Help and Hope Happen Here
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Help and Hope Happen Here
This Podcast is going to be about Pediatric Cancer and the need to keep the awareness of this terrible disease in the public eye. My plan is to be able to interview a wide spectrum of people who all have a passion and a stake in finding a way to make the lives of these Pediatric Cancer Patients easi...
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Dr. Danielle Cameron is the Director of Pediatric Surgical Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and will talk about her work on today's podcast.
Dr. Danielle Cameron knew that she was interested in medicine when she was a girl growing into her teenage and adolescent years while watching her fat...
Dr. Kate Lund will talk about her career as a Clinical Psychologist and her work for Pediatric Cancer, including training her dog Wally to be a Therapy Dog where he visits Pediatric Cancer Patients at Seattle Children's Hospitalal.
From her early years , HELPING was a word that described what Dr. Kate Lund enjoyed doing for others, and this led to her career as a Clinical Psychol...
Claire Galvin survived her battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was a child beginning in 2003 and is now going for her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Concordia University in Montreal
After surviving her childhood fight with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Claire Galvin has gone on to have an outstanding academic career, which has inc...
Bailey Moody survived her battle with Osteosarcoma which happened as a 10 year old in 2012, to become one of the great Adaptive Athletes during her Wheelchair Basketball career. Her career is far from over.
After being diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when she was 10 years old in 2012 Bailey Moody decided that despite what some were saying, her budding athleti...
At 9 years old, Alex Lynch is the youngest person I have had the pleasure of interviewing on my podcast. Alex and his mom Yuliya will talk about Alex's current battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Alex Lynch was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia , which came with 2 very rare genetic markers which only 2 percent of ALL kids have had to...
Adrienne Bender will talk about the loss of her 2 children, MacKenzie who passed away from Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2018 and her son Kyler from substance abuse issues in 2023.
Losing one child is terrible under any circumstances but losing 2 children, to different tragedies is more than anyone should ever be burdened with. A...
Jordan Vanstee will talk about her son Kian who was diagnosed with Leukemia in June of 2023, and was declared to be in remission on August 25th of this year. Kian is now 4 years old and doing as well as possible
After experiencing stomach pains and fevers in the spring of 2023, Jordan Vanstee's then 2 year old son Kian was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphobla...
Kailyn Thelen will talk about Ali Herbert, who was diagnosed with Very High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was 4 years old in 2015 and passed away on November 29th of 2020, the same day as her mom Heather's birthday.
Kailyn Thelen has health issues of her own, which do not include any type of cancer, and still is able to run her own non-profit which concentrates on...
Nici and John Robinson will talk about their son Charlie who was diagnosed with a Grade 3 Ependymoma Brain Tumor when he was 2 years old in June of 2018 and passed away from this disease on April 7th of 2021.
Nici and John Robinson live in England and lost their son Charlie to a Grade 3 Ependymoma in 2021, after he was diagnosed with this Brain Tumor when h...
Meryl Summers will talk about her daughter Adelia who was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Diffuse Midline Glioma in February of 2023 and passed away on May 30th of 2024
What was thought to be a stomach ailment for Meryl Summers 1st grade daughter Adelia became much more than that in February of 2023 when she was diagn...
Shannon Hartey will talk about the many late effects that she has been suffering from for far too long after she recovered from her Acute Lymphoblastic Cancer battle that she was diagnosed with as a 6 year old in 1994
After recovering from her battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the late 1990's Shannon Hartey had a number of late effects that bothered her un...
Kent Bugg will talk about his then 13 year old daughter Megan who was an 8th grade student when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma and lived for more than 7 years before passing away on March 9th of 2022
After Megan Bugg was diagnosed with Stage 4 Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma in late 2014, she underwent a very difficult treatment protocol which included 1...
Faryn and James Wolff will talk about their son Juno who was born on October 11th of 2022, diagnosed with a Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor on December 17th, and passed away on February 2nd of 2023, living for a total of 114 days.
Juno Wollf was born on October 11th of 2022 and was doing well until James noticed a lump under his right armpit. As happens too often, the doctors wh...
Bonnie and Robert Corcoran took custody of Brenna when she was about to be turned over to Foster Care because she was born with a Cocaine addiction. They legally adopted her, and then she was diagnosed with DIPG
Bonnie Corcoran will talk about her beloved daughter Brenna who was diagnosed with DIPG, just 8 months after Bonnie and her husband Robert had taken c...
Keith Detterich is the Co Founder and President of the Cure Starts Now Foundation. Keith will talk about the budget cuts from the National Institute of Health and other monetary losses which will negatively affect the cause of Pediatric Cancer
Keith Desserich-will talk about the budget cuts from the National Insititute of Health, a huge cut from the National Cancer Institute which I just fou...
Jonathan Cottor will talk about his son Ryan who passed away when he was 17 years old in 2018 and what he has done as a National figure to promote Pediatric Palliative Care Advocacy with his Children's Respite Homes of America.
Jonathan Cottor and his family were living in England when his son Ryan was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy when he was 9 months old in 2001. R...
Shani Thornton will talk about her now 20 year career as a Certified Child Life Specialist, the last 10 years of which have been involved with running her own practice in Sacramento California.
Being a Certified Child Life Specialist is one of the most important careers that anyone who has a passion for those that are going through a Pediatri...
Debi Mitchell will talk about her son Austin who was diagnosed in 2021 with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma and while in the hospital Debi met other moms and they formed the MAMA BEARS FIGHTING CHILDHOOD CANCER Non-Profit
Debi Mitchell's son Austin was diagnosed with Stage 3 Acute T Cell Lymphoblastic Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2021 when he was 12 years old, under the ass...
Dan Rankin will talk about his daughter Lily who was diagnosed with High Risk Neuroblastoma when she was 21 months old in April of 2024. Dan will talk about how Lily is doing and how he is raising money for the hospital that treated her.
After their 21 month old daughter Lily was experiencing stomach pains in April of 2024, Nicky and Dan Rankin took her to an Emergency Room and she was...
Amy Dixon will talk about her son Ben who was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma 4 months after complaining of leg pain in 2019, and passed away suddenly in July of 2021
Amy Dixon took her then 9 year old son Ben to his pediatrician and many specialists early in 2019 to find out what was the cause of the leg pain that...
Martin and Shanna Englert will talk about their son Christian by detailing his journey with a Pediatric Brain Cancer so rare, that originally his doctors did not know how to treat it.
After being fortunate enough to interview their son Christian back in July of 2024, I was equally fortunate to interview Christian's parents Martin an...
Gisela Chavez will talk about her daughter Arianny and her battle against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which was diagnosed in January of this year, just after her 5th birthday .
Gisela Chavez's then 4 year old daughter Arianny was experiencing flu like symptoms during the 2024 Christmas season and finally after her fever spike...
Shelby Nadeau will talk about her son Stryder who was not taken seriously for any medical problems originally, but then was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma in early 2022.
After losing 3 lbs out of his less than 30 pound frame and not eating well in late 2021, Shelby Nadeau took her son Stryder to doctors, neither of who...
Heather Lino will talk about her son James who was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma when he was 3 years old in 2020 and also was diagnosed with the almost unheard of Ring Chromosome 14 syndrome
Heather Lino's then 3 year old son James was given a double whammy in 2020 when he was first diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in Jul...
Patty Furco will talk about the amazing journey that her then 4 year old daughter Abby went through beginning in 2011 with a diagnosis of Leukemia, and ending with her passing in October of 2021.
Patty Furco's then 4 year old daughter Abby was diagnosed with Pre B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2011, a diagnosis which was changed 2 weeks...
Stephanie Hebert will talk about her 14 year old daughter Olivia who was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer when she was 14 years old in October of 2024
Normally a diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer happens to women who are much older than 14 years old, which is what happened to Olivia Hebert in October of 20...
Kim Bowman will talk about her beloved daughter Bella who was diagnosed with an Ependymoma Brain Tumor on New Years day of 2011, fought bravely for almost 12 months, and passed away on December 23rd of that year, at the age of 8
Kim and Trey Bowman's daughter Bella went through a long period of unexplained illnesses until she was diagnosed with an Ependymoma Brain Tumor on New...
Cedar Connell and his mom Kiki will talk about Cedar's diagnosis of B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 15 years old in 2022 and will be completing his treatment this summer.
Cedar Connell was 15 years old when he found himself on his way to Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago to begin his treatment for B Cell Acute Lympho...
Jen and Will Fox will talk about their son Dalton who passed away from Ewings Sarcoma in 2021, a journey which began in the spring of 2017 and which was not properly diagnosed for 9 months.
Waiting for a proper cancer diagnosis for 9 months is something that should never happen, especially when the doctor says that the chances of cancer o...
Aly Arenholz will talk about her diagnosis of Stage 2 Thyroid Cancer when she was 15 years old and her Non-Profit KICK CANCER LIKE A GIRL BOSS which she started while she was in treatment
Aly Arenholz was a freshman in high school when she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Thyroid Cancer when she was 15 years old in 2021. After undergoing a ve...
Arianna Wilson will talk about her twin sister Alexandra who passed away from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when they were both 16 years old in 2002 and will discuss her role as Executive Director of the Foundation named for her beloved sister.
Alexandra Wilson passed away just 10 months after being diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in March of 2002, from this Blood Cancer that norm...
Jennifer Vertentes started her HERO PACKAGE FOUNDATION after being inspired by meeting 3 year old Emerson Lucier at Hasbro Children's Hospital where she was being treated for Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Jennifer Vertentes was a police officer in Providence Rhode Island when she decided to go to Hasbro Children's Hospital on Thanksgiving Day of 2018 to...
Jon and Jenn Wall will talk about their Non-Profit Zach's Bridge, which honors the memory of their son Zach who passed away from Osteosarcoma when he was 16 years old in 2021. Their non-profit focuses on a parent to parent mentoring program.
After their 16 year old son Zach passed away from Osteosarcoma in November of 2021, Jon and Jenn Wall wanted to start a non profit focused around some...
Maya Luria will talk about her daughter Kelsey who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in November of 2014 and passed away on April 18th of 2015, just 6 days after her 18th birthday.
Kelsey Lauria began to have massive headaches early in the fall of her senior year in high school in 2014 which led to her diagnosis of Acute Myeloid...
10 year old Gabe Sorensen will talk about what he went through beginning in 2021 when he was diagnosed with a very rare form of Pediatric Brain Cancer at the age of 6, and how he is doing 4 years later.
Despite being diagnosed with a very rare form of Pediatric Brain cancer when he was 6 years old in 2021, Gabe Sorensen is living as good of a life as...
20 year old Livvy Bedard is trying to become a Visionary of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society by raising money in honor of her great friend Caeleigh Brown who is a nursing student and well past her battle with Leukemia
Livvy Bedard and Caeleigh Brown met while on the Swimming Team in Middle School. Caeleigh was diagnosed with Leukemia while a member of this team in J...
Matt Meo will talk about his 140 mile run which took him 45 hours 56 minutes and 11 second complete to honor his son Landon and 105 other Pediatric Cancer Warriors in March of this year.
After Matt and Breanna's son 10 1/2 year old son Landon passed away from Medulloblastoma in December of 2022, Matt took up running as a way to cope wi...
Dr. Emma Jones will talk about her role as a Palliative Care Physician in the Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Community and her book which discusses the very difficult problem of BURNOUT in the Medical Profession
Dr. Emma Jones is a Best Selling author because of her book entitled THE PHOENIX BLUEPRINT: RISING STRONGER FROM THE BLAZE OF HEALTHCARE which details...
Dr.Allie Neenan is the Founder and Director of the very comprehensive Resource Library called CANCER CUSHION and will talk about the many specific facets of the Pediatric Cancer Experience
Dr. Allie Neenan became very interested in Pediatric Cancer while a student at the University of Texas in Dallas and after getting her degree, she re...
Brandon Cary will talk about his role as the President of the Idaho Pediatric Cancer Coalition which is the leading Pediatric Cancer Non-Profit in Southern Idaho
When Brandon Cary decided to join the Idaho Pediatric Cancer Coalition as its Secretary he did not envision becoming the President of this non-profit....