At just 2 ½ years old, Scarlett was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Even with the most aggressive treatment, it was likely the cancer would return, and it did. But a clinical trial only offered at UW Health Kids | Carbone Cancer Center at American Family Children’s Hospital is giving Scarlett hope.

Three weeks shy of her 16th birthday, Ky landed in the emergency department with a severe lung infection from influenza A. While most teens recover, Ky would need new lungs. It was the beginning of a long road to recovery powered by a team of medical specialists at American Family Children’s Hospital and Ky’s determination to breathe on her own again.

Specially trained Child Life specialists help our patients and their families cope with being in the hospital by providing individualized therapeutic experiences. Child Life helps the hospital feel more like home by offering family meals, fun and distraction in the playrooms and the bedside, coordinated activities and visits from special guests.

Having a child in the hospital can have a huge financial impact on families, especially those who travel a distance for care. Gifts to the Patient and Family Fund are used by our social workers to provide extra support when needed.

Since 1973, UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center has remained at the forefront of life-saving discoveries as Wisconsin’s only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Thanks to the advances in immunotherapy, skilled oncologists at the UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center and a little bit of genetic luck, Nelson Turner is now cancer free.

Diane’s legacy lives on, giving other women diagnosed with ovarian cancer new hope and inspiring the science and research at UW, every day, forever.

“We want to increase awareness because this cancer center set the gold standard years ago and continues to raise the bar each and every day.” — Andy North

“This initiative allows us to wrap our arms around the state and support cancer research and cancer care wherever needed.” — Greg Gard