Corey Chambers Real Estate Newsletter October 2024 | The California Home

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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.

Your referrals help the kids!

Why I support ChildrenĘźs Hospital of Los Angeles

Corey Chambers Serving the community with your help.

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 

Channeling Challenge Into Community: Hunter’s Story — by Caitlin Kryl

The 17-year-old never let his leukemia diagnosis define him—but he proudly wears the title “survivor” in support of a greater purpose.

Hunter doesn’t remember much from his time at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, but more than a decade later, one small moment has stuck with him in multiple ways.

A blonde woman asks him: What flavor?

“She’d hold up an array of ChapSticks,” Hunter explains, “blueberry, strawberry, green apple, root beer float and chocolate.”

The blonde woman—his nurse—was preparing him for chemotherapy, delivered via his spine. The scented lip balm made wearing an anesthesia mask more palatable. He always chose blueberry.

Hunter was 2 years old when doctors first discovered acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in his blood. He received that uncomfortable spinal treatment, called intrathecal chemotherapy, consistently until he was 5 years old. Now, at age 17, much of his cancer care is a distant memory.

That blueberry ChapStick has the power to transport him back, though. “It’s a scent thing, for sure,” he says. He explains how he even referenced the memory in the opening line of his college essay.

As he enters his senior year of high school, Hunter’s future brims with opportunity: He competes on the swim team, works part-time as a lifeguard, takes as many AP courses as he can manage, and studies for the SAT while serving as a college peer mentor.

For many years, Hunter wasn’t sure how to process his cancer journey—it was too painful and felt far removed from the life he lives now. “I rejected the idea of leukemia when I was younger,” he says.

Over the past year, however, he’s channeled his personal experiences to foster community for fellow survivors and their families. In 2023, he started a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter at his school and raised over $50,000 for leukemia and lymphoma cancer research.

“I felt like I wanted to do something big with that,” he says. So, he did.

The early days: mysterious bruises and a shocking diagnosis

For Hunter’s parents, Zia and Michael, the memories and emotions associated with his ALL diagnosis and treatment remain as vivid as they were 15 years ago.

“He started presenting with a lot of bruises,” his dad, Michael, explains. “It was around the time he was climbing out of the crib, so for a while, we attributed it to that.”

But the bruises kept coming, followed by curious abrasions and bloody noses. At first, their local pediatrician said it was just part of being a 2-year-old—but Zia and Michael weren’t satisfied with that answer. Encouraged by a family member who is a pediatric nurse, they returned to the doctor for further testing.

Tests revealed the answer that turned their world upside down: Hunter had leukemia.

“I don’t even know how we processed it. I just remember falling to my knees,” Zia says. “The next thing we know, we’re at CHLA for 11 days dealing with this crazy, life-changing experience.”

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood, bone marrow and immune system. While chemotherapy is highly effective—about 85% of children beat ALL—treatment comes with many side effects and requires close monitoring for several years.

Leading-edge treatment from the clinic to home

David R. Freyer, DO, MS, met Hunter as a precocious 2-year-old and has helped oversee his care since. He explains that treatment happens in several phases: first, to bring the disease into remission through chemotherapy and other treatments. Then, to ensure remission is permanent, which includes a maintenance phase.

As both an oncologist and the Director of CHLA’s Survivorship and Supportive Care Program, Dr. Freyer supported multiple aspects of Hunter’s care, focusing on both his clinical well-being as well as ensuring Hunter continued to meet developmental milestones as a toddler, preschooler, kindergartner and beyond.

“A lot of what we do is help families navigate critical life events—importantly, continuing to grow up,” Dr. Freyer says. “You can’t put all that on pause while they’re in treatment.”

“Starting from diagnosis, we’re blessed to have a large team of leukemia and lymphoma specialists,” Dr. Freyer adds, emphasizing the advantages of seeking care at a pediatric academic medical center with specialty expertise. “They’re national and international experts in this area. They develop and lead treatment programs and protocols that are used around the world.”

Hunter and his family experienced this leading-edge treatment firsthand: As part of his care, Hunter participated in a clinical trial at CHLA that is now the standard of care for treating ALL.

The trial, known as AALL0232, was sponsored by the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), the world’s oldest and largest scientific organization dedicated to childhood and adolescent cancer. CHLA is one of the largest research hospitals in the COG and doctors at CHLA played crucial roles in designing AALL0232, which has helped make treatment for Hunter’s type of leukemia both more effective and safer for young children.

“A story like Hunter’s is what I always needed to hear”

Dr. Freyer also emphasizes the hospital’s focus on “whole-person care” through the survivorship program, which is now the standard in pediatric oncology: “Due to the ever-improving survival rates in children with cancer, the field of pediatric cancer survivorship began to emerge about 30 years ago,” he says. In fact, he says the world of adult oncology is now beginning to emphasize survivorship for adults treated for cancer. “They’re kind of learning from us.”

Once patients finish cancer treatment, they visit their treatment team regularly to monitor for recurrence of the leukemia. Within a year or two after ending treatment, patients are referred to the CHLA LIFE Cancer Survivorship and Transition Clinic. In the LIFE Clinic, patients are followed yearly until they’re around 21 years old.

The purpose of these visits is to monitor for late side effects of cancer treatment and to help children thrive as they develop. “They’ll always be survivors of ALL,” Dr. Freyer explains, “but our goal in the LIFE Clinic is to help them return to optimal health, monitor for late-onset side effects, and prevent those whenever possible.”

As Zia reflects on that traumatic time in her family’s life, reassurance from Hunter’s providers that he was receiving top care that incorporates the latest science was key to helping her cope.

“All in all, it wasn’t as horrific as one would expect,” she says. “I needed that reassurance myself. I’m hoping this story will help other parents because a story like Hunter’s is what I always needed to hear.”

Answering the call to community

As he grew up, Hunter let his history with leukemia fade into the background. But when he learned his friend, Ian, had lost a family member to the same disease, he realized that connecting to others with similar experiences could be a way to reclaim his story.

“I hated seeing my friend hurt,” Hunter says. “It inspired me to make my experience into something better, to use it as motivation.”

That’s when Hunter and Ian decided to start a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter at their high school. The chapter focuses on supporting others affected by leukemia and lymphoma, growing awareness, and fundraising to advance research and treatment.

The group’s first year of fundraising paid off more than Hunter and the team could have ever anticipated. They raised over $50,000 by auctioning off local experiences online and mailing out 300 hand-written letters—contributing to a total $1.8 million raised by society chapters across L.A. County.

Hunter recalls seeing the final number posted onscreen at a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society event: “That was the grand finale of it all. It was a super proud moment.” Survivors joined the group onstage to thank them and tell their own stories. “I’m not an emotional guy, but that was very touching,” he says. “It’s something I’ll never forget.”

A bright future ahead

Last year, Hunter volunteered more than 100 hours at his local hospital emergency room. He’s thinking about exploring opportunities in the life sciences after high school graduation and considering studying biology in college.

Returning to CHLA—where his own health care journey began 15 years ago—is far from easy for Hunter or his family. Zia says the emotions flood back as soon as she enters the fourth floor. The connections Hunter has made with his care team help add moments of joy to the experience.

“I see so many faces I might not recognize, but they recognize me from when I was small and stop to give me a hug,” says Hunter. “It’s definitely a family.”

“He was just a little guy fascinated by tadpoles, frogs and fish when I first met him,” reflects Dr. Freyer. “Now he’s almost an adult. It’s important to celebrate treatment successes, and Hunter exemplifies that in every way. It’s been a joy to watch him grow up.”

“Hunter is an incredible human being,” Michael says. “He never let his diagnosis put any limitations on him, and recently he’s been reconnecting with that part of himself as the leader of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter. We’re so proud. I couldn’t be more excited to see what lies ahead for him.”

Learn more about the Cancer and Blood Disease 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.

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Aaroh on Christmas Day 2022

Copyright Š This free information provided courtesy L.A. Loft Blog with the 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. 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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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 Š 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.