Abram’s Story

Site created on May 5, 2020

Abram is a lively, feisty two year old who was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma on April 24, 2020. What we thought was sinus issues turned into our worst nightmare. His tumor starts in his left nasal cavity and goes behind his left eye. It has traveled to his lymph nodes in the neck as well. He is stage 3 and at high risk because of the fast spread and location of the cancer. Chemo therapy and radiation is our treatment plan. We live in rural South Georgia so we will be making weekly drives to Atlanta for the foreseeable future (at least one year). We have amazing family and friends who are helping us navigate this extremely scary time in our lives. We are grateful for our community and the love that has been shown to us throughout the process so far. We know this year will be very hard, but with our family, friends, community and most importantly, God, we will see the other side of this and Abram will live a long and healthy life. 💙

Abram is well into remission at the end of 2021. We’ve had a few scary moments, but we’re pushing along. Our hope right now is of course Abram to continue to be cancer free but to also share all of our knowledge that comes along with being in this “club”. If you find our story here, please reach out to us as we know exactly what it feels to be in your shoes as parents. You can reach us at donandwhitneypitts@gmail.com.

Newest Update

Journal entry by Whitney Pitts

One year of being in remission! ONE. YEAR. 

It seems so crazy to think back on that day and all that it meant for us. We’ve still had some anxious moments, but nothing like that year of treatments and suffering and pain. I’ve done a lot of reflecting over the last week with this day coming up. It’s just so hard to even grasp the amount of bravery my son has. I often look back at pictures from those days to remind myself of how far we’ve come as a family, me as a mom, and of course how much Abram has grown and learned. He still only eats what he wants. Watches what he wants. And tells everyone how, when and what to do. And guess what? We all do it. (Even his teachers at school fix him a special lunch each day.) Maddox has continued to be the most amazing support to Abram and is always at his beck and call whenever he needs his help beating a level in Mario, finding his favorite shows on tv, or finding his paci that he is forever losing (and not giving up anytime soon). He and Maddox grow closer each day and it’s the most amazing thing to witness. The two people I love the most in this world making a bond that will be unbreakable for life. 

We are going to celebrate today with Abram’s favorite cupcakes. We tell him how amazing he is and how proud we are of him all the time, but today we’ll say it a little extra. We will continue to tell him each year on this day that he is THE bravest kid we’ve ever known. 

We go to Atlanta on Tuesday for our (re)scheduled MRI scan. (Covid hit our house a few weeks ago and we had to reschedule several appointments.) My anxiety is so much better since getting the good news on his last scans. I’m claiming it will be another perfect scan of our boy. 

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