Parent advocacy for childhood brain cancer at the state level in South Carolina with Randy Hinton begins today’s show, as he shares his relationship with the South Carolina Department of Environmental and Health Control, and the SC Cancer Registry which operates under that department. Randy’s advocacy supported the 2021 Southā¦
Lynette and Marc Apodacaās son Marc Jr was diagnosed in 2007 with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The couple quickly realized how little help there was in the form of treatment, information and support for the families facing this deadly brain tumor. They found in their journey that onceā¦
Ryan Agnew gives us a remarkable window into his beautiful home life with wife Alison, and two children, Aspen who is turning 6 years old, and her little brother not quite two. Aspen is feeling well despite unfortunate scans of progression from DIPG, and now secondary tumors, and is approachingā¦
“…This is the reality for childhood cancer; we all assumeāeven the President!–that if we invest in something it will of course trickle down to our children. This is the wake up call of #Moonshot4Kids: medical research investment into cures for children is one area where our priorities as Americans are completely upside-down. You don’t know it until it directly affects you. We spend more dollars on potato chips annually than our government invests into childhood cancer…”
This episode features an interview with Jessica Hester, CEO of Brooke’s Blossoming Hope for Childhood Cancer Foundation, a tour-de-force organization inspired by the beautiful life of Brooke Hester. The foundation’s two-fold mission first empowers others, especially children, to make a difference for children with cancer by raising awareness through serviceā¦
