Hearing loss is a very well known side effect and long term effect that survivors of Pediatric Cancer must be aware of, especially if they are being treated with Cisplatin during Chemotherapy, which is a very effective medicine in helping to sa

Mariah Forster Olson and Mary Beth Collins will talk about the critical subject of SURVIVORSHIP on today's podcast and will discuss the toolkit for survivors of Pediatric Cancer and their families to help them get through a very difficult experience.

11 days ago 1h 41m

For the past 3 years Mariah Forster Olson and Mary Beth Collins have been working on a Toolkit to help Pediatric Cancer survivors and their families try and navigate through the period when they have gone past the 5 year mark since their cancer

Tabitha Odom will talk about her daughter Sailor who was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in November of 2022 and is now about halfway through her final maintenance treatment protocol which is expected to be completed in January of 2025.

18 days ago 50m 15s

Tabitha Odom thought that her 2 year old daughter Sailor might have the flu when she brought her to a Walk In Clinic in November of 2022 as she had not been feeling well. Later that night Tabitha became worried when she received a phone call at

Vickie Stevens and Don McCarthy will talk about their son Rio and his current battle with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma which he was diagnosed with in August of 2023

22 days ago 53m 55s

In April of 2023 Vickie Stevens and Don McCarthy's little son Rio was experiencing a loss of appetite, limping instead of walking, and losing energy. After a stay at a local hospital did not solve the question of what was wrong with Rio, he was

Abby Wagle met Ella Bresee when she was 12 years old in 2019. They quickly became best friends and then in 2021, Ella was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma. Abby will talk about losing Ella to this disease in 2022 and how she has honored her friend since.

29 days ago 44m 42s

Abby Wagle and Ella Bresee met in 2019 when they played competitive basketball against each other. They quickly became best friends and then in 2021, Ella was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Medulloblastoma. Abby is now a sophomore in

Kelly Stevens will talk about her son Charlie and his fight against Acute Myeloid Leukemia, which led to his very unfortunate passing on January 27th of 2021, just 2 days after his 3rd birthday.

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 14m

After little Charlie Stevens was taken to his doctor after he developed a lesion in his right eye, it became apparent that he had too many white blood cells, but an X Ray and ultrasound showed him to be healthy in the early days of 2020. Just s

Brian Burkhardt will talk about his son Oliver who was diagnosed during Covid with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and the Non-Profit called the Oliver Patch Project that he started by accident and is in all 50 states.

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 11m

Brian Burkhardt and his family left their home in Miami and went to the Florida Keys during Spring break in early in 2020 where they had to isolate because of Covid. Two days after they returned home his son Oliver was having trouble breathing

Emily Gordon and her daughter Vara James will talk about Vara's battle with Wilms Tumor which is a kidney cancer, her recovery, and the Rock Cancer program that they helped start .

Mar 10th, 2024 1h 3m

When Vara James was 9 years old in 2016 she was diagnosed with the Kidney Cancer Wilms Tumor. Now 17 years old, Vara has been cancer free since February of 2018 and has many options to look at as she is able to live as normal of a life as possi

Kim Denice will talk about being a Pediatric Cancer survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma which was diagnosed when she was a high school senior in 2013, and her current work at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Mar 7th, 2024 56m 32s

It took 5 years after waking up each day feeling tired and sick, but Kim Denice was finally diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma as a senior in high school in 2013. Kim will talk about the struggles that she had while she was in treatment and even

Christen Gray will talk about her son Finn who was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma when he was 5 years old in 2018 and passed away on January 21st of 2020. Christen will also discuss her Finn's Fighter's Non- Profit

Mar 4th, 2024 57m 55s

Christen Gray's 5 year old son Finn complained of back pain in the day's before he was to go to kindergarten in 2018. As Christen drove Finn to school for his first day, his back was hurting so much that he had trouble sitting in his car seat.

Bryan and Shauna Smith will talk about their son Oliver who passed away from Ewings Sarcoma one day after his 12th birthday in 2019, and the Ollie Bots Project that was started in his honor.

Feb 28th, 2024 1h 14m

When 10 year old Oliver Smith was trying out for his under 11 hockey team in the fall of 2016 his father noticed that Oliver was not as agile, fast, and flexible as he normally was. He also complained of pain in his groin area. Other symptoms a

Shauna Falvey will talk about her 6 year old daughter Mia who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in the summer of 2022 and has been dealing with one obstacle after another during her 20 month treatment protocol.

Feb 26th, 2024 45m 30s

It took a confirmation from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to finally confirm that 6 year old Mia Falvey had Medulloblastoma after waiting for an official diagnosis for more than 30 days. Since the summer of 2022 Mia has been under treat

Eliy Simmer was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma on May 12th of 2021 and will talk about her journey which began when she was a 14 year old High School freshman. Eliy is now a High School Senior and her future looks to be unlimited.

Feb 22nd, 2024 46m 20s

Bothered by pain in her shoulder blade since the fall of 2020 while she was a member of her high school volleyball team, 14 year old Eliy Simmer saw many doctors but did not get diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma until May 12th of 2021. Eliy spent t

Donna DeSousa Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maggie who was diagnosed with Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors when she was 16 years old in 2016 and passed away on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday.

Feb 19th, 2024 52m 8s

Maggie Schmidt was a 16 year old seemingly healthy teenager when she competed in a Tough Mudder race in the summer of 2016. 18 days after that, Maggie started experiencing symptoms that would lead to a diagnosis of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors in

Parker Watson is a 10 year old survivor of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and will talk along with Noah Janfaza about Team Impact and Parker's association with the Harvard Men's Hockey Team because of that organization

Feb 15th, 2024 37m 3s

Parker Watson was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 4 1/2 years old and is now a Pediatric Cancer survivor. His parents Michelle and Mike found out about Team Impact and Parker was connected with the Harvard Men's Hockey T

Michelle Watson will talk about Team Impact who connects Kids who have serious illnesses or disabilities with College Sports teams, as they did with her son Parker who is a Pediatric Cancer survivor.

Feb 11th, 2024 38m 2s

Michelle Watson's 10 year old son Parker was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 4 1/2 years old in 2017. Now 10 years old, Parker was connected through Team Impact with the Harvard Men's Hockey team and he has been an offic

Amanda Cruz will talk about her son Zioniah, who passed away on September 19th of 2023 after a tortuous battle with Lymphoma in which nothing went right for him during his treatment

Feb 7th, 2024 1h 3m

Amanda Cruz has the difficult task in explaining all the things that went wrong during her son Zioniah's treatment for Lymphoma which started in late 2022 and lasted until his passing on September 19th of 2023. Amanda will talk about the myriad

Dominique Epthorp's son Ashton was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after his original diagnosis of A Typical Pneumonia in 2022 and is now 8 months into his Maintenance program.

Feb 5th, 2024 56m 9s

After an original diagnosis of A Typical Pneumonia after a persistent cough sent Dominique Epthorp's son Ashton to see his doctor in the late summer of 2022, a recheck of his symptoms after Ashton had a shortage of breath after running, showed

Nora Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maddie who went to her eye doctor for a regular appointment which went well, but the very next day she developed an issue with her right eye which led to her passing from DIPG on December 31st of 2022

Feb 1st, 2024 56m 24s

Nora Schmidt noticed that her daughter Maddie's right eye was crossing inward, one day after she had gone to her eye doctor for a simple eye appointment in which everything looked fine. This situation, which according to her Eye Doctor and a Pe

Amber Friesen will talk about her daughter Taylor and her fight with Aveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma which was diagnosed just before the Pandemic began in 2020 and very sadly ended with her passing in December of 2021

Jan 28th, 2024 45m 16s

Amber Friesen was told by her soon to be 10 year old daughter Taylor that she had what looked to be either a lump or a cyst on her right hand. Unfortunately what this turned out to be was the Pediatric Cancer Aveloar Rhabdomyosarcoma. On today'

Dr. Daniel Morgenstern will talk about his expert knowledge on Neuroblastoma and his work in Drug Development for Pediatric Cancer patients on today's podcast.

Jan 25th, 2024 51m 55s

Dr. Daniel Morgenstern grew up and was educated in England and went to the University of Cambridge as part of his medical education. In 2016 he moved to Toronto where he became a Staff Oncologist at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto with his expert

Marta Blanco will talk about her daughter Sofia who was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma when she was 4 years old in 2003, but passed away just after her 13th birthday in April of 2012 from the shocking side effect of Heart Failure

Jan 22nd, 2024 55m 30s

Having a side effect or long term effect after surviving a battle with Pediatric Cancer is not at all surprising. On today's podcast Marta Blanco will talk about her daughter Sofia, who after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2003 w

Kurt Myers and his wife PJ will talk about their daughter Ailani and the High Risk- Poor Prognosis battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which began when their daughter was 2 years old in 2019 and continues today in 2024.

Jan 18th, 2024 1h 13m

Kurt Myers and his wife PJ's daughter Ailani was originally diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when she was 2 years old in 2019. Because of a genetic mutation, her diagnosis was changed several weeks into her treatment to ALL which was

Ryan Callahan was a star player in the National Hockey League for over a decade and his wife Kyla will discuss with great passion their Ryan Callahan Foundation which gives so much to Pediatric Cancer patients and their families.

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 11m

Ryan Callahan began his outstanding National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers during the 2006-2007 season, and during the 2014 season went to the Tampa Bay Lightning. While in Tampa, he and his wife Kyla started the Ryan Callahan

Kathy and Joe Arabia will talk about their daughter Anna who passed away from the Pediatric Brain Cancer Gliomatosis Cerebri in 2013 and will discuss their AYJ fund that they established in honor of Anna

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 9m

Before walking upstairs in her home in 2009, 13 year old Anna Yan Ji slipped and fell and afterwards, said that she felt funny. Shortly thereafter it was discovered that Anna had suffered a seizure and this seizure led to a diagnosis of the ver