Alicia's Updates: A Mother's Memoir of Pediatric Cancer

When six year old Alicia complained of a backache in December 2001, little did anyone realize that their lives were about to change. By January 2002 after numerous tests, doctors finally identified her pain as a spinal chord tumor that needed to be surgically removed. Everyone´s worst fear was recognized when the tumor turned out to be cancerous. Alicia´s Updates follows Alicia and her family on a journey filled with hospital admissions, chemotherapy and life, as the family learns copes and conquers one of life´s toughest battles: pediatric cancer. Alicia´s Updates is a book about adversity and the hope it can inspire. It will make you laugh and cry and recognizes that some heroes come in little packages.