Mark is a Christian, a father, a nurse practitioner specializing in slow-growing blood cancers, with a young son, Eli, who was diagnosed with leukemia.  Mark is also Allison (the interviewer)’s brother.  In this interview, he discusses his son’s diagnosis, the impact that diagnosis has had on his family, as well as his supports, like his faith and his wife. 

With the care of his hospital team and family, Eli is in remission.

If Mark's words and Eli's story inspired you to help children fight cancer, please consider donating to Nationwide Children's Hospital, located in Columbus, Ohio, and linked here.

For transcripts of this show, please email [email protected] with ‘Transcripts’ in the subject line.  If you utilize Apple podcasts, transcripts are often easily available over that app.   

Sincere apologies for the sound artifacts in this episode, secondary to the inconsistencies of the signal from a major wifi carrier.

*Please note that the opinions and experiences of those interviewed in this podcast are not necessarily the opinions and experiences of the interviewer. One of the intents of this podcast is to interview a variety of people with a variety of experiences and opinions.*

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To learn more about Ignite Well-being, in the suburbs of Chicago, and/or the host, Allison, please see their website, Patreon, or Substack page. Deepest bow to the paid supporters on Patreon, who make this work more financially sustainable.

Thank you to Pixabay and SergePavkinMusic for the song used in the podcast.  And thank you to Cloudconvert and Audacity for making podcasting more accessible.