Kicking Cancer One Goal at a Time

Jagger's Story

Other places don’t have programs like this. I’ve seen the struggles that other families are going through, and I feel so overly blessed that this program exists.

-Allana Melander

On Mother’s Day 2022, Mammoth local Jagger Melander was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) at only four years old. Jagger’s mom, Allana, a cancer survivor herself, says it is because of the donors to the Cancer Outreach and Rhiannon’s Kids funds that she was able to get Jagger to his weekly treatments in Sacramento.

Jagger, who loves board games, the Spiderman universe, is now a “soccer freak” and Allana has to argue with him every evening to get him to come inside for dinner and quit kicking the ball.

When Jagger was first diagnosed, Allana was completely overwhelmed, but said that the team at Mammoth Hospital immediately stepped up to help her. She was especially grateful to RN Case Manager Mona Logan. “Mona just said, ‘We’ve got this,’ and I just sent her all my receipts and she handled reimbursement for me.”

“Other places don’t have programs like this,” says Allana. “I’ve seen the struggles that other families are going through, and I feel so overly blessed that this program exists.”

“Without this program, I don’t even know if I would have a place to live anymore,” said Allana. “This program kept my family afloat.”