Michael was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Nueroblastoma on December 21st, 2009. Nueroblastoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer that strikes approximately 650 children a year in the U.S., with nearly all cases being reported before the age of 5. Michael was 4 when his cancer was discovered. He attends The Meadowbrook School in Dallas, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, and is a huge fan of the Little Gym at Preston Forest, Kid Art in Snider Plaza and YMCA Sports. He loves playing basketball, soccer, word games, drawing, swimming, and going to school. He likes to win, he loves to laugh and he never gives up on anything.

As of March 1st, Michael will have courageously completed over 15 rounds of chemotherapy, a bone marrow stem cell transplant, and 38 radiation treatments. Michael also participated in a six month Phase 3 Clinical Trial called ch14.18 beginning in September 2010. During the trial he was in the hospital one to two weeks every month receiving antibody infusions. In February 2012, Michael endured two major surgeries to remove two rapidly growing tumors from his spine and his left eye orbit. He is scheduled to begin MIBG therapy in Michigan as soon as he recovers from these surgeries.

Michael continues to be surrounded by an ever widening circle of family and friends, and feels extremely blessed to have the support of so many loved ones as he faces the fear, the exhaustion, and the suffering of the days ahead.