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Tom and Amy  - the inaugural couple sent to Key West.
                                                Tom and Amy's Story

I found love, and married Amy in 1997. As a military BRAT, I always saw my future as a soldier. Enlisting in the Army a little over a year after high school was what I was always meant to do. Now with a new wife, a baby on the way and a bright future as a solider we were ready to start our life together and we were looking forward to where that life would take us.
After a few months at our first duty location, Fort Carson, CO on 14 November 1997 our son Danny was born. There were massive complications during the delivery, causing him to suffer severe brain damage. Amy and I had to make decisions that no 20 year olds should ever have to make. The delivery left our infant son very sick and with an uncertain future at best. Hospitalized and his life hanging by a thread. CLICK HERE for the rest of their story.
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Anthony and Melissa
                                                Anthony and Melissa's Story
          (The Annjenette Foundation provided the airfare for Anthony and Melissa's trip)


Son:   Taylor Christian
Born:  November 18, 2011  Died:  May 1, 2018

Taylor was born on November 18, 2011 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, weighing 5 Ibs 5 oz and 18 inches long. He was the perfect little addition to Melissa and Roger's (Dada's) marriage. He grew rapidly, reaching milestones fairly early and slowly grew into a goofy, silly, fun and caring little boy. Taylor fell ill and there were no answers for 3 months. After 3 hospitals, two spinal surgeries, two medical helicopter flights, lots of physical therapy and even more "tubies", we finally found out it was "central nervous system-primitive Neuro epithelial tumor" ... brain and spine cancer. CLICK HERE for the rest of Taylor's story.
  JR And Jessica
                                                JR, Jessica, and Revel's Story
         


Son:   Revel
Born:  November 17, 2015  Died:  April 2018

Revel was born on November 17, 2015 and at 14 months of age was diagnosed with Stage 4 MYCN+ neuroblastoma, a very rare type of cancerous tumor that almost always affects children. This dreadful disease took the life of Revel at the tender age of 4.

Revel's Mom and Dad, Jessica and JR, will never get the chance to watch him grow up. Never be able to send him off to his first day of school, watch him play sports, meet his first girlfriend, graduate from high school and/or college, attend his wedding, play with his children or be involved in any important event in his life. CLICK HERE for the rest of their story.
John and Tracy
                                                John and Tracy's Story
         


Son:   John Alexander
Born:  April 9, 2009  Died:  October 4, 2015

Five-year-old Johnny was the apple of his father's eye--an adventurer riding with no training wheels, starting to read and always ready with a story, game or inside joke.  The promise quickly turned to tumult and uncertainty.  Johnny began to lose his balance, wake in the night and drowse at the dinner table.  The pediatrician and specialists floundered, unable to explain these and other odd symptoms.  In late March, a urologist at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth put the pieces together.  Two weeks shy of his sixth birthday, John Alexander was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an exceedingly rare brain stem tumor affecting only children. CLICK HERE for the rest of their story.