Our Warriors Who Inspire Us

Sydney Reece Bjornberg was a healthy, vibrant, beautiful, smart, kind, silly, fun, caring, Taylor Swift loving 11 year old girl with a great sense of humor.  Sydney loved to run, swim, jump on the trampoline, play with her little brother, ride her bicycle, and she could ski (her favorite thing to do) down any slope on the mountain at Wolf Creek Ski Resort in Colorado.

On May 21, 2012 Sydney was diagnosed with a DIPG inoperable brain tumor one week prior to her 5th grade graduation.  Instead of the fun summer she had planned hanging out with her friends and babysitting, she spent much of the next 13 months getting Cat Scans, MRI’s with contrast, Blood Tests, a Biopsy to get a sample of her brain tumor, Radiation, Steroids, and Chemo Infusions.
Sydney never complained after her diagnosis, she just wanted to know that there was “Hope” and wanted to “Believe” that if she did what was asked of her, that she would get better.

Sydney often gave her jewelry and stuffed animals to other children with cancer during our frequent visits to the hospital because she wanted to bring a smile to their faces as they were also going through such a difficult time.  Once Sydney knew there was no more Hope near the end, she agreed to donate her DIPG tumor to Dana-Farber so that hopefully the time to find a cure will be expedited.  We so want children and parents in the near future that hear the words “Your Child has DIPG” to have “Hope” for an extended quality life, not just “Hope” to survive for an extra few months.

Sydney was a great sister to her little brother Nicholas, the best daughter a mother or father could ever ask for, and had great friends that stayed with her right up to her last breath.  Sydney was an inspiration to so many as she continued to smile, giggle, and make us laugh.  Sydney was a great mother and trainer to her puppy Lulu, and focused on the things she could do, not the things DIPG slowly took from her right up until she passed away in June of 2013.

We Love and Miss You Soooo Much Sydney!!!

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