Lawson Strong, Bush, LA (2026)

04/11/2026

Lawson had his 3 month check-up this week and we are praising God for healthy reports from his team! Labs and growth are all where they need to be…and if he keeps growing at this rate, he’s going to start passing some of us up soon! Lawson is overjoyed that he received medical clearance to start Spring football with his junior high team for the upcoming school year!! “Little things” like this mean the world to a kid who has missed out on so much and is finally able to keep up with his peers and just be a kid!! God is so good!!!!

Lawson will return to clinic in 3 months for his 3 year post transplant testing and bone marrow biopsy. We will keep everyone posted once it gets closer and the date is confirmed. Your continued prayers still fill our hearts with so much comfort and we are forever grateful for each and every one of them! 🙏🏻❤️

01/20/2026

Lawson’s first clinic visit of the year went great! His labs and growth all look good and we are so grateful to be almost 2 1/2 years post transplant. Getting high fives from his oncologist for not stalking MyChart or calling the on call team in a panic with “normal kid stuff” lately….is another reminder of how far we’ve come! There is forever a special place in our hearts for his amazing team and we could not be more thankful for their love, support, and care! We got emotional when talking about “cutting the chord” from them a little more in the coming year, but PRAISE GOD to be able to even discuss these future plans! 🙌🏻

2025 brought 2 full years of remission, the completion of childhood immunizations post transplant, ended the need for all cancer medication, decreased the frequency of oncology labs and visits to every 3 months, and planned his last PET scan. The last year brought so much healing and so much joy! We are learning to give Lawson more freedom and space to just be a kid, who already had to grow up entirely too fast. Our perspective on so much has been forever changed and we are reminded daily how important the little things in life really are. We find hope, joy, and gratitude in each and every day and pray that 2026 meets us all with continued health and happiness! Thank you for continuing to pray with us along this journey. 🙏🏻❤️

09/26/2025

We are forever grateful to our Ochsner Children's family and for all of the love and support we’ve received over the last 4 years!! All glory to God as we have the opportunity to raise awareness for all kids in this battle through Lawson’s testimony! 🙏🏻💛🎗️

07/28/2025

We just got the call that there is NO EVIDENCE of DISEASE!!! All tests are CANCER FREE!! All glory to God for this amazing news!!!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the prayers!! After 4 years of countless labs, tests, scans, biopsies, and procedures under anesthesia…it’s still hard. Really hard. I don’t know if it ever gets easier, but I do know that our faith and trust in God and your prayers have always given us the strength to get through it. We are forever grateful and always praying for all the families fighting this same fight 🙏🏻❤️

"The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14

07/19/2025

Please pray for Lawson’s upcoming procedures on Monday, July 21st. He will have a bone marrow biopsy, PET scan, pulmonary function tests, and cardiac testing as we approach the second anniversary of his second bone marrow transplant.

This summer has been truly amazing! It’s been wonderful to see Lawson getting back to doing the things he loves and able to just be a kid. Our family has been able to soak in the long summer days together with plenty of laughter, fishing, friends, and rainbows! Rainbows have always been special, but seeing a rainbow continually form right over our house this summer has brought a joy and comfort that I can’t explain. It’s been a summer of new beginnings, promises kept, and continued hope for more beautiful healthy days in the future. 🌈

We know that we would not be at this point in the journey without God, Lawson’s brilliant team, and all of your prayers over these last four years. We ask that you continue to lift Lawson up for cancer free scans and bone marrow and that God continues his miraculous healing in Lawson. We are forever grateful for your love and prayers. 🙏🏻❤️

05/30/2025

✏️ Student of the Year Spotlight 📚

Lawson is Lee Road Junior High's fifth grade 2024-2025 Student of the Year! Lawson always stays motivated to work harder and get stronger to achieve his goals!

Check out more Student of the Year Spotlights at stpsb.org/studentspotlights!

05/27/2025

School is out for SUMMER and we are starting it off with great news from Lawson’s May clinic visit! All bloodwork looks great and his endocrinology labs/X-rays show normal growth and development. It’s truly miraculous that he has come so far and is doing so well almost 2 years after his second bone marrow transplant! All glory to God!!

This was a very special school year for Lawson. He was able to complete the entirety of 5th grade IN SCHOOL with his peers and teachers for the first time since being diagnosed with AML at the end of 1st grade, four years ago. Transitioning back to school full time came with some challenges, but Lawson always pushed through! He kept his grades up while taking academic gifted classes, tried some new sports, made new memories with friends, and was recognized as the 5th grade Student of the Year! James Michael also had a great school year! He graduated 8th grade in the top of his class, earned high school credits while being involved in 3 sports, received the Student Athlete award, and made lasting memories his final year at LRS. It was such a blessing to have the boys back in the same school together before big brother heads to high school next year. We are so thankful for a wonderful school and community that helped make this year so special! God’s got big plans for them both and we are so grateful to watch them unfold one day at a time! We are soaking it all in and not taking anything for granted!

We have started the planning for Lawson’s 2 year post transplant testing that will take place at the end of July. Each and every healthy day is a miracle and a blessing and this upcoming 2 year milestone is an important one. Please pray for Lawson’s continued health and healing and for his amazing team that has been there through it all and have become family. We will give everyone an update in July once we have a date set for the biopsy and PET scan, but for now we are ready to have some summer fun!!!! Thank you all for the love and prayers! 🙏🏻❤️

02/05/2025

Lawson is 18 months post transplant #2 and his team couldn’t be happier with his progress!! All labs looked great in clinic this week and he continues to surprise us all with his growth and development! This is a milestone that we weren’t able to achieve with his first transplant and we thank God for the blessing of each and every day in remission. Our hearts are beyond grateful to see him happy and healthy and getting to just be a kid! We pray that God continues to bless him with health and healing as he continues this journey.

Lawson will be joining some of his Ochsner friends in Maine for Mardi Gras break! We are excited for the opportunity to experience Camp Sunshine with other local warriors and their families. We can’t wait to have more fun in the snow and hit the ski slopes for the first time ever! It’s amazing to think about just how far he has come! 18 months ago Lawson was unable to walk after he endured total body irradiation that killed tumors along the nerves in his legs in preparation for another bone marrow transplant, and now we are preparing for his first ski trip! God is good all the time! 🙏🏻❤️

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13

12/30/2024

This was last Christmas when Lawson and Addie finally got to meet for the first time to celebrate all the great things that the Miracle Children's Foundation is doing! Check out this amazing foundation and see how a childhood cancer survivor is using his testimony to help other kids fighting a similar battle! 🙏🏻❤️

12/19/2024

Lawson’s December clinic visit went great this week! All of his labs looked good and he took his last immunization for awhile. Lawson has been taking a cancer inhibiting medication for the last year and since his labs show that he is tolerating the medication/side effects well, his doctor has decided to continue the medication for another year. We pray the next year on this medication continues to show healthy labs and continued remission all in God’s glory!

Hearing this wonderful news was truly the best way to end the year and the biggest Christmas blessing we could ever receive! Thank you all for continuing to pray for Lawson and his amazing medical team for the last three and half years. Prayers that we all have a very happy and very HEALTHY new year!! 🙏🏻❤️

Sharing some pics from Lawson’s Student of the Year interview because they were too cute not to share!

11/04/2024

Lawson’s October clinic visits were full of good news! His labs looked great in oncology and endocrinology was very pleased with his growth over the last 6 months! Neither of them were concerned about the three bones that he has broken playing flag football and simply chalked them up to “regular kid stuff” that has nothing to do with effects from treatment! We’ve been frequent flyers in orthopedics lately and while we absolutely LOVE them….we are hoping that we can give them a break (no pun intended) for awhile!! We are truly blessed with the most amazing care team for Lawson and we are forever grateful for the way they all go above and beyond in their care for Lawson and our entire family!

October was full of celebrations too!! We celebrated 3 years since Lawson’s first bone marrow transplant on October 18th! We also celebrated BOTH boys being named finalists for Student of the Year for 5th grade and 8th grade at their school, and they both ended the first nine weeks with 4.0 Honor Roll! Lawson was named 5th Grade Student of the Year for his school and is now a finalist for District Student of the Year and hoping to continue shining his light with this opportunity!

Lawson will follow up with oncology in December and we pray for continued remission and healthy reports!! To God be the glory for all that we have to be grateful for! 🙏🏻❤️

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