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Harper Ashlyn Creek

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Harper Ashlyn Creek

Birth
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Death
14 Nov 2010 (aged 1)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Franklin County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Harper Ashlyn Creek of Washington, Missouri passed
away at St. Louis Children's Hospital at the age 1
year, 9 months and 12 days.

She is survived by her parents, Ryan and Amber Creek
of Washington, Missouri; maternal grandparents;
Chris and LeeAnn Small; paternal grandparents,
Don and Kathy Creek, all of Leslie, Missouri;
aunts and uncles; other relatives and friends.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from
Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Sullivan with
interment in Schmidt Cemetery, rural Sullivan.
Visitation will be held from 3:30 until 8:00 p.m.,
Tuesday evening from the Eaton Funeral Home in
Sullivan. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested
to the Liddy Schriver Carcinoma Initiative for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Visitation Summary:
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 from 3:30 - 8:00 p.m. at
the Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan, Missouri

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Harper Ashlyn Creek was born February 2, 2009 at
11:14 pm weighing 8 lb 1 oz in St. Louis, MO.
On Feb. 3, a small soft tissue mass was noticed on
her left foot. This was not of immediate alarm to hospital staff nor her pediatrician at her 1 and 2
month check ups.

Along with our families, Ryan and I felt the need
to discover exactly what was continuing to grow
noticeably on a weekly basis on Harper's left foot.
We started the month long quest for answers and
through guidance of several specialists, decided
that a biopsy was the only way to know for sure what
we were dealing with in order to treat it properly.

Harper was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
on May 6, 2009 at just 13 weeks old. As the picture
of perfect health (and a hefty 15 lb 9 oz), you would never had assumed she was sick at all.

Harper's journey began rather quickly with an
immediate consultation with the Pediatric Oncologist
at St. Louis Children's Hospital on the day following
her diagnosis. Her doctor ordered 5 tests (MRI, CT
scan, bone marrow biopsy, bone scan, and a lymph
node biopsy) to determine the stage of her cancer
which was used to determine a specific treatment protocol. All tests showed NO evidence that her
cancer had spread. The lymph node biopsy from her
groin did come back positive which means we cannot
avoid radiation of the foot and groin.

Harper and her family have started her fight against
this rare form of cancer with an enormous support
system and a huge sense of faith. We ask everyone
to please put Harper in your prayers as she fights
this nasty disease.

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http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/harpercreek/
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Harper Ashlyn Creek of Washington, Missouri passed
away at St. Louis Children's Hospital at the age 1
year, 9 months and 12 days.

She is survived by her parents, Ryan and Amber Creek
of Washington, Missouri; maternal grandparents;
Chris and LeeAnn Small; paternal grandparents,
Don and Kathy Creek, all of Leslie, Missouri;
aunts and uncles; other relatives and friends.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 from
Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Sullivan with
interment in Schmidt Cemetery, rural Sullivan.
Visitation will be held from 3:30 until 8:00 p.m.,
Tuesday evening from the Eaton Funeral Home in
Sullivan. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested
to the Liddy Schriver Carcinoma Initiative for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Visitation Summary:
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 from 3:30 - 8:00 p.m. at
the Eaton Funeral Home, Sullivan, Missouri

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Harper Ashlyn Creek was born February 2, 2009 at
11:14 pm weighing 8 lb 1 oz in St. Louis, MO.
On Feb. 3, a small soft tissue mass was noticed on
her left foot. This was not of immediate alarm to hospital staff nor her pediatrician at her 1 and 2
month check ups.

Along with our families, Ryan and I felt the need
to discover exactly what was continuing to grow
noticeably on a weekly basis on Harper's left foot.
We started the month long quest for answers and
through guidance of several specialists, decided
that a biopsy was the only way to know for sure what
we were dealing with in order to treat it properly.

Harper was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
on May 6, 2009 at just 13 weeks old. As the picture
of perfect health (and a hefty 15 lb 9 oz), you would never had assumed she was sick at all.

Harper's journey began rather quickly with an
immediate consultation with the Pediatric Oncologist
at St. Louis Children's Hospital on the day following
her diagnosis. Her doctor ordered 5 tests (MRI, CT
scan, bone marrow biopsy, bone scan, and a lymph
node biopsy) to determine the stage of her cancer
which was used to determine a specific treatment protocol. All tests showed NO evidence that her
cancer had spread. The lymph node biopsy from her
groin did come back positive which means we cannot
avoid radiation of the foot and groin.

Harper and her family have started her fight against
this rare form of cancer with an enormous support
system and a huge sense of faith. We ask everyone
to please put Harper in your prayers as she fights
this nasty disease.

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