NATHAN'S STORY

Nathan was one of only a few children in the United States diagnosed with an adult form of cancer. The malignant tumor on his face was so rare that no standard treatment was yet available. Fortunately, Orange County's only dedicated pediatric hematology and oncology unit was close by. The medical experts at Children's Hospital of Orange County created a treatment aggressive enough to eradicate the cancer from his body, but gentle enough for the six-year-old to tolerate. Today, Nathan's face is fine. And so is his outlook on life.