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Help and Hope Happen Here

Mark Levine

This Podcast is going to be about Pediatric Cancer and the need to keep the awareness of this terrible disease in the public eye. My plan is to be able to interview a wide spectrum of people who all have a passion and a stake in finding a way to make the lives of these Pediatric Cancer Patients easier. I will interview oncologists, nurses, recovered patients, parents who have had to oversee their children's cancer fight, heads of Pediatric Cancer Foundations and Organizations , and others who would like to use this forum to advocate for these children.
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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 March 27, 2024
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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.March 21, 2024
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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.March 17, 2024
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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.March 13, 2024
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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 . March 10, 2024
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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 March 07, 2024
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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- ProfitMarch 03, 2024
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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.February 28, 2024
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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.February 25, 2024
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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.February 22, 2024
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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.February 18, 2024
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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 organizationFebruary 14, 2024
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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.February 11, 2024
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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 treatmentFebruary 07, 2024
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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.February 05, 2024
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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 2022January 31, 2024
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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 2021January 28, 2024
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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.January 25, 2024
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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 FailureJanuary 21, 2024
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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. January 18, 2024
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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.January 14, 2024
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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 AnnaJanuary 11, 2024
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Elena Bliss will talk about the very difficult battle that her daughter Brittney fought from May of 2022 until June of 2023 before passing away from Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma just after her 5th birthday. January 07, 2024
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Lysi Kinyon and Sara Ross McHenry are both long term survivors of Neuroblastoma and will talk about their experiences for more than 20 years of trying to deal with the difficult long term side effects from this form of Pediatric Cancer. January 04, 2024
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Martine Kalbhenn will talk about her son Jackson who was diagnosed at 5 years old in early August of 2023 with the Bone Cancer Ewings Sarcoma and is successfully going through his treatment at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland Maine.January 01, 2024
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