About Logan Pledger

Logan was born July 21, 2001. He weighed 8lbs 13oz. He had a head full of dark hair. He was a beautiful baby! His parents firstborn child and only son. He would soon become an older brother to his two sisters. Logan and his sisters were thick as thieves. They were partners in crime, and loved each other fiercely. He would lead them in daily adventures. Whatever fun ideas he had for the day-they tagged along no questions asked. There was never a dull moment! ~Logan was so smart! He wanted to know everything about everything. He asked questions that would make the adults say, "good question! Let's find out!" He loved to create things. He loved to build things out of Legos. He also loved to build things out of dominoes. He would make the most complex domino creations. He always amazed me how he would work for hours and have it come out perfect. He loved robots and even helped put one together w/ his cousin Nico. He would read the directions on toy sets that needed to be put together, and always put them together himself. ~He loved to read. His favorite book was Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He also was a pretty talented artist. He would draw cars, robots, buildings, characters...he would draw scenes he would create that were always so cool! ~He loved to laugh and have fun. He wanted everyone around him to have fun also. He never left anyone out. He loved to hang with his cousins and friends! If you were hanging with Logan, you were sure to have fun! His silliness was contagious and his smile lit up the room. ~Logan was so thoughtful and caring. He always was considerate of others feelings. I remember we were visiting our grandmother who was in a nursing home. We were sitting in the lunch area with her and a few other residents we didn't know. Those ladies were talking to him(he never met a stranger)and one of the ladies told him she loved him. When he got home that night, Logan said, "mom, I want to make her a card". This was for a lady he just met. He made her a card, and we took it to her on our next visit. He brought joy to someone who needed it. ~Logan loved to play baseball. His dad helped coach his team. His family was always there to cheer him on. He also loved to watch wrestling, thanks to his nana who is a huge fan! He had wrestling rings and figures that he played with often. ~He love to ride bikes with his sisters, and ride on his four wheeler. He would ride with his dad and mom on a circle trail around the house. There was a small bump on the trail, to which his mom would tell him to go slow over, when she was riding with him. He would then giggle and speed up for a few seconds just to tease her! ~He loved to watch and make funny videos. He, alongside his sisters, would make silly videos on his iPod. They are really funny videos and are treasured creations. ~Logan loved the Detroit Tigers, and Michigan. He lived in Michigan until his family relocated to Alabama. His family enjoyed visiting Alabama, almost yearly. His grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, on his father's side, lived there. His dad got a job there, and they move to Alabama in April of 2010. ~In December of 2010, Logan became sick with what seemed to be a sinus infection. When the glands in his throat became very enlarged, his concerned parents took him to the E.R. The doctor there told us we needed to take him to see an ENT, as something could be serious. Over the next two weeks, he was taken to another hospital, his general physician, and an ENT several times. He was given antibiotics, allergy meds, ect. but nobody could figure out what was wrong. On Jan 5, 2011, Logan woke up having bad pain in his chest. We took him to Children's Hospital. He was eventually diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. ~Logan received treatments at three different hospitals, in three different states. He was unable to stay in remission, and eventually had a devastating brain bleed while being treated for pneumonia. He made it through surgery, and continued to fight through excruciating pain for several weeks more. His body had endured enough, and he passed away on Dec 2, 2011. He had received multiple rounds of chemo, high dose steroids, Many medications, pokes, sedations, tests, treatments, ect. Logan faced his cancer and all the treatments he endured with a positive attitude. He continued to laugh, play with his siblings when he was able, and complete his homework(often while receiving treatments in the hospital that made him feel terrible). He never lost faith, always asking for family to pray with him and for him.~His family has held a lemonade stand, to benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, every year since his passing. It has always been held the weekend around his birthday in July. The goal is to raise much needed funds for childhood cancer research. Please help by spreading the word, and donating whenever you can. Your donations will go towards life saving research for kids battling cancer~We were blessed to share 10 yrs, 4 mos and 11 days with Logan. There are so many wonderful memories that his loved ones shared with him. Please feel free to post on here any memories or thoughts about Logan you would like to share. He will Forever be Loved and Missed.