Sienna's story

Sienna Zertuche is a 31 year old victim of Bilateral Leukemia...AML & ALL. She grew up in Annapolis, MD and currently resides in Towson, a suburb of Baltimore.

Sienna is an amazing person, a loving wife to Scott, and mother to Chloe, 6, and Emma, 4. She is a generous friend with a passion for helping others, and living life to the fullest.

Early last year Sienna was diagnosed with AML, a type of Leukemia: active and healthy, this diagnosis came as a surprise to her and everyone who knew her. Sienna immediately started chemotherapy treatments at Johns Hopkins  Hospital; friends and loved ones rallied around to raise her spirits and funds for the medical bills not covered by insurance.

In July '07, Sienna went home with a clean bill of health; periodic bone marrow testing would track her health. By December '07 her illness had returned...mutated into a rare bilateral leukemia, now with ALL, a second type of Leukemia in addition to the first.

This rare combination is potentially more severe...requiring not only intense chemotherapy, but now a transplant from umbilical cord blood stem cells. This procedure will be done at the University of Minnesota Hospital, and require a four month stay.

To find out more of Sienna's story online, you can read an article published by The Capital newspaper here.

The challenge and how you can help

Sienna's medical bills are huge already, and they are about to become astronomical. Her insurance company tries to pay as little as possible.

Of course she needs money, but that's not the only way you can help. You can also pray, join the bone marrow registry or donate your umbilical cord blood (both at marrow.org), raise cancer awareness, and tell people about this site.

Also anyone willing to help put on fundraisers, donating items or services for auctions and/ or giving us more ideas to help raise funds would be greatly appreciated! Questions and ideas may be sent here info@savesienna.org.

Please check back on a regular basis for updates and information on fundraising events to come.

Thank you,

Sienna and Family

Benefit at The Whiskey

• The Whiskey
• 1803 West St. - Annapolis, MD
• Sunday, July 20th - 4-9PM
• Silent Auction
• PRS Guitar Raffle
• Live Music by:
• Telesma
• Elder Statesmen
• The Hypnotic Panties
• Frenchbread & the Chinamen
• Jimi HaHa
• Ruben Dobbs
• Dave Tieff
• More Info: Jonesy4Fnk@aol.com
• Tickets: $20