7-year-old Faith is battling a malignant brain tumor. She stole our hearts with her precious words, “My favorite present is being home.” Hear Faith’s story from her mom, Tana, during one of Faith’s chemotherapy treatments.
Emma was diagnosed with Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) when she was 11 years old. But for Emma, losing was not an option. After three years of remission, Emma’s cancer returned and she came to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for a bone marrow transplant.
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is home to one of the nation’s best children’s cancer programs, according to U.S. News & World Report. U-M’s pediatric bone marrow transplant program is the largest and most experienced in Michigan. From early and accurate diagnosis capabilities, to effective treatment and improving life-long quality of life for cancer survivors, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is committed to being the Leaders and Best for children with cancer.
Learn more at http://www.mottchildren.org/cancer.
Karen Hohertz-Jacobs tells the story of what happened when her baby daughter, Kate, was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma and how their CaringBridge site helped them through her health journey.
CaringBridge Founder, Sona Mehring, tells the story of how she started CaringBridge.
CaringBridge is a global nonprofit social network dedicated to helping family and friends communicate with and support loved ones during a health journey. Thanks to our compassionate donors, anyone, anywhere can create a free personal website to easily share updates and receive the love and strength they need from their community during an illness or injury.
When #BraveKid, Joey Evans was 2, doctors discovered he had rhabdomyosarcoma, a tissue cancer in his bladder that spread quickly. It was the beginning of a long journey for Evans, who spent a lot of time at Cincinnati Children’s and considers it the place he grew up. The staff at Cincinnati Children’s helped him survive childhood cancer, and his care team continues to see him for health problems that have followed him into adulthood. The Cancer Survivor Center helps him deal with the side effects of childhood cancer. Evans, now 40, has fond memories of his caregivers. He even ended up marrying a nurse.
Meet #BraveKid, Brock Hart and his #BraveMom, Vanessa. Brock is a pediatric cancer survivor and an avid fisherman. TSET is honored to support families like Brock’s through critical pediatric cancer research funding here in Oklahoma.
“To see the collaboration between TSET, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, the Stephenson Cancer Center and the Children’s Foundation is extremely encouraging to families like mine. I know that funding from these groups will provide crucial support to the important research being done here in Oklahoma. So behalf of Oklahoma’s youngest cancer patients, we say thank you.” – Vanessa Hart.
Sarah is a childhood brain cancer survivor and 2 year BAYADA REGATTA rower. In this video, Sarah shares her passion for photography and love of rowing. The BAYADA Regatta allows Sarah to experience true freedom on the river. We are honored to feature her story here. #ThroughGlass — at BAYADA REGATTA.
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