Making “Big Dreams” Come True
Living as a zebra, becoming a tomato head man and jumping into a video game – these are just some of the imaginative ideas that James Orrigo ...
20 Years Later, a Survivor’s Thank-You
While Melissa’s friends were enjoying high school, going to football games and touring colleges, Melissa was fighting not one, but two types ...
5 Ways to Help a Sibling of a Cancer Patient Feel Important
Being a sibling of a childhood cancer patient can be scary and confusing. Family dynamics change, schedules are unpredictable and schoolwork an...
Finishing Treatment Didn’t Feel as Good as We Thought
In April 2014, doctors found a mass in Joe’s left kidney. Two months later, he was formally diagnosed with metastatic Ewing sarcoma. After he...
It’s Ok – Fearing What Comes After the Hospital
I never wanted to be in the hospital. Nothing about leaving my home for a week, skipping school or missing Friday night football games to have ...
Improving Survivorship Care
Current research data suggests childhood cancer survivors are not getting the care they need, which can become life-threatening. “Survivors t...
Dealing with ‘Scanxiety’
Whether your child has just finished chemo or they’re a 5-year survivor, scans are always scary. The potential of cancer returning is terrify...
Making vacation work for a child with cancer
Vacations can seem nearly impossible when your family is facing cancer, but sometimes a relaxing getaway is just what a family needs to wind do...
It Starts With You
This blog post was written by Radwa Moussa-Youssef business owner and mother to three children, one of whom has cancer. To read more from Radwa...
When the Doubt Kicks In
My daughter lies back in the tub on a white towel in the warm water, overjoyed with herself as she splashes. She is 8 months old: beautiful, sm...
Choosing Strength
As I reach the end of my battle with leukemia, I look back and see how I have developed over two years of fighting. I have changed in character...
Reaching More Milestones: The Importance of Survivorship Care
Lucie Turcotte, MD, MPH, MS loves hearing about school, dating, graduations, weddings… everything “normal” in a childhood cancer survivor...
Raising Brooklyn
Brooklyn was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. An aggressive treatment protocol meant she had to re-le...
Fatherhood: An Ever-Changing Experience
When I became a father 10 years ago, I was ready. I had gotten a puppy a year prior - it didn’t die the first year, it was potty-trained and ...
My Two Lives
I feel like I have lived two lives: my pre-cancer life and my life as a survivor. Before my diagnosis, cancer was an ambiguous word that invoke...
Caring for Connor
Advocating for your child is exhausting. I am not talking about meeting with a teacher about make-up assignments, or an email sent to the bas...
Her Greatest Triumph
On a snow-thawing day in Minnesota, osteosarcoma survivor Anna (35) wrote a beaming message on her Facebook page: "Mila Alice was born March 2,...
A Forgotten Thank You
Caregivers are present at the beginning, middle and end of cancer. Caregivers are the people who go to the first doctor appointment for “ju...