Letter to the President

December 25, 2014 Dear President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Please accept my deepest thanks for your replies to my letter last summer about D.I.P.G. (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), and the darkness of the experience that so many families have endured, and continue to face each day.Ā  I considerā€¦

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Mathias Law

State of Virginia Steps Up for Childhood Cancer Awareness A friend posted this on my facebook page, by Glennon Doyle Melton, award-winning author; wanted it to be here as well as an example of the urgent need for research into all pediatric cancer, which in unconscionably underfunded in our country.ā€¦

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Definition of Terms-a Journey in Awareness

A Journey in Awareness Everything changed after October 28, 2011 when my son Jack was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or ā€œDIPGā€, a pediatric brainstem tumor with no survivors.Ā  Though I lost my precious 3 year old boy to this practically unknown monster, I knew at the time thatā€¦

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