So, In 2005 Ella was diagnosed with a very rare and very wierd sounding disease: Langerhans Cell Histiocitosis (LCH).  It is such a rare disease that it only hits about 5 in a million kids.  Well, it hit ours.  For the last two years Ella has been on one type of chemotherapy or another, struggling against this disease.    Now, after realizing she has relapsed yet again, this time with a 3rd tumor in her skull, she is at the last frontier about what is known and treatable in this disease. 

Faced with unstudied/untested drugs as treatment options we have decided that the best way to help our daughter is to help fund LCH research. Despite being deadly, the rarity of LCH keeps this disease from being studied properly. although it is NOT a cancer, LCH has been treated by cancer drugs, simply because it doesn't have it's own medicines- yet.

Right now is a very exciting time, because there is some very promising research on the way that may cure this disease completely very soon.  The problem is, we need it NOW.  So, on September 30, our family will be hiking Half Dome in Yosemite, along with 200 other hikers to help demolish this disease.  Please consider sponsoring us, or even hiking yourself!

To Sponsor the Carrasco Family to Hike for a Cure:

https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=235055&supId=167866283

To Sign Up To Hike Yourself (please do!!!)

www.hikeforacure.com

To Learn More About Histio

www.histio.org

To Check Up on Miss Ella Bee

www.caringbridge.org/visit/ellabeecarrasco

THANK YOU!!!!!