The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
If you ask Cole Fitzgerald what it is like to face childhood cancer for a second time — fifteen years after his first rare cancer diagnosis — Cole will say in his Jersey accent:
“It is what it is.”
And what it is this second time around is pancreatoblastoma, a type of cancer that has only ever been documented 50 times and just once following a neuroblastoma diagnosis. That one case —that’s Cole Fitzgerald.
“It definitely came out of left field. I definitely didn't see it coming. Nobody saw it coming,” said Cole. “And it brought a lot of frustration, a lot of anger... Read More
This July, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is spotlighting a few special heroes in honor of Sarcoma Awareness Month. Sarcomas arise in the bone or soft tissue, but the treatment methods for these types of cancer are often outdated, causing their cure rates to lag behind many others. Still, kids like Gabby, Malina and Krystabelle keep fighting.
Meet some of the inspiring heroes who make this month matter:
Gabby
Gabby’s family thought she was experiencing growing pains until a... Read More
My son, Tony, is young adult. He is a survivor of cancer — three times over. He was first diagnosed when he was 3 years old with neuroblastoma; then later lymphoma and skin cancer. Both these secondary cancers were a result of his initial cancer treatment and complicated, seemingly never-ending, side effects.
My daughter, Samantha, has been through it all, with us and all too often, without us, as we spent days and nights for months at a time,at the hospital.
I love my son and daughter.
Fatherhood for me boils down to all things that I did not expect to happen;... Read More
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