Category Archives: Childhood Cancer
Gold Ribbon Hero: Hunter
Meet Hunter, an aspiring engineer and Ewing’s Sarcoma warrior. When Hunter was 7 years old, he began complaining of pain when he went to the…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Julia
Meet Julia, a Ewing’s Sarcoma warrior who loves to go camping! Three days before her ninth birthday, Julia was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma. After more…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Taylor
Meet Taylor, a 9 year old alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. In January 2020, Taylor’s mother, Amber noticed a lump on her right hand and decided to…
Bone Cancer in Children
Bone cancer is one of the most common types of childhood cancer, accounting for about 5% of all childhood cancers. Bone cancers can form in…
Gold Ribbon Hero: CJ
Meet CJ, a 10 year old alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma warrior. “It’s been a very long road” says Stephanie, CJ’s mother. CJ was first diagnosed in September…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Grayce
Meet Grayce, a 14 year old medulloblastoma survivor! Grayce was taken to the optometrist when she developed blurred and double vision. Her eye doctor ran…
10 Gifts Dad will LOVE this Father’s Day
We hope everyone…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Kimberly
Meet Kimberly, a forever 16 year old stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma hero. In June of 2018, Kimberly started to complain of back pain, so her parents…
Gold Ribbon Hero: Jace
Meet Jace, a Kansas State University student and DIPG warrior. On May 17, 2019, Jace was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor which helped…
What’s Needed to Improve Pediatric Cancer Treatment
Pediatric cancer treatment has come a long way in the last century. Back in the 1950s, a childhood cancer diagnosis was almost always fatal. But…