Pictured with some favorite playthings is Lilah Buikema, daughter of Jason and Domini Buikema. Lilah has three sisters: Cambell, 8; Harper, 6; Scarlett, 2.
Lilah was diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, often referred to as LCH, a rare disease that is cancer-like. LCH may occur at any age but is most common in young children.
Langerhans cells are a type of white blood cell that normally help the body fight infection. In LCH, too many Langerhans cells are produced. They build up in certain parts of the body where they can form tumors and/or damage organs. Lilah is being treated with chemotherapy weekly into next year.
Driving back and forth to Ann and Robert Lurie’s Children Hospital in Chicago, IL, can be expensive for the Buikemas, along with ongoing medical bills. So family and friends have teamed up and our selling t-shirts to “Help Support Lilah.”
Orders can be placed at
- Triumph Community Bank
- Hardee’s
- 123 Tees (Traci Heusinkveld)
- Vicky Frederick
- Angie VanderVinne Insurance Agency
- Leann’s Dance Connection.
Orders will be placed on Friday, March 13, 2015; the cost is $12 a shirt. Choose sizes
- Youth Small through Youth Large
- Adult Small through Adult 4X.
Editor’s note: To order onesies and Youth Extra Small t-shirts, contact Jennifer White at 815-772-2265, extension 7206, or 815-631-8118.
Please follow Lilah and her progress with LCH at www.caringbridge.org. Search “Lilah Buikema” for the latest updates.
