Rally behind Luna

Luna Evangeline Perez was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia standard risk high at the age of 2 on world cancer day (Feb 4, 2025). She has received over 15 blood and 12 platelet infusions and countless rounds of chemo(oral, IV, and spinal).

Luna has gone through discomfort, pain, lack of privacy, side effects, isolation and still; she overcomes the fear and charges forward.

Challenges military families face are hospital parking fees, copayments for medication issued at the hospital, fuel cost for appointments caused by chemo and cancer side effects (GI, PT, OT, speech, play therapy, and family counseling). This also comes at the cost of a sudden loss of a second income while caring for an immunocompromised child. We also had to relocate our family for better treatment and support during a government shutdown.

Luna lost some of her childhood; but she gained a much larger family. A group that supports her in unimaginable ways. We’ve been left speechless on multiple occasions as Luna smiles with excitement.

Luna just turned 4 years old September 14th and is still being treated at University Health University Hospital.

VR for space and dinosaurs, her cousin had on at our last duty station. Gardening, planets, earth science like volcanoes and lightning

Superheroes, Lightning McQueen, bluey, paw patrol . She’s into super powers and being helpful right now