Michael was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Nueroblastoma on December 21st, 2009. Nueroblastoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer that strikes less than 700 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 and Kid Art in Snider Plaza. He loves playing word games, drawing, swimming, and reading to his little sister. He likes to win, he loves to laugh and he never gives up on anything.

As of September 1st, Michael will have courageously completed 13 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 September 2011, Michael will continue chemotherapy for one week each month until his next set of scans.

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.