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¦
Jeni Miller joins us from her home in New Lothrop Michigan to share the story of Braden āBuddyā Miller and the Foundation that is now his legacy. Ā The Team Buddy Forever Foundation is on mission to fund awareness of pediatric brain cancers while assisting families of children diagnosed with DIPG,ā¦
For this special edition of Childhood Cancer Talk Radio, our guest is a childhood cancer survivor of a diagnosis which, statistically speaking, takes most every life afflicted. Ā Numbers and statistics guide our perspective when weāre in uncertain territory. Ā Those who do survive against unbelievable odds bring us all hope, traversingā¦
