Jasmin Velasquez’s son Carmelo was diagnosed with leukemia when he was just two years old. What started as breathing spells during which he held his breath for long stretches of time, turned into lethargy, bruising easily, and high fevers. After […]
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From participating in the Ultimate Hike to coaching others who are hiking, Holly Frazier is passionate about taking a stand against children’s cancer. She is Going MOM on Cancer in a big way, and will stop at nothing to make
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Harry and Robin Koenigs’ son Jake was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma when he was barely five years old. Jake never complained about his frequent hospital stays and made the best of it playing video games with his sister Emily and never
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When Haven was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2012, she was just 2 years old, and her family was shocked. The cancer was found in her adrenal gland and required 8 rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, MIBG therapy, and stem cell transplant.
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I get asked all the time, “How do you do it, how do you deal with this horrible situation?” My reply is always the same, “as a parent, is there anything you wouldn’t do for your child?” As a Dad,
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Before Eileen’s great niece, Sophie, was diagnosed with cancer, Eileen didn’t know very much about children’s cancer. After she found out that Sophie had neuroblastoma, she started doing research about children’s cancer and learned that only two drugs have been
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Debbie Miller is a systems analyst at MD Anderson Hospital in Texas. Every day, she comes in contact with families who are affected by cancer. But when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer, it became that much more personal. She
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Chelsey has always believed in giving back to the community. A senior at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD, she has always been encouraged to find a cause that she was passionate about and try to make a difference.
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2 Years Old at Diagnosis Have you ever met a child so full of life and energy that the only time he stops is to flash you a big, bright smile? This describes Duncan Mitcheltree to a tee. CureSearch for
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17 Years Old at Diagnosis Patrick was a normal 17 year-old high school senior when he was diagnosed with stage 3 Non-Hodgkin t-cell lymphoma in September, 2006. After two months of treatment, Patrick’s immune system was depleted and he developed
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