Cancer Center Patient Stories

Just shy of his 16th birthday, Adam Bengis was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For the next 29 days, he lived at CHOP while he received chemotherapy.

In 2015, the now 6-year-old Conall went into septic shock, a result of underlying leukemia and a strep infection. A year-and-a-half later, he’ll be walking on new legs as a Patient Ambassador during CHOP's 2016 Parkway Run & Walk.

A lingering cold and a strange pattern of leg bruises prompted Max's parents to take him to The Children's Hospital, where the 4-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and began a long treatment regimen that included 10 hospital stays.

Megan had acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was 13 — and when she was 19, it came back. Her treatment included an experimental drug that could be administered at home with the help of CHOP’s Home Care nurses.

Wide-spread speckled bruises were the first sign of cancer for 4-year-old Morgan.

Nate was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia just before he turned 4. Now 7, he’s completed chemotherapy and enjoying a new hobby: skateboarding.