Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter November 2024

The Giving Back and Paying It Forward Real Estate Newsletter
Thank You!

The month of November brings about an extra opportunity to say Thank You for being a valuable part of our business. As most begin to prepare for the Holiday season, plan Thanksgiving get-togethers and the like, it’s easy to become wrapped up in all that we have to do to ensure a fun, joyful time for all we are responsible for — while overlooking all that we have to be thankful for. Gratitude, though, is a contagious attitude!

Unfortunately, many homeowners are desperate to exit their current homes. Actually, loathing this time of year adds to the frustration of not being settled for the Holidays. You may know someone or a family that fits this description. 

Here is where you and I can HELP! 

AND remember… YOUR referrals help the kids.

Therefore, our Mission is to Go Serve Big!!! Serve you, serve those you refer to us and of course, serve a great cause.

As a result of working with many families over the years, we have developed a unique program to help the homeowners wanting to make a move and Sell Fast, For Top Dollar, and with the Least Hassle! 

For November, we will guarantee, in writing, the sale of a California home for 100% of Market Value, or I Will Pay the Difference. 

I know there is some risk on my part to make such an incredible guarantee like that. Still, we sell just about every home we list for the market value price, sometimes even more. So there is no reason for area homeowners, your friends, and your family to fret about selling right now. 

This is where you can help! 

If you or anyone you know is considering making a move, we offer them a FREE Consultation. We will show them in this No Obligation to Move Consultation how they can make their move. Thus, allowing them to get what they want and do it with the least hassle. 

Just like we are thankful for you and your business, I am confident your referrals will be thanking you for steering them in the right direction on getting their home sold!!! 

AND remember… Your referrals help the kids. 

#CHLA #referralshelpkids

Your Referrals Help the Kids. For every referral I receive, I donate a portion to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. With your referrals, you are helping Children’s Hospital ensure that critical life-saving care is available to every child they treat. http://www.ReferralsHelpKids.com

Your referrals help kids!

We are still boldly on a mission to raise $25,000 for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles this year, and we are getting close! We do this by donating to them a portion of our income from homes we sell. As you know, CHLA does AMAZING work in helping kids fight through and survive life-threatening diseases like cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, and others. They also lead the way in many other fields. 

They can provide this care and keep patient costs to a minimum due in large part to and Donations and Sponsorships. We are proud to be an official sponsor of Children’s!

Why I support Childrenʼs Hospital Los Angeles

I grew up in the Greater Los Angeles Area, born in Los Angeles County at St. Francis Hospital. When I first heard about a young person close to our family suffering from a serious disease and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It was then that I began to pay closer attention to the work they do at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard-working health care professionals, most making their home right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people overcome unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles Area California native, I take pride in supporting in a way that I can do the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallies around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s in their quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares a similar commitment to their patients. And since their services survive on sponsorships and donations, we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.
Sincerely,

Corey Chambers

*seller and Corey must agree on price and time of possession. Broker, CalDRE#01889449

A real estate company with experience, proven results, and a give-back philosophy! 

Over the years of helping many families sell their homes and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you! So your referrals can rest assured that not only will they get the award-winning service we are known for and the guarantee to back it up, but that a solid portion of the income we receive will go toward helping the kids.

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move

You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to someone you know considering a move. 

Of course, you can always call me direct as well at 213-880-9910 

After Cancer, Cole Is Back to California Dreaming

Buoyed by his incredible care team at CHLA and a positive attitude, the avid surfer and competitive water polo player was determined to beat acute myeloid leukemia and get back to the things he loves most—his family and the water. | By Monica Rizzo

On August 17, 2024, Cole got into the Pacific Ocean for the first time in five months for the Keiki Paddle, an annual Santa Barbara community event that provides support for a child or teen facing a life-threatening illness. At the event, 250 friends, family members and supporters from the surfing community—including one of his idols, professional surfer Kai Lenny—gathered to fundraise for and honor Cole and paddleboard an 8-mile route along the California coast. Less than a year earlier Cole, 15, was diagnosed with cancer and underwent intensive treatment at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

“I definitely felt a lot of love that day on the water,” Cole says, still overcome with emotion as he reflects on the year-long journey to get back to what he calls “my happy place. It was one of the most meaningful days of my life.”

From the time he was a toddler, Cole has always been connected to the outdoors—especially the ocean. Tall, lean and tan with a playful mop of wavy blond hair, Cole is a quintessential California beach boy. In fact, the ocean is like a second home for Cole and his four older siblings, who all participate in water sports like surfing, paddle boarding and water polo.

A year ago, when Cole started to experience pain behind his left ear, he pushed through and kept playing on his high school water polo team. The thought of taking a break didn’t even enter his mind. A trip to the doctor initially revealed an inner ear infection, something that Cole had experienced in the past that was easily treated and resolved.

“Every water polo kid gets ear infections every now and again,” says Cole. But after six months of continued discomfort and diminished hearing, followed by dizziness and nausea, Cole had to excuse himself from one of his team’s biggest games of the season. He went back to the doctor, who directed him to go to the local emergency room.

“I was dehydrated, but the doctor felt something bigger might be going on—possibly spinal meningitis,” Cole explains. “At the ER, they did a CT scan and saw that there was a tumor in my head, behind my left ear. It was 3 o’clock in the morning, and the next thing they said to us was, ‘There is a team headed here from CHLA and they are going to take you there by helicopter.’”

Shocked, bewildered and scared, Cole and his mother, Linda, met the Emergency Transport team, which brought them to CHLA, where he was immediately admitted.

A wave of uncertainty

“Cole was so ill and so weak,” Linda says. “He’s an elite athlete and they asked him to do some basic things like ‘touch my hand with your hand’ and he couldn’t do it.’”

“The tumor in his left temporal bone wasn’t a brain tumor—it was on the outside, pushing on his brain and causing his symptoms,” explains Paul Gaynon, MD, of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Program at CHLA’s Cancer and Blood Disease Institute.

A biopsy performed by Mark Krieger, MD, CHLA Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief, and the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Chair in Neurosurgery, revealed that the tumor was made up of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. Generally, AML is found in a person’s bone marrow. But in Cole’s case, the AML formed a rare tumor called a myeloid sarcoma, which is outside the bone marrow. Pathology revealed that the tumor’s chromosomal pattern was one that traditionally responds well to therapy. After targeted radiation reduced the size of the tumor, Cole began the first of four rounds of chemotherapy.

“That first round of chemo, I was losing weight pretty fast because it makes you tired and you don’t feel like eating,” says Cole, who worked with his high school teachers and a tutor to keep on top of his classes.

With Cole immunocompromised and hospitalized during flu season, his visitors were kept to a minimum. Not only did he miss seeing his friends and extended family, but he also missed being in the water. The surfing community is small and shares a strong bond. When word spread about his hospitalization, the outpouring of support warmed Cole’s heart. Via mutual surfing friends of the family, world champion surfer Kelly Slater learned of Cole’s health challenge and sent a personal get-well card and a new surfboard.

The power of positive thinking

“Every day I would watch a YouTube live cam of my favorite surfing spot,” Cole says. “I could see my friends surfing and I just kept thinking, ‘I’m going to get back there.’”

Linda was astounded by Cole’s positivity and strength.

“Cole’s mindset is amazing,” Linda says. “He never complained one time and was positive throughout the entire journey.”

Cole, meanwhile, was in awe of his mother’s love.

“She was by my side every step of the way, all 123 days,” he says. “She slept in my hospital room, and we kept each other’s spirits up as best we could.”

They also had a little help from their friends at CHLA.

“When we needed it most—our world turned upside down and we were within those four walls—the most beautiful moments happened,” Linda says. “Of course we were nervous. With every day, we settled in and had faith because we knew we were at the best hospital for Cole. The doctors, the nurses, the physician’s assistants, the nurse practitioners, Child Life, the security guards, the HBO cafeteria workers—we felt so supported every step of the way.”

One day during his second round of chemotherapy, a volunteer from Literally Healing, CHLA’s reading program, visited Cole’s room and talked to him about a book he was reading for school.

“The next week she came back and told me she read the book and wrote a poem about what she learned from it,” Cole says, still in disbelief. “I was blown away by that.”

What Cole didn’t realize was how much his positivity influenced others at the hospital.

“Every day I would go for a walk,” Cole explains. “On my birthday while I was out of the room, my mom and the nurses blew up balloons and decorated. When I came back, I got very emotional. They sang and played music. It was so special.”

Best. Day. Ever.

So is he cured?

Another memorable day for Cole was the day he was discharged after his fourth and final round of chemotherapy. Even though his 5’11” frame was down to a frail 99 pounds, Cole woke up the morning of March 4, 2024, and felt invigorated by the energy in the air.

“It was early, and the nurses were going from night shift to day shift. I could hear giggling outside my room,” Cole says, smiling. “I could feel something was happening and then one of the nurses said I was going to be discharged. I started crying because I was so happy and relieved to finish all the chemo!”

It just so happened that on Cole’s last day at the hospital, the L.A. Kings hockey team was at CHLA visiting with patients and families. When team captain Anze Kopitar heard that Cole was going to ring the bell to commemorate his final chemotherapy treatment, he and several other players asked if they could stay to celebrate with him and his family.

“The players had been there since the morning and they could have gone home to be with their families, but they stayed,” Linda says. “There were so many beautiful people surrounding Cole for that moment. Everyone at CHLA worked together and turned my son around. He is having the best life.”

And Dr. Gaynon is happy to report that Cole is progressing well since completing treatment.

“It’s been almost a year since his diagnosis and Cole is doing great,” Dr. Gaynon says, giving praise to the many team members who cared for Cole. “It really took the combined efforts of multiple disciplines working together—the neuroradiologists, the neurosurgeons, the radiation oncologists, the pathologists, the hematology oncology team, our nurses, the pharmacists—to give us a good result for Cole.”

Now in 10th grade, Cole feels like everything is slowly getting back to normal. He has worked steadily to regain the weight he lost and build up his strength through swimming, beach volleyball and pickleball. Currently at 130 pounds, Cole hopes to add another 30 pounds to return to competitive form.

“Life is good!” Cole proclaims, emphasizing he will never forget the incredible people at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who helped him along the way.

“Being in the hospital was an unimaginable challenge,” Cole says. “One day you think you’re trying to push through what you think is a cold, and then life takes you on a path you never wanted to be on, and yet you come out of it feeling grateful and richer for it. I’m so thankful.”

Learn more about the Neurological Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

How You Can Help

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move: www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Copyright © This free information provided courtesy L.A. Loft Blog with the information provided by Corey Chambers, Broker CalDRE 01889449. We are not necessarily associated with the seller, homeowner’s association, or developer. For more information, contact 213-880-9910 or visit LALoftBlog.com, Licensed in California. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Properties are subject to prior sale or rental. This is not a solicitation if the buyer or seller is already under contract with another broker.

Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter August 2024 | The California Home

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The California Home

Brother… it’s Hot & Not Just Outside!

RED HOT Opportunities!

You don’t have to be the weather service to predict the weather this time. We all know… it’s the hottest time of the year. But that’s not all that’s hot. This is the season to buy and sell homes.

This is GOOD for most reading this, but there will be some exceptions. There always are. An example could be selling a house and making it out great, meaning a buyer pays a bit more than they would have not too long ago. And in some areas, the opposite happens. The Seller does not make out that great, but the buyer does. Most homeowners who do not have to know this will hold back on buying or selling. That will, of course, impact supply and demand. Results right now?

How does this impact you? Well, it is a HOT time to invest in real estate. Single-family, multi-family, even lofts. If you didn’t get the memo, here is a particular clause from our Buyer and Seller Agreements of our VIP Client Program, enabling past clients to create additional wealth through real estate. 

VIP CLIENT PROGRAM: Seller _ does OR _ does not wish to participate in Broker’s VIP Client Real Estate Investor Program (REIP), whereby Seller will receive notices of free real estate investor training and notices of real estate investment opportunities by mail, email or phone at times when investment opportunities arise. The Seller may opt out of The REIP at any time. The Seller is never obligated to invest in real estate. So, if you or anyone you know likes making money in real estate using other people’s money, please contact The Corey Chambers real estate team immediately. While these HOT investment opportunities are available. Making gains in assets and wealth is nice! We especially like it because it allows us the opportunity to GIVE more. How about you? 

As you probably know, we donate a portion of our income to some AMAZING, worthy causes, like Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. It’s one of the country’s leading non-profit children’s hospitals. This year we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for CHLA. Their work in helping kids fight through and survive nasty debilitating diseases like cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and leukemia, as well as their work in other life-threatening childhood diseases.

At CHLA, they have performed first-of-its-kind surgeries to save local kids! As the leading not-for-profit hospital in L.A., you probably know they need sponsorships and donations to continue their leading-edge care and keep family expenses to a minimum. We are committed to donating a portion of our income from home sales to this worthy cause. So, YOUR REFERRALS really do HELP THE KIDS…

Who do you know is considering buying or selling a home or investing in real estate? Could you refer me to my team? Not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but the kids at CHLA will also benefit. So call or pass my number on to anyone you know considering buying or selling. 

My number is 213-880-9910. You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. As we progress through this red-hot summer, please know we are incredibly thankful for you and a particular part of our business. 

Your friends, neighbors, work associates, and family members who may be considering a move can now do so and celebrate true independence from the fear of getting stuck with two homes or none at all. And remember… Your referrals help the Children… As I share with you each month, we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund. We do this by donating a portion of our income. Children’s does excellent work in helping kids overcome cancer and other life-threatening diseases. In fact, Kids under their care are 300% more likely to enter into remission IF they can get into the recovery center. But CHLA depends on Sponsorships and Donations to keep rolling. So, YOUR REFERRALS REALLY DO HELP THE KIDS…

Who do you know considering buying or selling a home you could refer to my real estate sales team? Not only will they benefit from our award-winning service, but we donate a portion of our income on every home sale to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund. In addition, I want to make it easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move, so here are your options:

1. You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to who you know considering a move.

2. Of course, you can always call me directly at 213-880-9910.

You and your referrals mean more than ever to my team and me. So as we move forward in this new season, please know that my team and I are incredibly thankful for your being a particular part of our business.

With all my appreciation,

Corey Chambers, Broker

P.S. The story of this girl and her family may cause you to look at your loved ones differently. It did me. Check it out.

It’s easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. Here are the Options Again:

You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to someone you know considering a move.

Call me direct or pass my number on:

213-880 9910.

Why I Support Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

I grew up right here in Los Angeles. Born nearby at St. Francis Hospital. I remember hearing about a young person close to our family suffering from a serious illness and getting treated for that at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Then, I began to pay more immediate attention to their work at that hospital. Since then, I have learned that it is a collection of hard-working health care professionals, most making their homes right here in the Los Angeles area, all coming together for a common cause. That cause is to help young people overcome unfortunate health issues that life sometimes throws our way. Being a Los Angeles area, California native, I take pride in supporting in any way that I can the good work these people do at Children’s. My team rallies around our annual goal of raising money and donating portions of our income to help Children’s Hospital in its quest to heal young people when they need healing. My team and I are committed to providing outstanding results for buyers and sellers referred to us by our past clients. I have discovered that Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shares similar commitments to its patients. And since their services survive sponsorships and donations, we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.

Nano’s Next Chapter

Four years after bone marrow transplant, multidisciplinary care helps a Fanconi anemia patient focus on ‘kid stuff.’ — by Caitlin Kryl

Meeting new classmates at school.   
A pickup game of soccer.   
Quality time with a furry friend.   
And, hopefully, tracking down Iron Man at Disney World.

For much of 10-year-old Adriano’s (“Nano’s”) life, these types of activities were out of the question.

Born with a rare genetic condition called Fanconi anemia which affects bone marrow’s ability to create healthy blood cells, Nano spent his early childhood enduring countless hospital visits, tests and procedures, including a highly specialized bone marrow transplant and a year-long inpatient stay.

Finally, in November 2020, Nano and his mom, Eliana, rang the bell in the Patricia and John Merrill Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, signaling his discharge home and kickstarting a new phase of Nano’s health journey.

VIDEO: Nano and Eliana celebrate Nano’s discharge from inpatient care, November 2020. [WATCH HERE]- Opens in a new window

That journey hasn’t been picture-perfect; For the past four years, Nano’s fragile immune system necessitated dozens of outpatient visits and required him to sit out many activities like playing sports, traveling and going to school.

But this year, Nano enters the next chapter of his childhood: His immune system is healthy, he’s playing soccer and baseball with his brothers, and he has the green light from his doctors to attend in-person school for the first time. Most recently, he experienced his first rides on an airplane and a roller coaster in the same week.

“It has been a long journey,” says Eliana, who left her job in 2019 to care for Nano full-time and lived with him in the hospital. “Now when he gets a vaccine or blood draw, I tell him, ‘This is nothing!’ He’s overcome so much worse.”

A medical odyssey

At 4 years old, Nano spent more than a year in the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit of CHLA’s Cancer and Blood Disease Institute.

“You went in being 4, you came out being 6 ½!” Eliana tells Nano.

Nano received a highly specialized, “mismatched” bone marrow transplant called an umbilical cord blood transplant. The gold standard for bone marrow transplantation involves a “fully matched” sibling donor—someone who matches the recipient at 10-out-of-10 human leukocyte antigens (HLA) which are the markers doctors use to match recipients and donors. Finding a 10-out-of-10 match is easier said than done, though.

Because HLAs are inherited, even when a transplant candidate has siblings, each sibling has only a 25% chance of being a full match. Additionally, many transplant candidates cannot find a fully matched donor in the National Marrow Donor Registry. For people with non-Caucasian heritage, the search is even more difficult: People of Hispanic or Latino, Asian or Pacific Islander and Black or African American descent will have only a 29-48% chance of finding a fully matched registry donor.

“In L.A., our patients come from so many different ethnic backgrounds, adding to the beauty of this city,” explains Paibel Aguayo-Hiraldo, MD, Medical Director of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy at CHLA and part of Nano’s long-term care team, “But most of them will not have a matched sibling donor or donor in the registry.”

Cord blood transplants, however, allow more flexibility. These “mismatched” transplants use the stem cells in donated umbilical cord blood and require fewer matching HLA proteins—usually four or five out of six. This was the best option for Nano, and an increasing number of the world’s population.

To Dr. Paibel Aguayo-Hiraldo (known as “Dr. Paibel” to her patients and almost everyone else at CHLA), CHLA’s location in one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world requires building a fully trained team able to provide a wide array of advanced treatments like cord blood transplants.

“At CHLA, we have learned how to do every type of transplant using every source of stem cells and mismatch for patients who cannot find a donor,” she says. “We have conducted more than 2,000 transplants and cellular therapies since we were first established. We consistently perform more than 50% of all pediatric bone marrow transplants in Southern California.”

The transplant was a success—but Nano experienced several other complications that kept him in inpatient care, including a painful gastrological and skin condition known as Graft versus host disease.

Amidst these incredible challenges, Nano’s positivity made a lasting impression on his care team. “He was always smiling,” Dr. Paibel shares. “He could be super sick and he’d still say, ‘Dr. Paibel, give me a hug!’ Every day was new for him, no matter how ill he could have been the day before.”

The healing power of music

In the BMT Unit, Nano is well known for his love of performing—especially mariachi music.

During his long inpatient stay, he’d put on concerts for his care team and fellow patients. Donning a tiny, custom-made mariachi suit, Nano delivered passionate renditions of hits from the Disney movie “Coco” and Mexican folk classics like “Cielito Lindo.”

For the Ortiz family, “Cielito Lindo” (lyrics in the chorus translating to “sing, and don’t cry”) has served as a consistent source of comfort in good times and in hard times. Eliana sang it to Nano and his siblings to comfort them as babies. Then, Nano sang it endlessly during his hospital stay and even wrote the lyrics onto a pair of cleats- Opens in a new window for Major League Baseball star Justin Turner.

Years later, the song still holds the same joyful power: “He was singing it the whole drive to his appointment today,” says Eliana. “It’s like his anthem!”

Call the paparazzi!

To Nano and Eliana, that momentous day, ringing the bell at CHLA in 2020, is a memory that’s been hard to top.

For one, a full mariachi band joined the crowd for Nano’s sendoff.

Nano recalls how special it was to see so many people he loved cheering him on. First, his nurses, doctors and family members threw him a huge party on the BMT floor. Then, outside in the CHLA courtyard, an even bigger crowd was waiting for him: His very own “paparazzi” (the CHLA media team), the mariachi band, and even Iron Man, who symbolized strength and inspiration throughout Nano’s recovery.

“That is my best memory,” says Nano. “Everybody was there to support me.”

For Eliana, their departure signaled their ability to spend time as a family unit again. “It’s something we’ll never forget,” Eliana shares. “After so many years, we all got to be together.”

A long recovery

After a bone marrow transplant recipient is discharged from the hospital, recovery is incredibly sensitive, Dr. Paibel explains. She often tells her patients their lives will change for at least a year. For Nano, complications stretched recovery out even longer.

“Once you’re out of the hospital, in terms of vulnerability, it’s like having a newborn baby,” says Dr. Paibel. “Your body forgets all the vaccinations you received previously. Your brand-new immune system does not know how to fight infections. It’s easy to get very sick.”

Nano’s “newborn” immune system required that he avoid activities and encounters that might lead to illness, like in-person school. For a few years, that also meant skipping interactions with some of CHLA’s most beloved team members: therapy dogs.

“Bone Marrow Transplant is one of the only units in the hospital where they don’t get visits from therapy dogs,” Dr. Paibel explains.

Today, Nano makes up for that “dog-less” time by stopping to pet as many furry friends as possible.

Multidisciplinary care sets Nano up for success

This past June, Nano reached another milestone: His immune system became stable enough that Dr. Paibel and team declared him a “graduate” of the outpatient Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

On hearing the news, nurses and clinicians from throughout Nano’s journey stopped by to celebrate. “Everybody was so happy,” shares Dr. Paibel, “We called each other to say, ‘Nano is graduating today!’”

While this milestone was overwhelmingly positive for Nano and Eliana, it also felt bittersweet: “It hit him once we left clinic,” says Eliana. “He’s like: ‘Wait, I’m done?’”

“He got so attached to the nurses, nurse practitioners and doctors, and he just couldn’t believe that he’s not going to see them anymore,” Eliana explains. “I’m like: ‘You’ll still come here! You can visit the other side of the clinic. You just don’t need to see them as your doctors.’”

Today, Nano’s outpatient visit days to CHLA are still quite full: He must meet with Dermatology, Nephrology, Pulmonology and Gastroenterology. Long-term multispecialty care for Nano’s Fanconi anemia is essential, as it affects many organs.

“This level of specialty expertise is critical, but so is our focus on human nature,” shares Dr. Paibel. “Each patient becomes family. When Nano visits, he’ll first tell me what he’s doing with his baby sister … and then we’ll talk about medicine.”

To his CHLA care team, Nano shares this message: “Thank you for taking care of me and being kind to me and helping me. You’re awesome.”

New priorities

For so many years, Nano’s number one priority had to be recovery. Four years after his discharge from the hospital, he has a new directive from his care team: Just be a kid.

When asked what aspect of in-person school he’s most excited about, Nano expresses how much he looks forward to making new friends. He plans to tell them about the long journey he’s been on to get there and share his love of sports, superheroes and song.

Before Nano heads to school this fall, his family embarked on yet another milestone: their first trip since Nano was born.

Eliana, her husband Marco and five brothers and sisters all headed to Disney World via Make-A-Wish. Along with trying to “ride every single ride,” Nano most enjoyed meeting up with his favorite superheroes, including Buzz Lightyear, Iron Man and Captain America. “They’re strong and I’m strong,” he says.

“I feel like after this storm, after so much that has happened, we finally get to have some peace together and just have fun as a family,” shares Eliana. — Story and photos courtesy Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Read the original story about Nano from November 2020 here.

Refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members who are considering making a move:

www.ReferralsHelpKids.com or call Corey at 213-880-9910

Copyright © This free information provided courtesy L.A. Loft Blog with information provided by Corey Chambers, Broker DRE 01889449. We are not associated with the seller, homeowner’s association or developer. For more information, contact 213-880-9910 or visit LALoftBlog.com Licensed in California. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified. Text and photos created or modified by artificial intelligence. Properties subject to prior sale or rental. This is not a solicitation if buyer or seller is already under contract with another broker.