Back on June 12th, 2018, my son Shaun was rushed to the hospital where we found out he had a brain tumor that had ruptured. After 2 brain surgeries that early morning and a week in ICU, we found out that he had a type of brain cancer called Medulloblastoma. We immediately started a treatment …
My daughter Megan is 15 years old and fighting a high-grade Glioma in her spinal cord. It is considered Glioblastoma Multiforme grade 4, but with a rare presentation in her spinal cord. She had emergency surgery on October 1, 2018, after becoming nearly paralyzed over a 12 hour period. The day before this all happened, …
When your child is diagnosed with cancer, one of the first thoughts that enters your mind is HOW? It wasn’t you It’s a conversation you’ll have with yourself and with others many times, but I want to assure you – YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG. There was not a choice you made (or didn’t make) …
Our son Daniel, age 6, was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in March 2016 at age 3 and is currently in remission. Traditional treatment for Medulloblastoma involves surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible followed by full brain and spine radiation and then chemotherapy. We were advised that the likely impact of full brain …
