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*The Seattle PI Queen Anne Blog Post 
by Mary Cropp September 21, 2009
Help a small boy beat cancer
Cancer sucks.
It sucks at any age, for any person, at any time. But it is particularly cruel when a child is diagnosed with Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. Take a moment to let these words roll over you once more... More
Baily was featured on a webcast Patients Against Lymphoma. To listen to the broadcast, (episode 5 When Children Get Cancer) click here
*The Seattle Weekly writes about Baily
Thousands Demonstrate At Westlake Health Care Rally
Save Baily Bennett
Mark Bennett, a Tacoma resident, spoke at the rally about his four-year old son Baily, who had been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma last April. Bennett's son had been approved for a transplant which would save his life. However, his employer had switched insurance providers and the new plan mandates a six-month waiting period before covering the costs MORE
*Baily's father, Mark Bennett, addresses the crowd at the Heath Care Reform Rally in Westlake Park Seattle, WA Sept 3rd
Watch the VIDEO!
*The Tacoma News Tribune writes about Baily
Tacoma boy reminds us of realities of health care
As the battle for health care reform rages on, and the question “to reform or not to reform” gets tossed, or rather, hurled back and forth between pundit and politician, a Tacoma family has learned firsthand how much this nation needs it.
As it is for many families, medical insurance was a definite pinch to the Bennetts’ one-income budget, but in spite of increasing premiums, when it came to covering their three small children, Heather and Mark Bennett purchased it without thinking twice.
Early last April, on the very day Heather was going to start an in-home day care business, their son Baily, then age 3, got sick. A terrible cold that wasn’t going away was getting worse. Heather took him to the pediatrician where a 41/2-inch mass was found encroaching on Baily’s left lung and heart. The doctor told the Bennetts words no parent ever wants to hear: “Your child has cancer.” More
*The Seattle Times writes about Baily
Youngest fighter aims to win lymphoma battle
COURTNEY BLETHEN / THE SEATTLE TIMESThe past few months have been the hardest ones of Baily Bennett's life. Just four years old, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in April.
Sunday, surrounded by 50 relatives and friends known as Baily's Angels, he took part in a 5K walk to benefit the Lymphoma Research Foundation as the youngest survivor of the disease.
The team, in bright green shirts with his name on them, joined Baily and his family for the Sixth Annual Seattle Lymphomathon at Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle.
"Coming across the finish line was really amazing, there were so many people cheering Baily on." said his mother, Heather Bennett.
It's a cause that has become central to their lives. "We have been touched by cancer," she said, "but are punching back as hard as we can."More
*The Examiner.com writes about Baily
Seattle 
Health Blood Cancers Examiner
4 year-old Baily Bennett battles rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
August 15, 4:11 PM
Blood Cancers ExaminerCathy Doheny
Baily Bennett, a 4 year-old boy from Tacoma, Washington, is battling advanced stage anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that accounts for only about 3% of all lymphomas in adults and 10% of all lymphomas in children.
The story is every parent's nightmare. It began is April of this year when Baily's mother, Heather, took him to the pediatrician because she thought he had a cold. Just a few hours later, they were sent to the emergency room to investigate a large mass that was taking over his heart and left lung. After tests and an overnight stay in the PICU of Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, the Bennett's learned that the mass was a tumor. Through surgery, the cancer was diagnosed as advanced stage anaplastic large cell lymphoma, and, at just 3 year of age, Baily was started on an intensive chemotherapy regimen.
Though the tumor did initially shrink in response to the regimen, it enlarged again. Now Baily is enduring an even more grueling chemo regimen and is preparing for an allogeneic bone marrow transplant, which he will receive at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Since Baily's siblings are not matches, he will need to receive marrow from a matched unrelated donor from the Be The Match National Marrow Registry.
Heather Bennett, Baily's mother, shared with the Blood Cancers Examiner some of the challenges her four year-old son faces, as he endures all of the treatment ... More