One of our good friends Janet Hemming and Robin Mickels has organized a blood drive in Livermore. The UCSF Blood Mobile will be at the Smith Elementary School ( 391 Ontario Dr. in Livermore) from 8am to 12:30 on Friday June 6th. You can donate blood or platelets directly to Korrine ( A-) or to the many patients in need at The UC Med Center if you are not A-. Janet's contact is:
Janet Hemmig
Ph: 925-294-9376
Email: jhemmig@comcast.net
Thank you Janet and Robin for doing this and thank you to all of the blood donors. You truly are doing a beautiful thing.
Love
Matt and Dana
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Smile
Cancer stripped her of everything including her life but it could not steal away God's LOVE, PEACE and the JOY that radiated through her. Korrine never stopped SMILING!
Korrine Lannie Croghan
Korrine Croghan was a vivacious 14-year-old girl who lived all of her life in Livermore, CA. She had a love for animals, sports, and most of all, family. Korrine was a straight “A” student while attending Mendenhall Middle School and was working hard in her first trimester at Granada High. She was a great friend to many and was everything that a brother, mother and father could ask for in a daughter. Korrine was the type of girl who would greet you with a wide smile and look into your eyes and truly would want to know how you were doing
Korrine & Cancer
On December 20th, 2007, Korrine was diagnosed with Choriocarcinoma with a germ cell element. Choriocarcinoma is a very rare type of cancer in teenage girls and inflicts less than 200 nationwide each year. Although the cancer started in her left ovary, the cancer had spread to her right ovary, lungs and liver. After the removal of a cantaloupe sized tumor in her left ovary on December 21st of 2007, Korrine, endured 10 months of intense chemotherapy designed for adult men.
During the course of her treatment, Korrine suffered many complications. In early April of 2007, her liver began to bleed. After staying at Kaiser Oakland for almost two weeks, Korrine was transfered to UCSF and spent a month in the intensive care unit. The doctors at UCSF Medical Center were finally able to stop her bleeding liver, but, not before it filled her abdomen with 5 liters of blood that had to be drained via a tube inserted into her stomach. On top of that, both of Korrines’ lungs collapsed while undergoing a CT scan that almost took her life. Because of that, 2 liters of fluid needed to be drained off of her lungs with the use of another drainage tube. Throughout her treatment Korrine needed numerous blood and platelet transfusions. She had nosebleeds that lasted an hour on several occasions. At one point, she had 18 intravenous tubes running through her body filled with anti-bacterials, anti-fungals, nutrition, painkillers and chemotherapy. Korrine miraculously made it through those tough days at UCSF and returned to Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She was finally stable and was released to go home in late June. Just as things were starting to look up for her, she suffered septic shock in July that forced her to go back into intensive care at Kaiser in Santa Clara for 2 weeks.
Korrine returned home in late July and went through imaging scans to see if the cancer had disappeared. The scans always came back good, but not great. In an effort to kill and stop the remaining cancer cells, she underwent an emergency round of chemotherapy in early September. Unfortunately, it did kill the remaining cancer and her doctors had run out of options.
Korrine spent her last days at home with her family reading books and loving on her cats and dog. She passed away quietly, at home, on October 27th, 2008. Through it all, Korrine had a positive attitude and never gave up or complained. Many consider Korrine a hero.
Team KC
The Team KC website was originally started as a way to encourage, educate, raise awareness, and keep friends and family informed with accurate information on Korrine's treatment and progress. Family, classmates, friends, community members, and complete strangers rallied to support Korrine and her family through her fight against Choriocarcinoma. We were amazed by the amount of support we received, and it is now our desire to give back. In March, 2009, Team KC became an official nonprofit by joining forces with Kaiser Foundation Hospital. All monies raised by Team KC will directly benefit pediatric cancer patients and their families. All monetary contributions are tax deductible.
Our Mission: To help improve the quality of life of pediatric cancer patients and their families. We wish to supply children with fun activities, toys and anything else that will brighten and better their lives. Monies will also be used to help parents pay for bills and defray the costs of gas, food and lodging that go along with caring for a child with cancer.
Stay Positive, LIVESTRONG & Welcome to Team KC!
*This is the official Team KC website and the only website approved by the Croghan family. Please do not use content, images, or video from this site without permission. This is an effort to respect the family's privacy and ensure that all content is accurate and approved. Thank you for your cooperation.
Korrine Croghan was a vivacious 14-year-old girl who lived all of her life in Livermore, CA. She had a love for animals, sports, and most of all, family. Korrine was a straight “A” student while attending Mendenhall Middle School and was working hard in her first trimester at Granada High. She was a great friend to many and was everything that a brother, mother and father could ask for in a daughter. Korrine was the type of girl who would greet you with a wide smile and look into your eyes and truly would want to know how you were doing
Korrine & Cancer
On December 20th, 2007, Korrine was diagnosed with Choriocarcinoma with a germ cell element. Choriocarcinoma is a very rare type of cancer in teenage girls and inflicts less than 200 nationwide each year. Although the cancer started in her left ovary, the cancer had spread to her right ovary, lungs and liver. After the removal of a cantaloupe sized tumor in her left ovary on December 21st of 2007, Korrine, endured 10 months of intense chemotherapy designed for adult men.
During the course of her treatment, Korrine suffered many complications. In early April of 2007, her liver began to bleed. After staying at Kaiser Oakland for almost two weeks, Korrine was transfered to UCSF and spent a month in the intensive care unit. The doctors at UCSF Medical Center were finally able to stop her bleeding liver, but, not before it filled her abdomen with 5 liters of blood that had to be drained via a tube inserted into her stomach. On top of that, both of Korrines’ lungs collapsed while undergoing a CT scan that almost took her life. Because of that, 2 liters of fluid needed to be drained off of her lungs with the use of another drainage tube. Throughout her treatment Korrine needed numerous blood and platelet transfusions. She had nosebleeds that lasted an hour on several occasions. At one point, she had 18 intravenous tubes running through her body filled with anti-bacterials, anti-fungals, nutrition, painkillers and chemotherapy. Korrine miraculously made it through those tough days at UCSF and returned to Kaiser Hospital in Oakland. She was finally stable and was released to go home in late June. Just as things were starting to look up for her, she suffered septic shock in July that forced her to go back into intensive care at Kaiser in Santa Clara for 2 weeks.
Korrine returned home in late July and went through imaging scans to see if the cancer had disappeared. The scans always came back good, but not great. In an effort to kill and stop the remaining cancer cells, she underwent an emergency round of chemotherapy in early September. Unfortunately, it did kill the remaining cancer and her doctors had run out of options.
Korrine spent her last days at home with her family reading books and loving on her cats and dog. She passed away quietly, at home, on October 27th, 2008. Through it all, Korrine had a positive attitude and never gave up or complained. Many consider Korrine a hero.
Team KC
The Team KC website was originally started as a way to encourage, educate, raise awareness, and keep friends and family informed with accurate information on Korrine's treatment and progress. Family, classmates, friends, community members, and complete strangers rallied to support Korrine and her family through her fight against Choriocarcinoma. We were amazed by the amount of support we received, and it is now our desire to give back. In March, 2009, Team KC became an official nonprofit by joining forces with Kaiser Foundation Hospital. All monies raised by Team KC will directly benefit pediatric cancer patients and their families. All monetary contributions are tax deductible.
Our Mission: To help improve the quality of life of pediatric cancer patients and their families. We wish to supply children with fun activities, toys and anything else that will brighten and better their lives. Monies will also be used to help parents pay for bills and defray the costs of gas, food and lodging that go along with caring for a child with cancer.
Stay Positive, LIVESTRONG & Welcome to Team KC!
*This is the official Team KC website and the only website approved by the Croghan family. Please do not use content, images, or video from this site without permission. This is an effort to respect the family's privacy and ensure that all content is accurate and approved. Thank you for your cooperation.
A Note From Korrine (written after her 4th round of Chemo)...
Hello everyone! It's me, Korrine. I just wanted to take a
moment to thank each and every one of you for supporting me through emails,
visits, food, gifts, and most importantly, prayer. Without it, I probably
wouldn't have made it this far. Anyways, on a happier note, I am happy to
announce that I am feeling very good. This last round of chemo hit me pretty
hard, but I think that it is more exiting to end things with a big BANG! I will
try to start writing things for the blog now that my chemo therapy is over, but
until then, just know that I love every single one of you and I am always
thinking about my family, friends, and even the people who I've never met
before. Thanks for joining my battle and for making this experience "The
Experience of a Lifetime." LIVESTRONG! And stay positive.
Korrine Lannie Croghan
Hello everyone! It's me, Korrine. I just wanted to take a
moment to thank each and every one of you for supporting me through emails,
visits, food, gifts, and most importantly, prayer. Without it, I probably
wouldn't have made it this far. Anyways, on a happier note, I am happy to
announce that I am feeling very good. This last round of chemo hit me pretty
hard, but I think that it is more exiting to end things with a big BANG! I will
try to start writing things for the blog now that my chemo therapy is over, but
until then, just know that I love every single one of you and I am always
thinking about my family, friends, and even the people who I've never met
before. Thanks for joining my battle and for making this experience "The
Experience of a Lifetime." LIVESTRONG! And stay positive.
Korrine Lannie Croghan
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Blood Mobile Donations in Livermore
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Hi korrine!
I had such a great time getting to know you and take care of you the other day! This is a very nice website! I hope that you are doing good and that your drain got pulled. I hope I get to be your nurse tomorrow! Have a great day :)
Amber RN
Dear Croghan Family,
We are happy that we are able to help out. We live in such a wonderful community and the outpouring of love and support that we have received in such a short time is absolutely incredible. Thank you to all of you who have already signed up to donate. Thank you to UCSF for agreeing to send out the Bloodmobile. Thank you to Smith Elementary and Principal Nathanson for supporting this. And thank you to everyone else who has spread the word about the blood drive. Thanks to those I've forgotten to thank :-)
Love, Janet & Robin
Very excited.......just signed up to donate blood! We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers and sending you our love.
The Nagy Family
I'm signing up to donate blood. Unfortunately I am B+, but it will help someone. I AM however going to spread the word so hopefully some of my friends with A- will help too.
Hi Korrine!
Hope you are feeling better each day. You are in my prayers, and my thoughts all the time. Your strength and attitude inspire me each day.
Can't wait to be part of the blood drive. Wish I had A- to donate to you, but I know that it'll put a smile on your face that in your honor so many others will be helped. You rock, CutiePie!!
Love,
Sue Bakalar
Hi Korrine,
I left you a message awhile ago and I just caught myself up with all the updates since and I just wanted to tell you how blessed I feel to have been introduced to you through this website. I know you've heard it this a million times from all the people who've been leaving you these wonderful messages, but you're a wonderful, beautiful, amazingly inspiring young girl and I love you. I pray that God keeps a tight embrace around you in all that you do in your life. Thank you Lord for Korrine and her amazing parents...please bless each one of them with your promise to love, protect and guide. Amen
Tara Hyde and family
Hey there Croghan family,
I will help spread the word on the blood drive....
I just came back from the Hat Trick Soccer game held in your honor. It was so much fun to see the two Castro Valley Middle Schools unite in a cause that is so worth while.
God Bless you...
Love Peace Prayers and LiveSTRONG
Liz Oettel
We will be there and will donate on the 6th. Unfortunately we are not matches for Korrine, but we are matches for someone and will gladly give.
Rick and Corey Bauer
Hi Korrine, just letting you know we will be there to donate. I have spread the word to all of the Pediatricians I work with it will be an honor to donate in your name. We love you girlie. Steve Jackie Katie and Aimee Paredez
Our family has put the call out in search of A- friends and family...and found 2, so far, who are signing up to be there next Friday! Yeah!
Hi Korrine
I live in San Jose and I'm A negative blood type and I feel honored to be able to donate for you. Ill be there on the 6th!!!!
God Bless You
Jackie
I am A- and I will there on Friday. Jess and Ed will donate also, unfortunetly they are B+.
We are g;ad we can do anything we can to help you get better. We love you and livestrong!!!
The Xavier's
Korrine and family,
I am not A- blood type, but tonight I sent an email to all in my address book that are in driving distance. I asked that anyone that is A- please take the time. And If not, to please spread the news so others may have the opportunity to help. My prayers are constant for complete healing for you, sweet child, and for strength each day for your family.
In Love... Melissa Ruth
Hi Korrine,
We prayed for you at church today! Stay stronge!
With love,
Emma
Hi Korrine,
I heard about your story on the radio on Saturday. I had decided 1.5 years ago to not donate blood anymore since I struggle with keeping my iron stores up, however I am not anemic. Your story touched my heart though, and I am making an exception. I am going through a particularly rough time in my life right now and I know it will make me feel great to help you, so I will be there on the 6th to donate my type A- blood to you! I am also hoping to bring my daughters who also have A- blood. I will always keep you in my prayers and hope that soon you will be back to complete health, like a young girl your age deserves! Liz from Livermore
Korrine, I am A- and I am going to try my hardest to donate tomorrow morning. I am a nurse and just need to find someone to work a few hours for me. You look like a great kid and I wish you and your family the best. Linda RN
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