By Brady Lucas Dear Brady, Today has been a hard day and I am sure you do not know what to think. You have doctors and nurses coming in and out of your room taking blood and running tests. People called Child Life Specialists, Music Therapists, Social Workers, and Registered…

By Christi Scovel It was June 5, 2020, and I had just gotten into a head-on collision with my son Matthew. We walked away with what we thought were minor injuries, but after a week of rest and some physical therapy, Matthew did not recover. He started to decline. After…

By Amy Shields In March 2014 after a few months of doctor visits for pain and fevers, our almost 5-year-old son Sullivan, Sully for short, was diagnosed with stage IV neuroblastoma. …

By Annie Riedel I am a twin. For twenty years of my life, I had a sidekick, a partner in crime, a built-in best friend. And then, three months and five days after our twentieth birthday, my twin sister died. People tend to think it’s pretty cool that I’m a…

By Bill May My sister Karen was born in 1957 and died of cancer, specifically neuroblastoma, in 1959 at the age of 26 months. …

By Emily Callahan My son, Jack, has endured more in his 7 years on Earth than any adults I know. In 2019 he spent a total of 117 nights in the hospital. …

By Betsey Young If cancer has taught our family anything over the past year, it’s that being present in your own life is the most important gift you can give to yourself and your family. On January 31, 2022, my 5-year-old son, Sage, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B…

By Martijn Bos As medical professionals in our own field, my wife and I figured we’d be prepared for anything our kids might encounter in life. And we had in the past. Smaller and bigger issues were recognized, contact was made with primary or specialty cares, we’d do our own…

By Timaree Marston. This piece was originally shared on Timaree’s blog: C is for Crocodile. There aren’t a lot of words to use ten years after the worst words are first spoken. What is there to say when I can hardly grasp that a full decade has passed since I…