The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
I am currently a freshman in college, a cancer survivor and an amputee.
I was a normal kid until my life nearly ended when I was diagnosed with bone cancer the day before my 5th birthday. A few months later, I had an above the knee amputation on my left leg. I never thought that I was going to be considered one of the lucky ones.
I spent a lot of time in the hospital recovering from surgery. Life in a hospital was one thing, but outside it felt like it was me against the world. I was too young to process what self-love and appreciation meant, so everything presented itself... Read More
Jonathon was 2 years old when he was diagnosed with ALL. Today, he is 4 years old and an aspiring superhero.
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Jonathon loves superheroes so much he wants to be one when he grows up – in the form of an oncologist. Inspired by the doctor who treats his cancer, 4-year-old Jonathon recently shared this decision with his mom, Cheridah – a major moment she acknowledges he might not have had.
“Even with diagnosis, even being so young, he has decided that he wants to be an oncologist,” said Cheridah, “So he'll walk around the house with his stethoscope on and make sure everyone's okay.”
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Dr. Wechsler-Reya, who received his first ALSF grant in 2009, has been studying medulloblastoma for more than 20 years.
For most of his career, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF)-funded researcher Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, has been searching for cures to medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor.
Dr. Wechsler-Reya, who received his first ALSF grant in 2009, has been studying medulloblastoma for more than 20 years.
Pediatric brain tumors are the deadliest form of childhood... Read More
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