Força Aurelia

 Aurelia was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B) on June 23rd. The outpouring of love and support we have received is amazing and we are still trying to return messages, so we thought this blog would be easier to keep everyone updated.  A few months ago Aurelia began complaining about sore feet. She is part of an after school kid's trail running club, so we figured her shoes were worn out and bought new ones. That did not solve the issue so we went to the physio, doctor, etc. She had x-rays and ultrasounds that showed she had Sever's Disease--a foot/ligament problem when kids have an extreme growth spurt (which she had). So she had to stop her trail running club and mountain bike club and doctors told us it should heal in a few weeks. It did not heal at all and became worse...she was on crutches, then a wheelchair, then they casted both feet...nothing helped. She was tired but we thought it was from navigating around her school campus (which is large) on crutches a...