ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL PATIENT ART GALLERY

ST. JUDE PATIENT TY

When Ty was 2 years old, scans confirmed he had a rare eye cancer called retinoblastoma. After a referral to St. Jude, his family learned it would be necessary to remove his right eye and undergo chemotherapy. Ty had a special interest that seemed to take his mind off treatment: art. St. Jude staff always made sure to have art supplies waiting for him in recovery. Cancer has been in Ty’s past for more than a decade now. But art is still very much a part of his life.

ST. JUDE PATIENT BRIDGET

“I thank God every day that she got kicked at soccer practice, because had she not, I don’t know when we would have found the cancer,” said Bridget’s mom, Jamie. Doctors at St. Jude determined an amputation would be necessary to the treatment of her bone cancer in her right tibia. These days, Bridget is cancer-free, and thanks to a prosthesis and her own determination, she’s back to sports.

Shape, St. Jude patient Bridget