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Joanne Whall's son Kieran was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 4 years old this past February. On today's podcast Joanne will talk about what Kieran has been through over the past 8 months, including such difficulties as having a severe allergic reaction to a drug he was taking, and still needing blood thinner shots because of a clot that he developed in his...

After reading on facebook about a little girl that had a "glow" in her eye which turned out to be eye cancer, Robin Cervantes looked at pictures of her daughter Bella and realized that she had a very similar glow in her right eye. The next morning, Robin began the process that led to Bella, then 2 1/2 years old  to the diagnosis of the eye cancer Retinoblastoma. Robin and Bella will both...

On August 22nd of this year, exactly 8 weeks before today's podcast is being published, 7 year old Ashton Hawkins was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Medulloblastoma. On today's podcast, Ashton's mom Amanda will talk about what Ashton has been through over the past 8 weeks and what challenges that she faces as her treatment protocol is still in its early stages. 

Olivia Zhang  started her incredible journey in the cancer world back in 6th grade, when first her grandfather and then her 7th grade after school teacher were diagnosed with cancer and passed away. Olivia was very close to both of them and this led to her starting the non-profit CANCER KIDS FIRST as a 14 year old in 2019. Her non-profit is now the largest Youth Led Pediatric Cancer Non-Profit in...

Jordan and Scott Arogeti came up with a method  to make it as easy as possible for people who wanted to support those in need to find a simple process to do so. This process is known as SUPPORT NOW, an organization that has been fully open for less than one month.  SUPPORT NOW  is already getting great feedback from individuals who have used this easy way to give what they can to families and indi...

Christie Blankenship and her husband decided to adopt 16 month old Reese in 2017 after she was so abused by biological family members that Reese was unable to to walk, talk, or see. 2 years later Reese was diagnosed with DIPG on May 29th of 2019, and exactly 4 years later on May 29th of this year she passed away from this dreaded form of Pediatric Brain cancer. This is a truly incredible story of...

Hannah Gilbert was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was 2 years old in January of 2003. On today's podcast, Hannah and her mother Priscilla will talk about what Hannah went through in the early stages of her cancer battle, and how she has been able to lead a healthy and productive life as she graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Communications in 2022. It...

In December of 2022 10 year old Ramie Darling Jr. was diagnosed with the Pediatric Liver Cancer Hepatoblastoma. HIs father Ramie will talk about his son's diagnosis which occurred in a hospital near their Florida home, but subsequently both father and son moved up to Boston where for the past 8 months  Ramie Jr. has undergone a very successful treatment protocol under the direction of Dr. All...

Barbara Rios has lived in Puerto Rico for her entire life. On today's podcast Barbara will talk about the nearly 20 years that she has been involved with the American Cancer Society and her work in developing and running many programs for Pediatric Cancer patients and their families in Puerto Rico.  Barbara will discuss the difficulties that these patients and families can face because of bei...

In July of 2022 Hayley and Justin Dickens came on to my podcast just two months after their daughter Kallie passed away from the Pediatric Brain Cancer Diffuse Midline Glioma. It is now 14 months since they both talked so beautifully about Kallie and on today's podcast Hayley and Justin will speak beautifully once again, detailing how they have been able to handle Kallie's passing and wh...

Dr. Cristina Pozo -Kaderman  is the Director of the  Young Adult Program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  This program is focused on finding many different Psychosocial ways to help the "forgotten" cancer victims that are between the ages of 19-40, and make up 80,000 young adults who are diagnosed with some form of cancer each year in the United States.

In January of 2022 14 year old high school freshman Mayah White was diagnosed with Stage 3 Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma after feeling exhausted since the previous October, and having lymph nodes pop up in her groin area. Mayah's mother Cailin will talk about the 134 day treatment that Mayah went through before she was told the great news that there was No Evidence Of Disease on June 22nd of...

On today's podcast Stacy Sands will talk about her son Hudson, who was 5 years old in October of 2019  when he was diagnosed with DIPG. Despite his diagnosis, Hudson was able to travel to such places as Galveston  Texas, San Diego California, and the Missouri Ozark Mountains with his family, before he passed away on December 18th of 2020. Stacey will also discuss the 4 different hospitals tha...

Camille Wahl was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when she was 10 years old in January of 2013. On today's podcast Camille will talk about her amazing journey in which she has relapsed a total of 8 times and is once again doing everything possible to recover from her latest relapse which occurred earlier this year. Through it all, Camille, now a student at Boston University majoring in psychology,...

While looking at colleges with her family at the beginning of her senior year in high school, Dr. Sharon Hammond's daughter Summer noticed a small cyst between her left thumb and finger. Two and a half months later she told her mother that she needed to see a hand specialist as the cyst continued to grow.. The end result  became a diagnosis of Rhabdomayosarcoma. Summer was able to attend her...

After having difficulty controlling the ball during soccer practice and having her leg give out after that, Mina Carrol's 7 year old daughter Philomena  was diagnosed with the most dreaded DIPG.  During the so called "Honeymoon" period when Philomena was initially feeling well enough after radiation treatment, she and her family were able to travel to Rome to meet the Pope. Unfortun...

While on a Ski Trip during her junior year in High School, Amanda Paul began to develop symptoms which eventually led to her diagnosis of Stage 4 Multicellular Hodgkins Lymphoma. Amanda will talk about the journey that she had to go through just to receive this diagnosis and the treatment protocol that she endured. Amanda will also discuss her involvement with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and...

Don Armstrong worked up to 20 hours each day as he focused his life almost totally on business success. Then in 2005, Don was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. On today's podcast Don will talk about the year of treatment that he went through and how his value system took a 180 degree turn. Since his recovery in 2007, Don has been a strong advocate in the World of Public Speaking and in w...

After complaining of blinding headaches in early May of 2020,   Chelsea Johnson took her 6 year old daughter Ansley to her doctor and shortly thereafter she was diagnosed with the heartless Pediatric Brain cancer DIPG. Chelsea will talk about the 10  month Clinical Trial that Ansley went through at the University of Florida and after being dismissed from the trial, she was then given Natural Remed...

After being diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 which can cause tumors to form, Addie Gould was diagnosed with an Optic Pathway Glioma, which is a form of Pediatric Brain Cancer. This caused great damage to Addie's eyesight in her left eye. On today's podcast  Addie's mother Jillian will talk about Addie's treatment ordeal which included a 60 week Chemotherapy cycle. Jillian wil...

One June 13th of 2020 Summer Stumpf heard the words that no parent should ever hear, namely that her 11 year old son Grayson had DIPG. Over the next 377 days Grayson fought his battle against this dreaded disease before passing away on June 25th of 2021. Summer will talk about her beloved son and how she started her non-profit LIVE GRAY'S WAY which was set up in memory of Grayson and the way...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is the form of Pediatric Cancer that has the highest cure rate, with its percentage hovering at around 90 percent. Unfortunately these statistics did not help Keaton Barro᷈n. On today's podcast Keaton's mother Holly will talk about her son's 5 1/2 year battle against this disease which included 2 relapses before his passing at the age of 8 in May of 2018...

After her mother was in hospice care and passed away in 2018,  Chandra Heyman decided to start a Non-Profit called TALKING ANGELS. Her non-profit provides Comfort Blankets to both pediatric and older cancer patients as one way to cope with the pain that they go through during their individual treatments.  Chandra has distributed 4000 blankets to these patients and hopes to continue to help others...

Meg Landry took a simple photograph of her daughter Lyla when she was 18 months old and noticed a yellowish ring around her right eye. Meg took Lyla to her pediatrician and a short time later she was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma. Lyla is now 4 years old and has no evidence of disease. Meg will talk about Lyla, and will also discuss her non-profit ART FOR EYES  whose mission is to raise money to m...

Destiny Flood- De Jesus was an 11 year old middle school student when she failed an eye examination that was give to her at her school. Shortly thereafter, Destiny was diagnosed with the Eye Cancer Retinoblastoma which occurred in her right eye. Destiny will talk about the difficulties that she went through during this period and afterwards, and the emergency reconstructive surgery that she underw...