We have come to love and appreciate our friends and community beyond words. We continue to say "Thank You". Please don't give up our fight for Korrine. Let's continue to keep her in our daily prayers and may we all celebrate together when she is healed of this cancer.
Stay Positive and LiveSTRONG
Dana and Matt Croghan
"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
Saturday, June 14, 2008
We want to let you know how much we have come to love our community and our friends. You have supported and held us up in this fight.
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Amen to that Dana and Matt! I hope that everyone will continue to pray for Korrine and all of you. I do!
Korrine is an inspiration to us all and we will celebrate each small miracle until the cancer is gone!
HAVE A WONDERFUL FATHER'S DAY MATT! YOUR BEAUTIFUL GIRL IS STILL HERE FOR YOU TO LOVE!
Let's make a roll call of who is NOT giving up on Korrine!
I pledge to Pray Strong for Korrine to be healed.
Love, Lorri
And we will NEVER stop supporting Korrine in her fight! You guys are in our prayers daily and will never leave our prayers. We Brumbaugh's are pretty kick ass when it comes to supporting someone we believe in. :) And we believe in Korrine. The one thing we don't believe in? The one thing we don't have any faith in? That this cancer will win. It's got NO chance against the power of the prayers that are being said for Korrine. NO CHANCE!! Stay strong, be strong, live strong. We're behind you 110%!
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Kyle, Debra and MacKenzie Brumbaugh
Korrine, La Familia Cortez here in Livermore are all here in support of you and your family! Not a prayer is said in our home without a call for further blessings of healing for you!
Hi Croghan Family! You are so loved right back from your community, family and friends! Korrine, you and your family are such an awesome example of faith, strength and tenacity! We are fighting right along side you in spirit! We love you and can't wait to see you lobbin' that ball toward the goal again!
Love and prayers to you!
The Gilberts
Good morning and Happy Saturday to the beautiful Croghan family!
Looking forward to that Blessed day when we read the words that Korrine is cancer free!!! :)
Until then, I too, pledge to continue to PraySTRONG for Korrine to be healed.
This must have been a rough week for you, Korrine... so get some well-deserved rest this weekend, OK? (And hopefully you will enjoy some wonderful sunshine too!)
Happy Fathers Day Matt! Enjoy every moment with your two special children.
Love and hugs~
Cindy Brian
Amen!
Thank you for loving us, and for letting us love you! You are a wonderful family who's love and devotion has taught me so much.
You can count me in for continued prayers for Korrine!!
Happy Father's Day, Matt. May it be filled with peace, love and many smiles from that gorgeous family of yours.
Love and prayers,
Sue Bakalar
Happy Father's Weekend, Matt!!
We hope you have a beautiful weekend with your children. You are a great father and husband and deserve kudo's like no other. So many people that I have run into have had you as a swim/polo coach and have nothing but wonderful things to say about you. You have really touched a lot of people in your life and I can see that it has rubbed off on Korrine.
Dana, it was so nice to see you and Sean at the swim party yesterday. Your ability to acknowledge this community and laugh and smile during this trying time was beautiful. I can see where Korrine gets her strength! You have a wonderfully strong and caring family. I admire you.
We continue to pray for Korrine and your family daily.
I can't wait to see Korrine play water polo. I don't think I've ever been to a match.
Wendy Campbell
Hey Croghan Family,
I was just at the Rodeo Parade walking with the Relay for Life Float. Chad rode the float along with Jason & Ryan Van Bladel; Becky & Molly Morrisroe and Emily Wilson. There were a lot of Team KC supporters at the parade. It was great to see so many cancer survivors and hear their stories! They LIVESTRONG just as you do.
I'm looking forward to the Relay for Life next weekend at Livermore High.
Lots of love to you all.
Love, Janet
Hey Croghan Family,
I was just at the Rodeo Parade walking with the Relay for Life Float. Chad rode the float along with Jason & Ryan Van Bladel; Becky & Molly Morrisroe and Emily Wilson. There were a lot of Team KC supporters at the parade. It was great to see so many cancer survivors and hear their stories! They LIVESTRONG just as you do.
I'm looking forward to the Relay for Life next weekend at Livermore High.
Lots of love to you all.
Love, Janet
Webster's defines "community" as a "unified body of individuals".
I am proud to liveSTRONG in a community that is unified in walking right beside the entire Croghan family through this fight.
You set the example daily and make it easy for the rest of us to believe in the power of love and prayer. It really is the simple things that matter.
Summer vacation is now here and I believe this will truly be a summer of healing and renewed strength for you Korrine.
Love and peace to the entire Croghan community. julie gilmore
Yes! We are counting on, and looking forward to, a big party! Congratulations on graduation from Mendenhall, Korrine, and on the award! You are fantastic! We are praying for you all, Korrine, Sean, Dana, and Matt.
Love,
Pat and Nita Cooley
We are all praying for your continued strength in mind and body.
Matt, we hope you have a great father's day.
Your family is such a tremendous example of the power of faith.
Thank you for that.
The Opipari's
The Kofford Family is still here...still praying...still thinking about you...still sending love your way...and still supporting Team KC! Looking forward to the day when we can meet your incredible family, and give Korrine a hug in person! May the Lord bless you all today, and send His healing love. With love and wishes for a complete recovery, Denise Ü
I will never stop praying and supporting Korrine!She is in my heart always! Happy Fathers Day Matt you are a wonderful father and an example to many.
After every storm, there is a rainbow. I read this in a book and thought of you.
Marina Gandara
per. 3
mr. wood's PE class
Your family is so loved.. as I have said before God keeps Korrine on my heart so much that I know He has wonderful plans for her life.. just a bit longer than she can tell the world all about what God has done for her.. bless you all and I will keep praying!
sandi kellman
Happy Father's Day, Matt! We continue to be with you and your family in spirit and daily prayer.
You are a tremendous inspiration to many, many people.
Have a peaceful day, Korrine.
God Bless,
The Nagy Family
Good Morning Croghan's and Happy Father's Day Matt! On this Father's Day, know that your community continues to love and pray for your family and Korrine during this battle.
Korrine, congrats on your graduation from 8th grade! Up next... High School - very exciting!
With your latest round of chemo ending yesterday, I hope that today you're feeling a bit better. It is our prayer that this last round of chemo will be your last and that it has done it's job. We are praying that your heart rate is down, that your lungs are healing and that you are feeling better each day. You remain in our thoughts and prayers, Miss Korrine - know that you are truly loved and we are all fighting for you. Have a good day and stay STRONG!
Hugs to all,
Glenda, Richard & Kirra
Dear Croghan Family,
I will continue praying for your beautiful and faithful family. I am learning so much from all of you and appreciate that you are sharing this with us. You give us inspiration everyday.
Matt, I wish you a terrific Father's Day with your wonderful family!
Love, Mrs. Scarbrough
Happy Father's Day Coach Croghan!
Hi Korrine...praying this Sunday finds you feeling even just a little bit better but hopefully A LOT better!
Here's a verse for today, personalized just for you:
Sing, O Heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted Korrine, and will have mercy on her affliction...I will not forget you [says the Lord.] See Korrine, I have inscribed you on the pamls of My hands; you Korrine are continually before Me.
-Isaiah 49:13-16 in part
Love, Lorri
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