CNN reporter Rewandrew Kazensky and his wife, Rachel Lewis Anzine, a journalist for the Street Journal, thanked their 9-month-old daughter, Francesca, for the messages and donations after her death the day before Christmas.
“Thank you, your messages have touched our hearts,” Kakainski said Tweeted On saturday. “We are very grateful for how much money has been raised for Dana Farber in honor of Francesca to fight this terrible disease and will spend the rest of her life searching for a cure.”
Shortly after sharing his message of gratitude on Saturday, Kazensky posted a short clip of Francesca on Twitter that was filmed in late July. In the video she is smiling-playing, showing the personality of her bubbles.
“I know a lot of you didn’t know the pulses before he was diagnosed with cancer in September.” Wrote. “She had such a peep in her footsteps before starting treatment. And we are very lucky that she got six normal months of life.”
Kakazensky announced Twitter In September, Francesca was diagnosed with an “extremely rare and very aggressive rhabdoid brain tumor.”
He shared updates in the month to follow his daughter’s status. The infant passed Multiple brain surgery In September. In mid-December, the reporter Shared That her daughter developed a fungal infection as a complication of chemotherapy and underwent two weeks of ventilator and life support.
Kaczynski shared the sad news on Friday that Francesca had died the night before, Writing“There will always be a bean-sized hole in our hearts for him.”
Kakazensky and Enzyne described Francesca as a “bold and curious child” in a memoir she wrote to capture a short life for her daughter.
“Many of her smiles sent thrills around the world. She was very generous with them, while most smiles were covered with masks and even when she faced challenges that frightened an adult, such as being born with a cancer diagnosis or hearing loss. , “Read this observation. “Francesca showed her parents a kind of love they never knew before and they will never forget.”
Instead of flowers, the family has requested that a donation be made in honor of Francisca to Team Beans in the PMC Winter Cycle, which raises money for cancer care and research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. To date, Team Beans has raised more than 60 360,000 to benefit pediatric oncology and atypical teratoma rabid tumor (ATRT) research in Dana-Forber.
