When Amanda was 17 years old and a high school senior, she was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Dalton was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) as a baby at 11 months.

In March 2021, Kasey was diagnosed in Baton Rouge with Aplastic Anemia.

Marc was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in April of 2016.

Byron was originally diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in December 2014.

Fangzhou faced the possibility of a radical amputationwhen her synovial sarcoma recurred.