Please congratulate Lyla! She’s cancer-free after a month in our pediatric ICU, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, two stem-cell transplants and immunotherapy — all to treat neuroblastoma! In 2022 at just two years old, Lyla began experiencing abdominal pain, and a blood test from her local doctor revealed cancer. Lyla came to our #Oakland hospital and met with oncologist, Dr. Natalie Wu. Unfortunately, she began experiencing severe bleeding during testing and received multiple transfusions. Lyla stayed in our Intensive Care Unit for a month on a ventilator. During that time, our team diagnosed her with high-risk stage 4 #neuroblastoma and began chemo. Lyla stayed in the hospital for eight weeks, later traveling to us from her hometown of Napa for treatment. After five rounds of #chemo, Lyla had surgery to remove her adrenal gland and tumor. She then went through two back-to-back stem-cell transplants, radiation therapy and five sessions of #immunotherapy. Lyla finished inpatient ...