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The Giving Back and Paying It Forward Newsletter — Benefiting Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

The month of October can be a spooky month, maybe even a scary month with monstrous problems. Yikes!! Well maybe not, but words like that seem to be popping up everywhere as kids and adults alike look forward to Halloween.

In fact, according to USA Today, adults spend more on themselves to celebrate Halloween than any other day during the year. I get that. Especially if they want to hang out with the kids to go trick or treating, or to a Halloween party of some kind.

Many homeowners and homebuyers though are truly scared. Scared to death of how in the world they are going to get out of their house and into their next one (the trick).

My Treat: As a result of working with hundreds of families over the years, we have developed a special program to help home sellers and homebuyers. We will guarantee the sale of their present home at a price agreeable to them, and in the unlikely event their home does not sell, we’ll buy it. Now that is how you turn a trick into a real treat.

AND remember… YOUR referrals help the kids.

My heart breaks for many young people and families who will not be able to enjoy this fun time of the year out trick or treating or going to Halloween parties.

As you know, tragedy falls on many in this life. Tragedies like sickness, cancers and other nasty diseases. We aim to do what we can to help kids who are unable to get out and have fun right now, Due to these evil health problems.

My team and I are addicted to helping you and those you know buy or sell the place they call home. In fact, it is a race to help as many as possible so we can GIVE more away.

A CORE philosophy at our company is ‘the size of the hole you give thru is directly proportionate to the size of the hole you receive thru.

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

#CHLA #www.referralshelpkids.com

If you or a friend are thinking about selling, make sure you choose a real estate company that you can trust — a real estate company with experience, proven results and a give-back philosophy!

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

Below is a story about a very special family.

Why I support Childrenʼs Hospital of Los Angeles

I grew up right here in the Greater Los Angeles Area, born in Los Angeles County at St. Francis Hospital. I remember 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. Corey Chambers, Broker DRE#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 on line 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

Elijah (left) and Aaroh enjoyed their first bath together after Aaroh’s liver transplant. | *Story and photos courtesy CHLA*

After Beating Liver Cancer, Aaroh Gets the Gift of Life — by Sara Jones

Chantal was seated on the couch watching TV when her 17-month-old son, Aaroh, made his way over to her from where he had been playing on the floor. He pulled himself upright between her knees, turned to face the television, and immediately got the real reward: belly rubs from mom. That was his favorite way to watch TV, and something they did often. Except this time, Chantal felt a hard spot on one side of his stomach.

“That’s weird,” she thought, as she nervously called her older son, Elijah, over for his own belly rub. Chantal didn’t feel anything hard when she pressed on Elijah’s belly. She called her mom, sister and best friend to ask for their advice. “They all said the same thing: Get Aaroh to the doctor.”

At the pediatrician’s office, Chantal tried to stay upbeat. “I went there half expecting the doctor to kick me out and tell me, ‘It’s his ribs, go away,’” she says with a chuckle. Unfortunately, that’s not what happened. The hard spot wasn’t his ribs or an organ, the pediatrician said, and the only way to know definitively was through X-rays, an MRI or a CT scan.

Aaroh’s pediatrician, who previously had worked at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, called ahead to make sure a care team was expecting his arrival. Chantal drove straight to the hospital’s Maurice Marciano Family Foundation Emergency Department and Trauma Center. They sat down after checking in, prepared for a lengthy wait, when a doctor approached and asked, “Are you Chantal, mother of Aaroh? Come with me.”

“My heart was in my feet as I was following her,” Chantal says. “I thought, OK, either our pediatrician is the mayor of Children’s Hospital and has all kinds of connections, or this is not good.”

An unexpected journey

On that day in November 2021, a CT scan revealed something Chantal could never have imagined: two tumors on Aaroh’s liver. Within hours, he was moved to a room on the fourth floor of the Marion and John E. Anderson Pavilion, which Chantal says became their new home.

Aaroh was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma—a pediatric liver cancer, usually seen within the first three years of a child’s life. Although considered rare, with 50 to 70 cases occurring in the U.S. each year, hepatoblastoma is the most commonly occurring liver cancer in children.

“We literally had to begin everything the next day,” says Chantal, “and it was just so fast-paced, so overwhelming.”

Aaroh’s first surgery was a port placement, and a few days after that he started chemotherapy. His oncologist, Fariba Navid, MD, spent time with the family, carefully explaining the entire treatment protocol: six rounds of chemo and a liver transplant. In addition to treating patients with bone and soft tissue tumors, Dr. Navid serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Research in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute at CHLA.

“Dr. Navid explained that with the first two rounds of chemo, what they were looking for was to ensure that the tumor responded well to chemo, that it shrunk,” Chantal says. “And in January [2022], she had already scheduled us for an intake session with the Liver Transplant team. I said, ‘Are you sure? How about a resection? Maybe the chemo will take care of everything?’ But based on her experience, she knew Aaroh would more than likely need a liver transplant.”

“Aaroh had tumors in both lobes,” Dr. Navid explains. “He was not a candidate for surgical resection because the surgeon would not be able to remove all of the tumors and leave enough normal liver behind to survive.”

Aaroh tolerated the chemotherapy well, and when January came, Chantal and Dr. Navid met with the Liver Transplant Program nurse coordinator as well as Yuri Genyk, MD, Chief of the Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Surgical Director of Liver and Intestinal Transplant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Together they reviewed Aaroh’s chart and determined that he was a good candidate for a transplant.

On Jan. 31, 2022, less than two weeks after he was placed on the transplant list, Chantal got a call about a possible match. Two days later, Aaroh got his new liver. After the successful surgery, Aaroh was doing well, but he still needed to complete additional chemotherapy to give him the best possible long term outcome.

“With Aaroh’s stage of hepatoblastoma, there is about a 15% likelihood of the cancer recurring,” says Dr. Navid. “Aaroh finishing the final four rounds of chemo was very important—to ensure the best chance of it not returning.”

‘Angels in scrubs’

Despite some side effects, Aaroh pulled through from his post-transplant chemotherapy like a champ. Most days now you’ll find the happy 3-year-old wrestling with his big brother, playing music on one of his many instruments, or obsessing over trash trucks.

Chantal is forever grateful to Aaroh’s liver donor and the family who lost their own child while giving hers the gift of life. She is also thankful for the wonderful team of caregivers in the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute that helped her and Aaroh get through the darkest days.

“They instinctively know how to meet you where you are, to help you acknowledge, accept and absorb what’s happening to you and your kid,” Chantal says. “Some days in our journey were awful, but they were just amazing, like angels in scrubs.” — Story and photos courtesy Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

The Liver Transplant Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of the largest pediatric liver transplant programs in the United States. Since it was founded in 1998, the program has performed 470 transplants—with roughly one-third of them coming from living donors. That’s a major reason why the median wait time for a new liver is roughly only 3 ½ months at CHLA—versus about 10 ½ months regionally and nearly eight months nationally. The Liver Transplant Program is part of CHLA’s Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, which is ranked No. 5 in the nation for Gastroenterology and GI Surgery by U.S. News & World Report. — Learn more about the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute at CHLA.

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

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Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter September 2023 | The SoCal Home

The SoCal Home — Your Personal Guide in Shaky Times

Labor Day Approaches—Let’s Reflect

Redefining Labor Day — Labor Day has often been a day of rest, but given the current climate of stagflation, high-interest taxes, and union strikes, this year it serves as a call to reflection more than relaxation. You might be among those who are feeling the pinch and questioning what the future holds when it comes to homeownership or selling. I understand the complexity of the decision you’re facing, and it’s why I’m dedicating myself more than ever to guide you through these unpredictable times.

Life throws us into seasons—some of comfort, others of challenge. The one we’re in now can feel like an economic winter, but as we both know, seasons are temporary. What remains constant is our ability to navigate them, learn from them, and emerge more resilient. #CoreyChambers

This is where you come in…

For September, if you or anyone you know is considering making a move to a new home, we will GUARANTEE a minimum of $10,000 Savings for every $200,000 in sales price on the home purchase, or I will pay the difference*. You read it correctly – my labor saves you, and those you know considering making a move, a nice chunk of change. The reason why I can make such a special offer is simply that our long track record of selling homes and specialized knowledge allow us to negotiate the best deal on the best home for our best clients. #realestate #newsletter

IN THIS ISSUE:

HAPPY LABOR DAY
How Your Referrals Help Kids
And Much More #realestate #newsletter

Even if YOU are not moving, you can still benefit

Each month in my special SoCal Home Newsletter, I ask, “Who do you know that may be considering a move?”

This is because YOUR referrals help the kids…

Anyone you know considering making a move or wanting to buy or sell their home, please refer them to me without hesitation. They will receive the guarantee I detailed above, and you can rest assured your referrals will help the kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

With a guarantee like this, you, your friends, neighbors, work associates, and family members who may be considering a move can now do so and avoid the uncertainties in the marketplace.

If you missed last month’s SoCal Home Newsletter, we are on a mission to raise $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund, so we are donating a good portion of our income from home sales to them. As you know, Children’s does a tremendous job of helping kids fight through and survive nasty life-threatening diseases like Cancers, Leukemia, and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: stuff that often robs young people’s lives.

Kids under their care are 300% more likely to enter into remission IF they can get into the recovery center. But the Recovery Center survives on Sponsorships and Donations. 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 substantial portion of our income on every home sale to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Helping Hands Fund.

Your Referrals Really Do Help the Kids…

I want to make it easy to 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 who you know considering a move.

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Over the last two decades of helping thousands of families sell their homes and/or buy another, we have met some wonderful, loving, caring people. People like you! So your referrals, those you know considering a move, that we help – you 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 from the transaction will go toward a very worthy cause.

It’s easy to refer your friends, neighbors, associates, or family members considering making a move. Simply go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com, or, of course, you can always call me directly at 213-880-9910.

I hope you and your family are well and this Independence Day brings you much joy and happiness. With all my appreciation.

Corey Chambers, Broker 213-880-9910

P.S. We love honoring our past clients like you. Read all about that at www.ReferralsHelpKids.com

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It’s easy to refer those you know considering buying or selling a home. You can go to www.ReferralsHelpKids.com and enter their contact info online or forward the link to who you know considering a move. You can also 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 right nearby at St. Francis Hospital. I remember hearing about a young person close to our family suffering from a nasty disease 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 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 similar commitments to its patients. And since their services survive sponsorships and donations, we are happy to contribute and proud to support them.

Sincerely,

Corey Chambers 213-880-9910

Below is the story of a young patient whose life was turned around by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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Caden, a Former Patient, Now Supporting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

by Eunice Wallace

After receiving lifesaving care at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Caden was determined to give back. He’s now raising funds for the hospital as a Junior Ambassador—and hopes to inspire others.

On Oct. 22, 2022, Caden McMullin walked up to the podium at the Witherbee Auditorium on the grounds of the Los Angeles Zoo. He was there to give the keynote speech at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Junior Ambassadors Conference, reflecting on a period of his life he doesn’t remember, because he was too young.

The story he shared was a remarkable one: Had Caden, as a fetus and newborn, not received treatment at the hospital, it’s unlikely he would have been standing there that day.

Before he was born, Caden was diagnosed with a fast-growing tumor called a cervical teratoma on his neck. At birth, the tumor was larger than his head and weighed one-third of his small 6-pound frame. But experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles were ready for him. While Caden was in utero, a multidisciplinary team of specialists had created a highly orchestrated plan to safely and swiftly move Caden from the nearby hospital where he was born to CHLA.

“There were probably no less than 20 providers in the operating room, ready to handle any contingency or emergency that could happen,” recalls Caden’s mom, Candace. “It was a very well thought out plan.”

A roller coaster of emotions

Candace and her husband, Eric, had several months to prepare for that moment. During a routine 20-week ultrasound, the technician noticed something unusual and urged the couple to see a specialist. They started asking around for recommendations and chose the Fetal-Maternal Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where a team led by Director David Miller, MD, diagnosed the teratoma and began to oversee and coordinate Candace’s prenatal care.

With the due date approaching and the tumor rapidly growing, it became clear Candace would need a special Caesarean section called a modified exit procedure. Two days before the Fourth of July in 2007, Caden was removed from the womb with the umbilical cord still attached to the placenta, which allowed oxygen to continue to flow as neonatology, respiratory therapy, and ear, nose and throat experts worked quickly to open the airway that was being compressed by the tumor.

“This type of multidisciplinary collaboration is something done at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles all the time. You have to plan for every possible scenario and be ready to act on a solution just right for that patient,” says Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA, Chief of the Division of Neonatology and co-Director of the Fetal and Neonatal Institute, who was part of Caden’s care team. “It’s what we do best.”

Once an airway was secured, the umbilical cord was cut, and Caden was transported to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to undergo surgery. The procedure to excise the tumor went smoothly, and a sample of the cells was sent to the laboratory for testing. Then, the pathology results came back.

“We were told it’s rare to have this type of tumor in the first place but then to find out it was cancerous? It was unexpected and just a roller coaster of emotions,” says Caden’s dad, Eric.

‘Overcoming cancer’

Head and neck teratomas occur in 1 out of every 40,000 to 50,000 births. “Only a small percentage of them are malignant,” says Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS, Deputy Director of the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute at CHLA. “What made Caden’s case highly unusual was the tumor’s large size, its location and the dramatic way that he had to be delivered. Furthermore, targeting cancer in a newborn comes with extraordinary challenges of its own.”

Teenager with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a blue hoodie stands next to lush green fern and dark brown tree trunk
”I basically owe my life and overall good health to CHLA,” says Caden.
Dr. Mascarenhas started Caden on chemotherapy right away, developing a treatment plan that was strong enough to destroy the cancer but one that a tiny baby could tolerate.

Caden completed two rounds of chemo in the hospital—handling the treatment better than anyone expected—and was able to go home for the first time in his life shortly before Halloween.

To completely wipe out the cancer cells, two more outpatient rounds of chemotherapy followed before the lab work came back clean.

For years, the McMullins visited Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for Caden’s annual checkups. A decade went by without any complications, and when he was 10 years old, Caden was officially in remission.

Candace and Eric marvel at how far their son, now 16, has come. He’s an active high school sophomore at Loyola High School—just a few miles south from CHLA’s Sunset campus—who loves all sports, especially baseball, skiing and hiking. And they’re especially proud that he’s giving back to the hospital by raising funds and awareness in his community through the CHLA Junior Ambassadors program.

“The best part is representing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and sharing my story to show what a special place it is,” says Caden. “I hope people will appreciate the one-of-a-kind care that results from so many different specialists working together, plus the cutting-edge research that happens at the same time.

“For me personally,” he adds, “I basically owe my life and overall good health to CHLA.”

Where amazing things happen

Supporting CHLA is a family affair for the McMullins. In 2022, they participated in the hospital’s community fundraiser Walk and Play L.A., and before Caden became a Junior Ambassador, Candace was a member of the hospital’s Spiritual Care Guild for several years. These days, she and Eric donate to two areas that hold a special place in their hearts: neonatology and oncology.

Family of four sit in front of bicycle on paving stone road
”To help an institution like this in your city … is a fairly easy thing to do,” Eric says of CHLA.
“To help an institution like this in your city, where these amazing things can happen, is a fairly easy thing to do,” says Eric.

“Had we not gone to Children’s Hospital,” says Candace, “I believe that would have diminished Caden’s chance at survival.”

Even after all these years and treating hundreds, if not thousands, of patients since then, doctors still remember Caden and light up at the mention of his name. Working at a pediatric medical institution means clinicians often watch families go home with their child, but they don’t always know how that patient is doing later on in life.

Seeing Caden in his purple Junior Ambassador shirt and out in the community on behalf of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been tremendously gratifying for his care team.

“It doesn’t get any better than that,” says Dr. Friedlich, who holds the Teresa and Byron Pollitt Family Chair in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. “His family had so much courage during this frightening ordeal, and to know that Caden is now healthy and has a bright future, that is a true message of hope.”

This article is featured in the Summer 2023 issue of Imagine magazine.

— Story and photos courtesy Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

How you can help:

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 is provided courtesy of L.A. Loft Blog and LAcondoInfo.com with the information provided by Corey Chambers, Broker, BRE#01889449. We are not associated with the homeowner’s association or developer. For more information, contact (213) 880-9910 or visit CoreyChambers.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.