Brittney Bliss was diagnosed with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma just after her 4th birthday in 2022. Her mother Elena will talk about the 13 month battle in which her beloved daughter never really caught a break, despite the fact that she was treated at some of the leading Pediatric Cancer hospitals in the country including Boston Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Brittney passed away from this form of Pediatric Cancer on June 6th of 2023, just 10 days after her 5th birthday. 

Lysi Kinyon was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma before she was even born and Sarah Ross McHenry was diagnosed with this form of Pediatric Cancer when she was 8 years old. Lysi and Sarah will talk about the many long term side effects that both of them have had to experience for more than 20 years and how, even with all of their difficulties, they have been able to live their best lives possible, which includes giving back to others. 

Martine Kalbhenn was 3000 miles away at her family's home in Kennebunk, Maine when her 5 year old son Jackson tripped and fell while running and hurt his leg badly while visiting his Grandmother in California. Martine received a phone call from her husband Kyle and made plans to immediately travel out west. Jackson's fall was far from normal, as he was diagnosed with the Bone Cancer Ewings Sarcoma. Martine will talk about that time period  in which his fall occurred in late July, and how he is doing now during his treatment protocol, taking place at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, located at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. 

Nick Gaspar was a 14 year old 8th grader who became lethargic and his normally upbeat personality became withdrawn in May of 2021. He also developed a tremor in his left hand and after being taken to his pediatrician, was quite quickly transported to Boston Children's Hospital where he was diagnosed with a Mixed Germ Cell Brain Tumor. Nick's mother Jen will talk about the next 2 years of Nick's life, which originally showed promise after his tumor was completely removed during a 12 hour Craniotomy. Unfortunately in the months ahead , Nick's condition went downhill, and he passed away on May 19th of 2023. 

Sophia Takla's 8 year old cousin Tristan passed away from Medulloblastoma 15 years ago when Sophia was 8 years old, as was Tristan. Sophia will talk about that period of time and what she has been doing as a Pediatric Cancer advocate since his Tristan's passing and will continue to do for many years to come.  Sophia will also discuss her being crowned Miss Oregon in June of 2022 and her top 10 finish in the Miss America Pageant in 2023.  Sophia has accomplished so much in her life already and at 23 years old, has an incredibly promising future ahead . 

Max Pound was an outstanding young athlete and full of life until 2020 when  his mother Carol, who in her professional life was involved with early oncology drug development, noticed some concerning health signs and took Max to get them checked out. 
Shortly after that Max was diagnosed with Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, a very rare form of Pediatric Brain Cancer at the age of 10. Through much of 2021 Max was feeling well enough to return to his athletic endeavors and to school when possible, but at the end of 2021 Max had a relapse, struggled through 2022 , and passed away on January 11th of 2023.
Carol will talk about her beloved son and the Max Pound Foundation which her family started to honor Max's memory in 2023. 

After returning from a trip to the Zoo in 2019 with her then 5 year old son Sawyer and her 2 1/2 year old daughter Isla , Autumn Gentry noticed a number of freckles on Isla's body. After being reassured by Isla's Pediatrician that she was a "healthy child", her doctor ordered blood tests just to be sure that everything was okay, which it was not. Isla was quickly diagnosed with the Pediatric Blood Cancer Acute Myeloid Leukemia. After a relapse 5 month's after her diagnosis, Isla was preparing for a Bone Marrow Transplant which never happened and then a clinical trial which did not work. Almost nothing went right for Isla during her treatment and she passed away in August of 2020.

High School senior Dustin Liang was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on June 4th of this year and in response to that his friend Amine Bentahar, a sophomore at his high school, started the Dustin Strong organization in honor of Dustin's Pediatric Cancer battle.  Dustin will talk about his treatment and how he is doing and Amine will discuss what has already happened with the organization and the plans that he has for it going forward.

Grainne Owen and her husband Clay started their Curing Kids Cancer Non-Profit after their son Killian passed away from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2003. Grainne will talk about her beloved son and his fight against this most common form of Pediatric Cancer, and her Non-Profit which has raised $27 million dollars to help these kids and their families, with many more dollars to be raised in the coming years.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has been the largest Non-Profit fundraiser of Blood Cancer research for nearly 75 years. On today's podcast I will speak with Stacy Kreizman who is the Senior Manager of Patient and Community Outreach for this Non-Profit in New Jersey and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Stacy will talk about her role in this non profit in which she truly is a Jack Of All Trades, and will also discuss the $175 million dollar new initiative that the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is unfolding to help in the cause of Pediatric Blood Cancer.