Hope is the author's youngest granddaughter. She was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma on September 11, 2001. Neuroblastoma is a cancer that usually develops in or around the adrenal glands. It's made up of immature nerve cells. Hope's mom and dad (the author's son) were tasked with learning all about this disease and caring for Hope as she fought for her life. They were told how the doctors were going to cure her, but she never was able to, as they say, "go by the book." There were many inci