Raynie C.
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Raynie is 8 years old, and the youngest of 4 sisters. She also has a puppy named, Millie, who is her best friend. Raynie started taking gymnastics shortly before being diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in December of 2018. We had waited to put her in active sports until she had completely healed from her open heart surgery in June of 2017.
During cancer treatments, Raynie's counts were too low and her body just didn’t work the same as it once did, so we had to put gymnastics on hold. She would literally watch every story posted by her coach on Instagram, and she would comment about how she couldn’t wait to go back. When her doctor finally gave her the go ahead when her treatments reached maintenance, Raynie sobbed. She was so happy. Thanks to the KICKcancER Athletes grant, we are able to get her back to gym without the financial worry of how to pay the monthly tuition!