Olivia Caldwell Foundation
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  • WHO WE ARE
    • OLIVIA'S STORY
    • MEET OUR TEAM
    • A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
    • WHAT WE FUND
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Our Fundraisers >
      • Wyo Gives
      • Poker Run by Casper Boat Club >
        • Poker Run 1/2 Beef Raffle
      • Invitational Golf Tournament
      • Butterfly Ball >
        • 2025 Prom King & Queen Candidates >
          • James & Kaileen Stovern
          • Brayden Tyree & Aurora Bailey
          • Nick & Tiffany Larramendy
          • Keith & Lexy Welker
        • Current King & Queen Voting Results
    • Donate >
      • Join OCF's Circle of Hope
    • Fundraise For OCF >
      • Create An Honor Fund
      • Butterfly Business Partner
      • Kids Helping Kids Program
    • Olivia's Garden Donor Wall
    • Volunteer
    • NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
  • CANCER RESEARCH
    • Research Breakthroughs >
      • Research Projects Funded by OCF
    • WHAT WE FUND
    • Childhood Cancer Statistics
    • Our Heroes >
      • Nominate A Hero
      • Caden Brown
      • Phoebe Fair
      • Paytyn Squires
      • Andrik Smith
      • Delaney Wadsworth
      • London Giardino
      • Maddie Higgins
      • Courtney Roby
      • Kaleb Borders
      • Deanna Snyder
      • Soley Hadj-Salah
      • Brenna Rankin
      • Lexie Bath
  • PEDIATRIC CLINIC
    • Clinic Schedule/Make An Appointment
    • Sponsor a Pediatric Clinic
    • Share Your Clinic Story
  • WHOLE FAMILY SUPPORT
    • Patient Advocacy Program >
      • Community Resource Partners
      • Refer A Family
    • DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT
    • SPECIAL PROJECTS
    • Mental Health Support >
      • Mental Health Support Groups
      • Educational Webinars
      • Care Solace >
        • Sign Up For Care Solace
        • Community Partners Referral
        • Anonymous Referral Option
      • Harmony & Healing Program
  • STELLA STRONG
    • Stella's Story
    • A Note From Stella's Family
    • Stella Strong Funding Initiatives
  • Legacy Giving
    • Planned Giving
    • Endowed Gift >
      • Main OCF Endowment Fund
      • Branson Family Endowment Fund
    • Honor a Loved One
    • Other Ways to Give

Andrik Smith's Story

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Donate Now - In Memory of Andrik
Andrik is 2 1/2 yrs. old and has been battling a brain tumor for over a year now. On August 31, 2012, he was given his first CT scan, which changed his family’s life forever. Andrik was born on April 24, 2011, nine weeks early, along with his twin sister Laney. He had a lot more complications than she did from the very beginning, including a grade I brain bleed. They spent about six weeks in the NICU, before his parents got to take their babies home.

He began experiencing some developmental delays, which became more and more noticeable as time went on. His parents knew there was something else going on. After several appointments with their pediatrician, and concerns from his high-risk infant follow up team of nurses and specialists, they were finally referred to a Neurologist.
In the weeks spent waiting for the appointment, he started to show some alarming new symptoms and began regressing quickly. They took one look at Andrik, and mom's face, and knew there was something very wrong. The next day he had his CT scan, which revealed he had severe hydrocephalus, which would require the placement of a shunt in his head, to drain the fluid from his brain to his stomach, and relieve the pressure off of his brain. The MRI showed a giant mass on his brainstem, blocking one of his ventricles, which was what was causing the hydrocephalus. Next came surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible. The surgeon was able to successfully remove about 75% safely, then they waited for the pathology report.

In early September, he was diagnosed with a Grade III Anaplastic Astrocytoma. His parents were horrified to learn that their baby boy had cancer! He began chemo once he was healed from surgery and has been on this chemo protocol for over a year now. So far his tumor is stable. He will soon be taken off chemo, where theys will wait and see through frequent MRI's (every three months or so) how the tumor responds, which will then determine the next course of action. The future is unknown, but Andrik and his family remain hopeful that he will win the battle with this monster, and that one day there will be a cure for all pediatric cancers!

Olivia Caldwell Foundation

(307) 333-1273
419 S. Washington St., Suite 102
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​Casper, WY 82601


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