Wesley Andress poses for a picture with Carmel High School senior Bethany Maurer (left) and her mother Jennalee. (Photo courtesy of Jennalee Andress)
Students from Carmel High School all-female choir Accents pose for a photo with Wesley Andress (front row, third from left). (Photo courtesy of Jennalee Andress)
Wesley Andress is “princess-obsessed,” in the words of her mother Jennalee. Four-year-old Wesley has dressed as Elsa from “Frozen” for two Halloweens and a birthday, and dressed as Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” for another birthday.
Wesley was desperate to sign up for Carmel High School’s Princess Academy, an annual fundraiser for the high school’s choir where members of the all-female choir Accents dress up as princesses and host young girls for a day of games, crafts, story time and more. This was her first year where she was eligible, and she didn’t want to miss it.
Wesley Andress wears a Snow White dress on the day of her first treatment for leukemia. (Photo courtesy of Jennalee Andress)
On Sept. 25, everything changed. Wesley was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare form of blood cancer. She began treatment, which not only tires her out but also w...