A girl battling blood cancer was surprised with a moving performance by a school orchestra, which composed a private piece for her after hearing a story she wrote about her journey.
Five-year-old Quincy Fitzgerald has been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for the past two years.
After dozens of chemotherapy sessions and doctor visits, Quincy and her 7-year-old sister Josie wrote a short story about their experience.
This story caught the attention of the North Kansas City High School orchestra. After learning of Quincy’s journey, the orchestra decided to compose music just for her.
Quincy’s mother was touched by the sincere gesture. “It just gives you hope and comforts you,” Fitzgerald told Live5News.
Quincy Fitzgerald, 5, who is battling blood cancer, was surprised with a moving performance by a school orchestra, which composed a private piece for her after hearing a story she wrote about her journey.
Quincy (pictured) has been battling leukemia for more than two years. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in March 2022.
Quincy and his mother were surprised by a preview of the band’s moving performance Tuesday morning.
The piece is called ‘Many Sides of the Portal’ and took composer Jeremy Litster two months to complete.
The North Kansas City school learned about Quincy’s story through the sing me a story Foundation, an organization of composers who bring children’s stories to life with music.
The band approached a former student to compose music for them and the class learned to play it, the outlet reported.
It is scheduled to make its public debut next week.
Quincy and his mother were surprised by a preview of the band’s performance Tuesday morning.
The performance will make its public debut next week.
This story caught the attention of the North Kansas City High School orchestra. After learning of Quincy’s journey, the orchestra decided to compose music just for her.
“You get this kind of diagnosis and you don’t know it,” Katie told Live5News. “When you see others come out of nowhere and just cheer you on, it’s really amazing.”
Quincy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in March 2022.
The family created a GoFundMe page to help raise funds to cover the expenses incurred for Quincy’s upcoming treatments.
“Honestly, it was a whirlwind,” Quincy’s mother wrote about the day she was told of the diagnosis. “The days crossed, it was very fast.”
‘It started with blood tests, moved on to a bone marrow scan. On March 24, it was determined that she had Leukemia (B lymphocyte lymphoblast). On the 25th she underwent a procedure to have a port placed.
The family created a go-fund-me page to help raise funds to cover expenses incurred for Quincy’s upcoming treatments (pictured: Quincy center left, his sister Josie center right, Quincy’s mother, Katie, far right).
Quincy (pictured after treatment) was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in March 2022.
Quincy received his first treatment in a clinic in 2022 and it was every Friday for the next 4 weeks.
Quincy was invited to the Kansas Jayhawks game as a special guest in 2023, where she told parents she hopes to become a doctor so she can help other children also battling cancer.
The fundraiser has reached $38,246 of its $40,000 goal.
“While he was under anesthesia, they did a lumbar puncture to look for leukemia in his cerebrospinal fluid (they found none) and immediately injected chemotherapy into his spine to make sure no cells were hiding.”
‘He had his first treatment at the clinic on Monday and will go again on Friday. “She will go every Friday for the next 4 weeks and hopefully she can move on to a higher maintenance plan afterward,” she wrote.
The fundraiser has reached $38,246 of its $40,000 goal.
Quincy was invited to the Kansas Jayhawks game as a special guest in 2023, where she told parents she hopes to become a doctor so she can help other children also battling cancer.