It’s go time.
After a year of tears, fear, and relentless fight, 11-year-old Branson is reaching the most critical moment yet in his battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. At 1 p.m. CT, doctors will begin infusing the stem cells that could save his life.

Those cells come from his mother, Nichole, who endured days of painful shots, crushing fatigue, and a grueling collection process — all for the chance to give her son a brand-new immune system. “That’s the moment we’ve clawed toward for a year,” she wrote. “And I would do it all, a thousand times over, if it meant my son gets to live.”

Branson has fought with unimaginable courage. His siblings have sacrificed. His father has carried the weight quietly. And together, this family has walked through isolation, fear, and exhaustion to reach this day — the doorway to life again.
Now, as his mother’s cells flow into his veins, prayers from across the world surround him.