Help and Hope Happen Here
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.
Episodes
445 episodes
Colleen Mocey will talk about her son Connor who was incorrectly diagnosed with Acute Myelod Leukemia when he was 2 1/2 years old in November of 2022 and then 10 months later was correctly diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma.
Imagine the shock and horror of having a child be diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, going through treatment for that for 8 months,, relapsing 2 months later, and then being told that the first diagnosis was wrong, and that the child actual...
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Season 5
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Episode 446
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48:28
Danielle Phillips will talk about her daughter Angelina who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma when she was 3 1/2 years old in 2013 and passed away from this very difficult form of Pediatric Cancer in February of 2020.
When 3 1/2 year old Angelina Phillips was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma in 2013, one oncologist actually thought that her diagnosis was so bad that her mom Danielle should consider not even giving her treatment, Angelina did receive trea...
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Season 5
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Episode 445
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1:25:24
Katie Histing would have been 24 years old today, May 1st and her friends Leanna Headley and Brigette Cole, along with Katies's mom Lynn will recall her amazing life that was cut far too short by Ewings Sarcoma
Katie Histing was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma when she was a 17 year old High School Senior in 2018. Katie fought her disease like a true Champion, made countless friends along the way and will always be known as a Pediatric Cancer Icon. Kati...
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Season 5
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Episode 444
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1:09:21
Gavin and Wendy Lindberg will talk about their son Evan who was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma when he was 3 years old in 2006 and passed away after his very difficult treatment in October of 2010.
Gavin and Wendy Lindberg's son Evan was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma in 2006 when he was 3 years old. His diagnosis came on very quickly and his cancer spread very quickly. As I said on our podcast, anyone would need a strong ...
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Season 5
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Episode 442
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1:21:35
Eileen and Conrad Haubrich will talk about their son Brett who was diagnosed with a Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma Brain Tumor when he was 11 years old and passed away when he was 14 and a freshman in High School
After he had a series of debilitating headaches, 11 year old Brett Haubrich was diagnosed with a Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma Brain Tumor in May of 2014. Despite always having his thumbs up during his treatment which portrayed his attitude ab...
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Season 5
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Episode 443
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1:00:45
Amy McHugh will talk about her daughter Emily who was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma before her 4th birthday in 2009 and now is a Sophomore in college.
Emily McHugh went through a very difficult treatment protocol after being diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma in 2009 before she turned 4 years old. Originally Emily was thought to have had Leukemia. Emily also has had to deal with m...
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Season 5
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Episode 441
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1:04:33
Ethan Pompeo will talk about his inflammatory disease known as PANDAS which hit him suddenly when he was 13 years old and not diagnosed for 10 years , and will then discuss the last 10 years which have been full of good health and success.
Ethan Pompeo was 13 years old when he began to experience tics, sudden movements , and deep anxiety which was caused by PANDAS, an inflammatory disease which affects 1 in 200 people and is very difficult to diagnose. At the age of 23 Ethan was ...
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Season 5
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Episode 439
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54:55
Alison Hicks will talk about her daughter Chelsea who was diagnosed with the Kidney Cancer Wilms Tumor when she was 3 years old in April of 2007, and passed away without ever really getting a break from her treatment in February of 2009 when she was 5
While rubbing her 3 year old daughter Chelsea's belly, Alison Hicks felt a lump which was shortly diagnosed as a Stage 4 Wilms Tumor. Chelsea fought this Pediatric Kidney Cancer for nearly 2 years before passing away after a treatment pro...
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Season 5
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Episode 438
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56:19
Lorie Chartier will talk about her now 18 year old daughter Gracie who was diagnosed with Very High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2016 and has had many struggles to deal with over the years
The normal protocol for a diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is around 2 years of treatment but Lorie Chartiers daughter Gracie, who was diagnosed with this form of Pediatric Blood cancer when she was turning 10 years old in 2016, did no...
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Season 5
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Episode 437
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1:02:16
Dr. John Van Doorninck will talk about the Charity WORLD CHILD CANCER which focuses on the needs of Pediatric Cancer Patients and their Families who live in low income and middle income countries.
Dr. John Van Doorninck is a Pediatric Cancer Hematologist and Oncologist in Denver Colorado. He is also an active member and strong supporter of World Child Cancer, an International Organization whose main focus is to help lower income and midd...
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Season 5
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Episode 436
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1:27:45
Erin Booth will talk about her son Landon who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2021, has been in remission since 2023, but struggles with many side effects from his pediatric cancer battle.
Erin Booth's son Landon was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 5 1/2 years old in March of 2021. From that time until he was in remission beginning in 2023, Landon had gone through his treatment well enough, but then after ...
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Season 5
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Episode 435
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50:48
Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree Will talk about her daughter Cecilia who is living a good life after an early cancer battle and Laura's recently published book entitled The Parents Cancer Handbook.
Laura DeKraker Lang- Ree knew nothing about Pediatric Cancer when her then 3 year old daughter Cecilia was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 1999. Since that time, Cecilia has recovered and gone on to lead a very successful and pro...
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Season 5
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Episode 434
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1:01:08
Stacie Eirich will talk about the side effects and after effects that her now 16 year old daughter Sadie has been struggling with over the past 2 years since she was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma when she was 14
Side Effects and After Effects from any Pediatric Cancer battle can be very difficult, especially when there are so many side effects that are concerning after being diagnosed with Pediatric Brain Cancer. That is certainly the case as we just h...
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Season 5
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Episode 433
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53:42
AUDREY'S CHILDREN Joe McDonough, Michael Helfant, and Julia Fisher Farbman will talk about the movie Audrey's Children which will be opening in theatres beginning this Friday, March 28th.
Audrey's Children is a movie that will be released in theatres this Friday, March 28th. It is the story of Dr. Audrey Evans, who is very likely the most significant Pediatric Cancer Oncologist of all time. Joe McDonough, who is the Founder of t...
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Season 5
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Episode 440
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1:32:34
Ryan and Courtney Cotton will talk about their daughter Julianna, her Neuroblastoma diagnosis, how long it took to get her diagnosis, and how she is doing today.
After a long period of time with severe stomach pain, Ryan and Courtney Cotton's daughter Julianna had to go through a test which completely missed an 11 cm tumor which was covering 70 percent of her belly before she finally received a proper d...
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Season 5
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Episode 432
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1:01:26
Terrie Magro will talk about her son's Mark and Michael who were diagnosed with different forms of Pediatric within less than 3 months of each other in 2004, with one great outcome, and one terrible outcome to follow.
Terrie Magro will talk about her son Mark who was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, just before turning 11 years old in mid March of 2004, and then on June 8th of that year, her 13 year old son Michael was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblast...
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Season 5
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Episode 431
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1:13:34
Tay Scheibe will talk about her Pediatric Cancer Battles which happened beginning when she 10 years old and now, years later, will talk about her With Love Charity to help these kids during their own cancer battles.
Tay Scheibe was diagnosed with Large Cell Lymphoma when she was 10 years old and a 5th grade student on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. Tay had 1 more cancer fight to go through and by the time she was 12, Tay was on her way to a full recovery&n...
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Season 5
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Episode 430
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56:09
Taryn Jarboe will talk about her beloved daughter June who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma in June of 2021, experienced a 6 month respite with No Evidence Of Disease, but passed away on March 13th of 2022
Taryn Jarboe was trying to console her 8 month old daughter June in June of 2021 as she had not been feeling well, and while examining her body, found a lump that was diagnosed as Neuroblastoma. June was supposed to go through an 18 month treat...
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Season 5
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Episode 429
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59:22
Erica Campbell is the Executive Director of the Pinky Swear Foundation which focuses on directly helping families who are dealing with a Pediatric Cancer battle for their child who is in treatment.
Erica Campbell received her degree in Accounting from William and Mary and her MBA from Duke and then, years later, with advice from her mom decided to leave the business world to try and find her true passion, which turned out to be running a ...
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Season 5
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Episode 428
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50:32
Emily Stenson will talk about her then 3 year old daughter Charlie who was eventually diagnosed with a Stage 4 Mixed Germ Cell Tumor after 18 months of thinking that Charlie was suffering from Constipation.
The Bowel and Bladder issues that Emily Stenson's daughter Charlie was suffering from when she was 2 years old in early 2022 were constantly diagnosed as constipation, until she turned 3 and finally a 5 1/2 inch long Mass on her abdomen that ha...
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Season 5
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Episode 427
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50:50
Gwen Garro will talk about her son Guy and his battle with Osteosarcoma which he was diagnosed with while he was in kindergarten in 2018. Guy is living his best life possible.
It has been 6 1/2 years since Gwen Garro's son Guy was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when he was in kindergarten in 2018. Guy has gone through many difficult surgeries and procedures since his diagnosis and has been able to lead quite an amazing ...
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Season 5
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Episode 426
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50:38
Adisyn Gray will talk about her son Hudson who was diagnosed with a form of Pediatric Brain cancer and was given a 20 percent chance of a 5 year survival in 2021. Now his 5 year survival rate is 70 percent.
After being diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Chloroid Plexus Carcinoma in November of 2021, Hudson Gray's doctors had given him a 20 percent chance of surviving 5 years . Now, more than 3 years later, as Hudson is approaching his 5th b...
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Season 5
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Episode 425
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45:46
Rene Michael will talk about her now 29 year old married daughter Alicia who was diagnosed with Bone Cancer in early 2002 when she was 6 years old and was the inspiration behind the Honeysuckle Foundation.
When Rene Michael's 6 year old daughter Alicia was complaining of a backache in December of 2001, little did she know that her backache would lead to a diagnosis of a Peripheral Nueroectodermal Tumor which is a Bone Cancer closely related...
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Season 5
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Episode 424
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1:05:12
Ashley Serwalt will talk about her son Jace who was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 4 years old in late 2023 and is now about halfway through his treatment protocol.
After 4 year old Jace Serwalt was having trouble breathing early on Christmas morning in 2023, his parents Ashley and Kyle took him to his local hospital where he would be diagnosed with Croup, and then Pneumonia. Shortly after that diagnosis, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 423
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59:20
Nancy Whipple will talk about her son Alexander who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Intermediate Risk Neuroblastoma in March of 2010 and passed away on April 1st of 2011
Nancy and Richard Whipple's son Alexander spent 250 days as an inpatient at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children beginning in 2010 as a result of his Neuroblastoma diagnosis in March of 2010 when he was 8 months old. Alexander battled for...
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Season 5
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Episode 422
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59:02