51 Childhood Cancer organizations strong and growing!
Missing Kylie by Mark Myers
" Never capitalize the word, "cancer." It does not deserve it. " Carson Leslie, 17
Better Angels by Sadie Keller and Michael McCaul
Better Angels by Sadie Keller and Rep. Michael McCaul
How my daughter embraced life with cancer as an unexpected adventure. Catie was just one of those unique people who had the ability to touch people and make them live a little more splendidly. This is Catie's story - and how she changed the world one brilliant moment at a time.
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The book, "Grace" by Melinda Marchiano
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Five year cure, …really?
Five-year relative survival rates describe the percentage of patients with cancer that are alive five years after their disease is diagnosed. Use of 5-year survival statistics is more useful in aggressive cancers that have a shorter life expectancy following diagnosis (such … Continue reading
The Rest of the Story…
From Mikelle to Four Square Team Captain: “I wrote again. I realized that I needed to tell “The Rest of the Story.” It’s about the truth of my grief, what I’ve been through. If you choose to publish it, my … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged bone marrow aspirations, Broviac, chemo, cranial fluid, cranial shunt, dialysis, IV pump, meningitis, Mikelle G. Raffel, NG tube, oscillator, pic lines, pneumothorax, port, radiation, spinal drain, Wal-Mart
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Lessons of losing a child to cancer
As the weeks dwindle down to mark one year of losing my son, Ryan, to cancer, I have been looking back and thinking hard about what I’ve been taught, or should I say, what was thrown in my lap to … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged antibiotics, bald heads, chemo, community, doctors, fever, hospital, Mikelle G. Raffel, nurses, patch changes, protocol
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We are Soldiers of Cancer
Behind every soldier there is a family who makes sacrifices so their spouse, father or mother can serve our great country. Ryan’s family is one such family. Even in the shadow of pain and adversity, they are giving back to … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Pediatric Cancer, Rare Disease, Uncategorized
Tagged Acute Myeloid Leukemia, AML, bone marrow transplant, chemo, Children's National, family, four square clobbers cancer, Mikelle G. Raffel, military families, pediatric cancer, PICU, Ryan's Battle Buddies, soldiers, Walter Reed, wounded warrior
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Four-Square Clobbers Cancer 