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\n\t\tViolet Graney celebrates first birthday, family to give back to Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 9, 2015 \u2013 The daughter of a pair of 溏心vlog免费B站 staff members, who was stricken with cancer in utero, recently celebrated her first birthday cancer free.<\/p>\n


\nViolet Graney, daughter of Dan and Angela Graney, underwent her final round of chemotherapy Jan. 15 and subsequent MRIs have shown the cancer has not returned. <\/p>\n


\nReaching her first birthday alive and well was no certainty after Violet was born with a football-sized tumor on her left arm. It took a team of oncologists and nurses at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital performing multiple surgeries and six rounds of chemotherapy, as well as the love and support of family, friends and the community to help Violet reach her milestone on May 25. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe threw a huge party,\u201d Angela Graney said. \u201cWe had 140 people at our house for a pig roast \u2014 hospital staff, doctors, nurses. Most everyone who helped Violet came except those who were on call. We had family, friends, people who supported us from 溏心vlog免费B站, just everyone who made such a difference for Violet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than gifts, the Graneys asked those attending the party to provide a donation. 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate student Emily Serman, who is pursuing a masters degree in engineering and works with Angela Graney, also solicited donations from family and friends. The Graneys will present the donation totaling more than $1,000 to hospital leadership at Hasbro Children\u2019s Hospital, 593 Eddy St. in Providence, at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n


\nDan Graney, assistant director of Student Life for Substance Abuse and Prevention Services at 溏心vlog免费B站, and Angela Graney, assistant director of the University\u2019s International Engineering Program Living and Learning Community, saw the donations as an opportunity to teach their older children, Harrison, 8, and Paige, 6, about the importance of giving back. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s not an astounding amount of money but we\u2019re going to sit down with the people at Hasbro and they\u2019re going tell Harrison and Paige what this money is for and how it will help other children,\u201d Angela Graney said. \u201cI\u2019m interested to see how the children react. I think it\u2019s going to be really impactful.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nViolet spent 226 days in treatment at Hasbro, and the Graneys came to know nearly all of the hospital staff. Angela said they wanted to take the opportunity to show their appreciation for everything the medical staff had done for Violet. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe were very emotional,\u201d Angela said of the completion of Violet\u2019s treatment. \u201cWe were elated. It was interesting, though, because we never thought we would miss the people at the hospital, but we did. They love her like she was their own. So we were happy, but it was bittersweet in a way.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThough Violet is no longer receiving treatment, she is undergoing occupational and physical therapy to help her arm develop. Angela said Violet is developing normally otherwise. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cCognitively, she\u2019s exactly where she\u2019s supposed to be,\u201d Graney said. \u201cShe\u2019s able to do everything they ask of her, which is great because chemotherapy can slow down a child\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nViolet still has another hurdle to clear \u2014 one that would have seemed much scarier to Dan and Angela before Violet\u2019s cancer diagnosis. Doctors will perform another surgery on Violet in the fall, during which they will have to break her arm and reset it. The bone in her arm is bowed because of the weight of the tumor, and doctors hope the surgery will allow it to heal normally. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s a matter of perspective,\u201d Angela said. \u201cWith our first or second child, if you had told me doctors would have to break their arm, I would have thought, \u2018Oh my gosh, why does this have to happen?\u2019 After all Violet has been through, an outpatient surgery is something we can handle pretty easily.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nIn the meantime, Violet returns to Hasbro every three months to undergo an MRI to make sure the cancer stays in remission. The MRIs will continue until Violet reaches the age of 5 and, if the cancer does not return by then, oncologists will consider her cured. <\/p>\n


\nViolet\u2019s 226 days in the hospital, and subsequent treatments leading up to the doctors\u2019 declaration that she is cancer-free, were a long, arduous time for the Graneys, but Angela said the trauma is quickly fading into blurred memories. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s funny because it seems like her treatment was so long ago, it\u2019s hard to remember,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to remember that big tumor on her arm. There\u2019s such a sense of relief now. It\u2019s a little scary going back every three months for a scan, but it gets better with each one. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cShe\u2019s the happiest baby you could ever see, and she\u2019s so wonderful in so many ways. People all the time tell me, \u2018Watch, she\u2019s going to cure cancer someday,\u2019 or \u2018She\u2019s going to save the world.\u2019 I just want her to live a good life and she\u2019ll exceed all of our expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nSee more of Violet\u2019s story, and Dan and Angela Graney\u2019s message to their infant daughter, in this video. <\/p>\n