WENTZVILLE, Mo. - The Wentzville community is rallying behind a 12-year-old girl when it comes to making her dreams a reality in receiving a life-changing stem cell treatment.

Only on FOX 2 we first brought you Ella Schafluetzel’s story. She was born at 27 weeks and was later diagnosed with periventricular leukomalacia.

Ella’s family was introduced to stem cell study at Duke University, which was nine years ago. The family banked Ella and her brother’s cord blood. However, the two weren’t a match.

Despite not being a match, the family persevered because they wanted to give Ella the world.

“I want her to have everything, just like any parent,” Ashley Schafluetzel, Ella’s mother, said previously.

Ella and her family learned of a stem cell match in September, offering a sense of hope. El

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