WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon

FREDERICK "FRED" KNIGHT, 28, JOINS JOE AND SEAN IN THE BOOTH TO TALK ABOUT HIS DIAGNOIS AND HOW HE CREDITS DANA-FARBER WITH SAVING HIS LIFE. 

Victoria "Tori" Rando, 33, lymphoma and Tanya Searle, 33, hodgkin's lymphoma join Joe and Sean in the booth and talk about how they met at the Jimmy Fund Clinic and the friendship that formed when they got treatment at the same time. 

Chris Vaughan,  Marketing  and Communications Manager of Cape Cod Lumber joins Joe and Sean in the booth 

Mut is joined by Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner to talk about the importance of the Jimmy Fund and the relationship between the Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund  

Anya had been complaining that her leg was sore, but her parents thought it was growing pains and it wasn't interfering with her daily life. After the family contracted COVID, the symptoms worsened and she started limping. They realized one leg looked substantially larger than the other and called Mayah's grandfather who was a pediatric cardiologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He knew it was os...

Mr. Donohue is one of the founders of Arbella and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since the company’s creation in 1988 and chairs the boards of each of the subsidiary companies. He is responsible for the strategic planning and corporate policy for all of the companies of the Arbella Insurance Group – a leader in the New England property/casualty insurance industry - as well as the stra...

Amy Cheung was originally diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer in September 2015, at the age of 32. At that point, she was feeling the healthiest she had ever been and was training for a marathon. She happened to cough one day and in the process of clutching herself, felt a lump. Amy went to her primary doctor a few days later and from there, things moved quickly to a biopsy that confirmed cancer...

Samara had been experiencing fevers and constipation for several weeks before being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in May 2021. She has overcome the most intensive part of the treatment and is in remission. She continues weekly chemotherapy, steroid therapy, and will be on antibiotics throughout the rest of her treatment. Her treatment will continue for another year. Her doctor...

Hannah was diagnosed with Grade 2 Diffuse Astrocytoma in April 2017 after having a seizure while sleeping. She had her first surgery and then went back to school to finish her senior year of high school. She is currently in a trial for treatment that is going well. Her doctors are Dr. David Reardon and nurse practitioner Jenn Stefanik. Hannah likes the environment at Dana-Farber, as everyone is pr...

Rosemary was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in 2011 when she was an Events Coordinator in the Communications department at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She underwent two years of treatment with many ups and downs. Five years after her treatment began, Rosemary had to receive a stem cell transplant to give her a new immune system and the chance of long-term survival. Her 100% ma...

Peter's grandfather, mother, aunt, and sister all lost their lives to multiple myeloma. Peter had tested his stem cell transplant compatibility for his sister, and it was discovered he had an abnormal protein in his blood. With checkups every three months, Peter was diagnosed in 2014. He started on a clinical trial, and fortunately reached remission after a stem cell transplant in 2015. His wife a...

 Olivia was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma brain tumor, the size of a small egg, in the lower back part of her brain, close to the brain stem in February 2016. Her parents had noticed she was vomiting and had some minor imbalance while walking. Olivia had six months of chemotherapy that started in March 2016. During her treatment, she had a Broviac port, several blood transfusions, a lumbar punc...

Cael was diagnosed in 2021 with leukemia. After not feeling well, he was quickly admitted to the hospital where he was diagnosed with cancer. He has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment at the Jimmy Fund Clinic for the last year. When he grows up, he wants to be a doctor, so that he can take care of other children and families facing cancer. Cael also loves playing and watching sports, especiall...

Pat Harrington and David Gill drop by to drop off a generous donation totaling over $60,000.

Today, 8/23 is his daughter, Oriana's birthday! OK was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a tumor in his right frontal lobe on January 27, 2018, two days before his son's, Oliver's, birthday. His wife, Maria, had encouraged him to go to the emergency room after noticing some irregular behavior, such as dropping things. Maria has a friend who works at Dana-Farber, and she arranged everything for him, inc...

When Shelley was diagnosed with uterine endometrial stage 4 cancer in January 2020, she knew as soon as she heard the word cancer, she’d go to Dana-Farber. She began chemotherapy treatments a month after her diagnosis until the cancer began growing again in November 2020. A few months later, Shelley started on a clinical trial that she has been on for the past six months. Her scans have shown no c...

Erika Howes is a member of the fifth generation at family owned Howes Lubricator and is the V.P. of Media Marketing. The Hoews family like many others has experienced the struggles and heartbreak of having family members battle cancer. They have become great friends and allies of the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber over the years.

? Lisa has worked in the Jimmy Fund Clinic for over 30 years. ? Lisa and her team are responsible for the programs that help take the patients and their families take minds off the treatment. ? Events that Lisa and her team plan include Red Sox teen event (coming up next week) Summer Fest and Bereavement Cruise in October ? Due to COVID, they had to pivot the programming and create new programs -...

Michelle started experiencing numbness and weakness in her right hand that spread to her arm, then face and leg. After a brain biopsy, she was diagnosed with primary central nervous lymphoma. She underwent inpatient chemotherapy, which was ultimately ineffective at shrinking the tumor. Michelle researched and found CAR-T (a drug that uses the patient's immune system to fight cancer) and a clinical...

Shawn Thornton joins Gresh and Keefe to discuss his work with Dana Farber, the Florida Panthers, what he thinks of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci returning to the Bruins, and how Kodak Black helped people learn about the Florida Panthers. 

Steve was out golfing with a few of his friends on a cold December day on the Cape. During his round, he noticed a bump on his left side that he showed to his wife when he got home. He booked an appointment with his primary care doctor shortly thereafter, just before Christmas in 2016. After a few tests, Steve was completely floored to discover he had stage 4 breast cancer. He underwent a mastecto...

After visits to his local doctor and urgent care, it was believed that Kheim’s rectal bleeding and extra fatigue could be attributed to hemorrhoids. Instead, learning the news through a phone call, Kheim was diagnosed with rectal cancer with metastasis to liver at age 32 after receiving additional scans and examinations. Once at Dana-Farber, with the help of his oncologist, Dr. Douglas Rubinson, K...

Addison Gould, 5, optic pathways glioma, Bourne, with mom, Jillian, and brother, Colin (7) ? Addison was born with type 1 neurofibromatosis. Neurofibromatosis is a set of complex disorders that affects almost every organ system, causing tumors to grow on nerves in the brain and throughout the body. Addison's pediatrician noticed that one of Addison's eyelids were drooping in a routine checkup, so...

Mike Bivens of New Edition and Bel Biv Devoe joins The Greg Hill Show

Daniel Ramos, 40, acute myeloblastic leukemia, Attleboro, with daughter, Leia Ramos (8), wife, Katharine Ramos, sister, Lidia Thomas, and Dr. Richard Stone, Chief of Staff and Director, Translational Research, Adult Leukemia Program, Dana-Farber wit his doctor, Dr. Richard Stone ? Daniel had noticed his energy and endurance levels were very low and spoke to his doctor about it at his annual physic...