I first heard about Samantha earlier this summer when she was first diagnosed with a very rare form of ALL. My first immediate thought went to Chance and remembering the day we found out about his ALL. Then, thinking about everything that he's been through, this girl is just beginning to face. My heart raced from her to her family and the new turn in the road that their lives just took.
Samantha is receiving her care through Duke University. I found it a little odd how Chance's bone marrow transplant doctor just transferred to Duke University...when currently Samantha is searching for a donor (although I'm sure Dr. Mustafa is not her doctor.) I find other similarities between Chance and Samantha. The first being the uniqueness of their cases. ALL is a common type of children's leukemia. And in most cases, the survival rate is considered high. In both Sam and Chance's case, it unfortunately is NOT. Sam's dealing with the Philadelphia chromosome and Chance's being very young at 10 weeks old.
So even though I do not know little Sam, I hope that if her family ever finds a way to this website, that they know strangers miles a way are praying for their little dancer.....Presenting, SAMANTHA WASHKO.