love in the stitches" and the hope is that when they see this quilt they will again be reminded of the love and support that surrounds them from near and far.