Prayers for Evie: Little Warrior Big Fight

Prayers for Evie: Little Warrior Big Fight On June 2, 2025, at just 10 weeks old, Evelyn Grace Williams was diagnosed with infant B-Cell ALL leukemia—one of fewer than 100 U.S. infants each year.

This page shares updates and specific prayer requests as we trust God for healing and strength.

Update: Oh my goodness. I asked everyone to pray for neutrophils and the nurses even prayed over Evie’s blood sample bef...
05/13/2026

Update: Oh my goodness. I asked everyone to pray for neutrophils and the nurses even prayed over Evie’s blood sample before sending it to the lab. Our Lord DELIVERED!!!

Evie’s ANC is 370!! I’ve never seen such a huge increase. I’m surprised and trying not to cry while packing up this room we’ve lived in for the past month. We’re due back in clinic on Wednesday of next week to potentially start the second half of DI.

But for today, our family will all sleep under the same roof tonight. 🥹

To God be the glory!

Hospital day 29: Evie’s ANC continues to play games with us. She was at 150 this morning. So close, but not close enough. Her nurse is redrawing her labs today at 3, and we’re praying for 50 more. 🙏🏻

Otherwise, Evie's labs look great, and she’s acting pretty normal, which makes my heart happy to see.

Pray for 50 neutrophils! 🙏🏻

05/12/2026

DI day 28: Evie’s ANC is still sitting firmly at 90. Ordinarily, that would be good news, but we’re waiting for 200 this time, instead of our usual 100 to go home. Otherwise, Evie looks great and seems to be acting like her normal self. After today, we’ll hit pause on her 50-day treatment cycle. Day 29 will happen when her ANC hits 750, which could take a week or even a month. The ANC holds us hostage with no regard for our plans.

The waiting is always the worst part. We’re just sitting. Evie’s only getting prophylactic antibiotics and antifungals, so we don’t have much to do. We’ve been keeping busy with physical therapy and with activities on the unit. Yesterday, Evie had a lot of fun with art therapy and percussion therapy and she’s doing great with her PT.

While we’re grateful that Evie is feeling good enough to take part in activities, all our free time really reminds us of how much we’re missing out on at home. Allie’s school year is coming to a close. And I’m not there for her. Evie’s learning new things every day. And her dad is not here. Infant cancer with long, inpatient treatments splits families apart. It’s awful to miss out on so much time together. But we are nearing the end. Evie has one long stay after this one, and then we’ll be outpatient.

Even in the hardest moments, we are praising the Lord for bringing us this far. It’s been almost a year since Evie’s life-changing diagnosis, and we are amazed every day at how far she’s come. We pray the Lord continues to keep His hands on her as we keep moving forward.

Please continue to pray for the Ballinger family as they lay their sweet Krenlee to rest today. Krenlee was such a light, and her memory will always have a special place in our hearts.

DI day 24: Evie’s ANC is still stubbornly in the double digits, so we could be here several more days. We’re at 60 today...
05/08/2026

DI day 24: Evie’s ANC is still stubbornly in the double digits, so we could be here several more days. We’re at 60 today, with a long way to go. ☹️

The steroids are wearing off and Evie seems more like her usual happy self. She even felt good enough to do her physical therapy this morning and walked a record 45 feet down the hall, while being supported by her therapist. She’s not quite ready for independent steps yet, but she’s getting close. ❤️

Unfortunately, Evie seems to have developed some mild mucositis. She’s having some pain and diarrhea. Which of course led to yet another diaper rash. 🤦🏻‍♀️ We got custom cream on it quickly and it’s already looking a bit better.

Evie had the cutest art therapy session yesterday. Ms. Val, the art therapist, brought us a bunch of paints and canvases, and we let Evie just have fun with it. It makes my heart so happy to see her doing normal baby things. 🎨

Please keep praying for neutrophils!

DI day 22: Evie didn’t make counts to go home this morning. In fact, her ANC went down to 70. But our hearts are broken ...
05/07/2026

DI day 22: Evie didn’t make counts to go home this morning. In fact, her ANC went down to 70. But our hearts are broken and I’m finding it hard to even care about counts today.

We lost a sweet friend last night. Krenlee was only 9 months old and was diagnosed with AML leukemia at 2 months old, much like Evie. Our families have lived and fought side by side on the eighth floor for the past sixth months. Her parents, Jared and Michelle are some of kindest people I’ve ever met in my life, and have been there for us through some of our worst days. Our girls loved seeing each other around and I just knew it was the start of the sweetest friendship.

Krenlee had just finished her last chemo and was only waiting on counts to finally ring that bell before she got sick and the Lord took her home. I’m trying hard not to lean on my own understanding, but this feels so unfair. This shouldn’t happen to anyone, let alone a baby.

Please lift Jared, Michelle and their son Kyson in prayer. If you feel led, donation info is below. There’s nothing we can do to take the pain away, but maybe we can help ease financial burdens for them.

We love your sweet family so much. 💔

DI day 21: Today has been an emotional roller coaster ride. Evie’s ANC is 140 today, which is above the standard 100 req...
05/05/2026

DI day 21: Today has been an emotional roller coaster ride. Evie’s ANC is 140 today, which is above the standard 100 required to go home. At rounds this morning, Evie’s team offered to let her go on home this evening, after her last dose of steroids. I was beyond excited and immediately started moving things around so we could make it happen.

But then….disappointment. 😭😭 Evie’s doctor came back by later and told us that, after consulting her research study, they realized her study requires an ANC of 200. I’m devastated. For a moment, it looked like we were going to get a little more time at home. But hopefully we can head out in a day or two. Evie is required to be in clinic on Wednesday of next week to potentially be admitted for the second half of DI, no matter what day we go home, so please pray it happens sooner, rather than later. Also, Allyson has a show on Friday and being home will make it much easier for me to be present for her. She’s sacrificed a lot over the past year, and she deserves to have her mom there cheering her on.

Evie’s still fussy and miserable, but all her labs look great, so they think she’ll feel much better once the steroids get out of her system and she gets some rest. Overall, Evie has had very few side effects this time. Which sent my traumatized mama brain into an anxiety spiral, and I had to ask the team if they were sure the chemo even worked, but they assured me that this isn’t unusual for the first half of DI.

I am incredibly grateful that Evie has a team that loves her so much that they’d try their hardest to get her some extra time at home, even though it didn’t work out.

Please pray for neutrophils!

DI day 20: Evie’s been unbelievably cranky over the past few days, but her labs look great and her team thinks that her ...
05/04/2026

DI day 20: Evie’s been unbelievably cranky over the past few days, but her labs look great and her team thinks that her fussiness is a side effect of the high dose steroid treatment she’s getting. Depression and anxiety are common side effects, which breaks my heart yet again. Evie’s barely a year old. She shouldn’t have to know what depression or anxiety feels like.

At any rate, she’s been too fussy to do her physical therapy as much as she needs to, but I’m hoping we can get back at it as she continues to feel better.

Evie’s still not eating as much as usual, but she is getting her appetite back. She’s been nursing like a champ though, and breast milk has kept her hydrated and her weight has been stable, even as she refused solid foods. 🥳

Last night, Evie’s nurse wasn’t able to get labs on her, which indicates that her central line had clotted off again. She placed the same clot busting medication inside the line, which worked great and she finally drew blood. There was a surprise waiting for us when the labs came back. Evie’s ANC is 120!!!

Usually, a triple digit ANC means we can go home, but Evie won’t even finish her steroid treatment until around midnight tomorrow night. If she’s still at 100 on Wednesday, we can go home for a short break, much sooner than we could have ever hoped to. But that ANC does whatever it wants (IFYKYK). It’s 120 today, it could be 30 tomorrow. It rules our lives with no rhyme or reason and we just roll with it. 🤪

Please pray for Evie to start feeling better over the next few days. 💛

DI 15: We are celebrating some lasts today. 🙌🏻Today Evie got her last ever dose of doxorubicin and her last dose of vinc...
04/29/2026

DI 15: We are celebrating some lasts today. 🙌🏻Today Evie got her last ever dose of doxorubicin and her last dose of vincristine for part one of DI. She also got her last ever catheter. It breaks my heart (and the nurses’ hearts) to have to keep doing this to Evie, but at least it’s the last time.

Evie has another week of steroids and then we’re just waiting on counts before she begins part 2 of DI. Her ANC is 60 this morning and will likely hit zero soon. This means she has basically no immune system until her counts come back up. Thankfully she recovered from her illness before she hit zero.

Evie’s tired today and still not eating as much, but she’s staying hydrated with breastmilk and I’m hoping she’ll feel better in a few days. Somehow, she still finding energy to practice walking. I’m blown away at how determined she is, no matter how bad she feels. But, her older sister has been a great role model for her. Allyson also knows a thing or two about staying strong through the hard times. ❤️

Please pray for Evie to feel better and for our girl to get the hang of walking independently. 🙏🏻

DI day 14: Evie’s fever has been down since Sunday night and she seems to be feeling like herself again. We were release...
04/28/2026

DI day 14: Evie’s fever has been down since Sunday night and she seems to be feeling like herself again. We were released from contact precautions this afternoon. Evie celebrated her new freedom by walking 20 feet down the hall, using a push walker! Her nurses and her physical therapist were all cheering her on. This girl is determined to learn to walk! 🥳

Tomorrow, Evie will get her last dose of vincristine and doxorubicin for the first part of DI. She’ll have another week of steroids and then we’ll be waiting on counts to hopefully go home for a few days before beginning the second half of DI. She’ll have to get another catheter placed before getting chemo in the morning. She’ll have more urine cultures taken when the catheter is placed to make sure her UTI is completely cleared up.

Evie’s counts are dropping rapidly now and will likely hit zero in a day or two. The rest of her labs are good and her sodium has increased to normal levels, so we’re no longer doing checks every 12 hours. 🎉

Yesterday, we had yet another issue with Evie’s central line. The nurses “pull back” on it to check for blood return before giving medication through it. This helps them make sure it’s open and working. But yesterday, no one was able to get blood return, so she had to have a chest Xray to make sure it’s still in the right place and surgery had to come take a look. I was really worried she’d need surgery for a new line, but apparently, the problem was some clots in the line and her team was able to bust them up with medication. 🥳

I’m beyond relieved. Evie will need her line until she finishes DI. After that, Dr. Kutny plans to swap her line for a port that will stay in place until she finishes chemo completely. We don’t need any extra surgeries for line access.

Please pray for chemo to go well tomorrow, with no more mishaps. 💛

Late post, but thank you so much Praise Park for hosting this event for us! ❤️
04/28/2026

Late post, but thank you so much Praise Park for hosting this event for us! ❤️

DI day 12: Evie was fussy for most of the day yesterday and her fever spiked again last night. It became obvious to her ...
04/26/2026

DI day 12: Evie was fussy for most of the day yesterday and her fever spiked again last night. It became obvious to her team that more was going on here than a UTI, so she got a nose swab this morning and tested positive for rhino enterovirus. She’s also had some blood cultures that will take a few days to come back. 😭😭

Fevers can be tricky for leukemia kids. Her team doesn’t want to give Tylenol too soon and potentially mask a fever, so we have to wait until her temp hits 100.4 to give more Tylenol to make her comfortable. It’s currently at 100.3.

Another tricky issue in Evie’s case is her low sodium. She’s had some diarrhea, which coupled with the fever, puts her at risk for dehydration. There was a bit of a debate last night about starting fluids just in case, but also concern for her dropping her sodium levels further, which could be dangerous. Thankfully, her level is back up to nearly normal today, so she could get fluids if she needs them. But, so far, I’ve been able to keep her hydrated with breastmilk alone.

I can’t even begin to say what a blessing it’s been to be able to breastfeed Evie throughout this journey. Nursing comforts her and gets nutrition in her no matter how bad she feels, plus it helps her compromised immune system fight during times like this. I’m so very grateful the Lord provided this extra medicine for her. ❤️

Evie’s counts are dropping rapidly which isn’t great timing since she’s picked up a bug. Having low counts can make her take longer to shake off an illness. We’re also on contact precautions to try and keep Evie’s virus from spreading around the hospital. It’s miserable already, since Evie loves taking strolls around the halls and visiting her nurses, but hopefully, we won’t get anyone else sick. Every kid on this unit is immune-compromised and viruses are spreading no matter how careful everyone is. 😭

Please pray for Evie and all her sick friends to feel better and for her blood cultures to be negative. ❤️‍🩹

DI Day 11: I can’t say thank you enough to our little community for all the prayers and words of encouragement. It truly...
04/25/2026

DI Day 11: I can’t say thank you enough to our little community for all the prayers and words of encouragement. It truly means the world to us to have so many people cheering Evie on. Things get hard here sometimes, but we never feel like we’re alone and we appreciate it more than words can ever say. ❤️

Evie woke up yesterday morning screaming and crying in pain. She was yanking at her catheter and squirming away whenever I changed her diaper. Her team got some labs and determined that she had gotten a UTI from having the catheter for so long. She was started on IV antibiotics immediately, but the catheter had to stay in place until late yesterday afternoon to be sure all the doxorubicin was flushed from her body. I can’t even begin to imagine how much pain she was in. 😭

Evie’s sodium levels have dropped a bit, which can cause something called SIADH. This is a side effect of the vincristine she’s been getting and it’s something she’s dealt with before. The endocrine team touched base with us yesterday and will be keeping an eye on it. Fluid restriction is usually the first-line treatment, but Evie is still breastfeeding. No one wants to take away such an important source of comfort and nutrition, so we’re increasing her daily sodium supplement. Her level is up slightly this morning and it will be checked every 12 hours.

Evie spiked a fever last night and isn’t feeling great this morning. Viruses are running rampant right now and they’ve taken down a few of Evie’s friends up here. Evie doesn’t have any obvious symptoms of illness, so her team believes her fever is likely from her UTI. Hopefully, the antibiotics will get her cleared up and feeling better quickly.

Please pray for Evie to stay safe from illness and for her friends to get better soon. 💛

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