The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Matteo was just six months old when childhood cancer entered his life.
His parents, Kim and Alfred, were already aware of childhood cancer. Al’s employer was a sponsor of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). The night before Matteo was diagnosed, Kim had stayed up late baking cookies for a fundraiser at his office.
"Never in a million years did I think my kid would have cancer,” said Kim, “We knew about childhood cancer. But we did not think it would be us.”
Childhood cancer is devastating.
Matteo was diagnosed with a pediatric kidney cancer called... Read More
“They didn’t know life without the other one,” said Gloria, about her sons Grayson and Christian (pictured above)
Christian was best friends with his older brother, Grayson. The boys were just as close as brothers could be.
“They didn’t know life without the other one,” said their mother Gloria.
Then Grayson was diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma, an aggressive type of pediatric brain tumor, when he was just 14 years old. Christian was 12 years old. Grayson was in treatment constantly for the next two years; Christian was home.
Grayson died in March 2021, leaving his parents and his brother. The loss for the family was obviously crushing and left Gloria and her husband... Read More
Every year, an estimated 17,000 children receive the diagnosis of childhood cancer, entering a terrifying and uncertain world of hospital stays, treatments and fear. While survival rates continue to steadily increase, especially for the most common types of leukemia, childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease for children in the United States.
Despite this fact, childhood cancer research is consistently and vastly underfunded by the federal government as compared to adult cancers. But, together, we can bridge that gap, raise awareness, and take action to support... Read More
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