NW Valley Times

Diamond Children’s Medical Center announced two patients as their prom king and queen during the Thursday, February 2 Arizona Athletics men’s basketball game against Oregon!

Ronaldo Garcia,15, from Marana, Ariz., was named prom king. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma in July 2022, after discovering a lump on his neck. He recently completed his treatment plan at Diamond Children’s.

The prom queen is Alexis Duran from Tucson, Ariz. Alexis is 16 and was diagnosed with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), a rare autoimmune disorder which caused nerve damage in her legs, feet, fingers and hands. Alexis is now in a wheelchair and receives plasma exchange treatment every three weeks, along with intravenous immunoglobin infusion treatments. Alexis developed this condition after the removal of a tumor in her left knee which caused her body to go into stress.

Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation, Diamond Children’s will host the prom on March 4 for their teen patients in Southern Arizona who are battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. To help ensure that Diamond Children’s can continue hosting a prom for its patients each year, the Banner Health Foundation has created the Diamond Children’s prom fund. Donate today: http://give.bannerhealth.com/diamondprom

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