The Childhood Cancer Blog
The Childhood Cancer Blog
Taylor, with her son Wallace.
Then: Taylor was just 11 years old when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma
Today: Taylor is expecting her second child, a baby girl.
Taylor never thought she’d have her son Wallace.
When she was 11 years old, Taylor was diagnosed with a bone cancer called osteosarcoma.
The diagnosis came after a summer spent with her local swim team. Taylor had shoulder pain, and swimming seemed the logical culprit. But the pain kept increasing to the point that her arm became numb. An X-ray revealed a mass; further testing revealed that the mass was osteosarcoma.
“When I first walked into the oncology clinic, the first thing I noticed was all these kids did not have hair,” recalls Taylor.
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Hosting a lemonade stand on a hot summer day is a great way to beat the heat and help kids beat childhood cancer! This year, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s (ALSF) annual Lemonade Days is a full month long! It is the perfect time to come together and help raise funds for childhood cancer research. This annual tradition began with our 8-year-old founder, Alex Scott. She wanted to raise $1 million to help kids fighting cancer. Her belief inspired others to take a stand for the cause and she was able to reach her goal... Read More
The National Institutes of Health define rare diseases as conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people. But for families facing one of these diseases, like Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS), these diagnoses don’t feel rare. BWS affects approximately 1 in 10,000 kids and is linked to increased risk of certain childhood cancers, including Wilms tumor and hepatoblastoma. With proper treatment and monitoring, these cancers are treatable, which makes it critical to properly identify kids with BWS... Read More
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