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Help and Hope Happen Here

This Podcast is going to be about Pediatric Cancer and the need to keep the awareness of this terrible disease in the public eye. My plan is to be able to interview a wide spectrum of people who all have a passion and a stake in finding a way to make the lives of these Pediatric Cancer Patients easier. I will interview oncologists, nurses, recovered patients, parents who have had to oversee their children"s cancer fight, heads of Pediatric Cancer Foundations and Organizations , and others who would

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114:35

Carrigan Nelson's mom Tammy, her Aunt Bonnie, and...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/03/05

Carrigan Nelson was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in March of 2019 and fought for the next 69 months with this form of Pediatric Bone Cancer until her passing on Christmas Day in 2025 when she was 24 years old. Carrigan was a truly Iconic young woman who did so much for the cause of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer and was beloved by everyone that knew her. A very well accomplished Singer, Dancer, and Artist, she looked at life with Joy and nothing mattered to her more than trying to inspire oth...

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53:35

Tony Garcia is now 55 years old and is a 43 year...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/03/02

Tony Garcia will talk about his early in life Pediatric Cancer battle which began in 1973 when he was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was 2 1/2 years old. Tony's treatment finally ended nearly 10 years later in 1983 and since that time he has been doing as well as possible for the past 43 years, as a long term Pediatric Cancer survivor. Now 55 years old, Tony just published his first book (memoir) at the end of January called MY CHILDHOOD CUT SHORT. SURVIVING LEUKEMIA AND FINDING PURPOS...

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70:00

The Leandro Family which includes 9 year old Jack, 11...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/26

Sydney Leandro was 5 years old on Easter Sunday of 2020 when she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Now at age 11, Sydney is feeling and doing well and is able to live a good life. In 2025 her brother Jack, who is now 9 years old, decided to start a non-profit called PUCKS FOR BUCKS in which he shot approximately 200 pucks a day from his driveway into a hockey goal and raised $1.00 for each puck he shot, which he donated in Sydney's honor and to help other Pediatric Cancer Patie...

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62:38

Kendel Davy and Meghan Fessenden will talk about...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/23

Kendel Davy is a Founding Member of the Riley Rocks Memorial Foundation and Meghan Fessenden is the Director of Social Media and Marketing for the Foundation and is Riley's sister. Together they will talk about Riley who was diagnosed with Esthesioneuroblastoma which is a Pediatric Cancer of the Nasal Cavity when she 6 years old in 2013, and battled for 3 years before her passing on July 20th of 2016 when she was 9 years old. They will also talk about their Foundation which was started by Ril...

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65:59

Tara Daniels will talk about her 2009 diagnosis of...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/19

Tara Daniels is now 33 years old , married, working at a job that she enjoys , and living as good of a life as she can. Back in 2009 when Tara was 16 years old this was not the case as she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia . Tara relapsed twice, with the last relapse coming in 2016. Tara then received a Bone Marrow transplant and since that time period, she has been cancer free. Tara will talk about all that she has been through, including survivorship on today's podcast.

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68:38

Gabriella and Nicholas Conjelko are 22 year old twins...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/16

Gabriella and Nicholas are 22 years old, and about to graduate from Purdue University and Indiana University respectively. This fall they will enter Medical School and will likely pursue careers in the medical field that will concentrate on Pediatric Cancer. Their cousin Maddox is now 14 years and well past his battle with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia but Maddox's sister Maia, who was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma in 2022 when she was 6 years old, passed away from this Bone Cancer on November...

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59:31

Suzanne Graney will talk about being the Executive...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/12

After their son Christopher passed away in 1972 from Rhabdomyosarcoma, Charles and Irma Millard decided to start a Charitable Gift Fund that would help Pediatric Cancer Patients and their families. This organization was named Four Diamonds and Suzanne Graney, who has been its Executive Director for the past 15 years, will talk about this amazing organization which pays all expenses for each child that is treated at Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital that are not covered by insuran...

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43:17

Maithili Shah who is from Mumbai India will talk...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/09

Maithili Shah was told by one surgeon that her then 6 month old Agastya who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in July of 2023, would most likely not survive 4 more months. Thankfully, Matihili and her husband made a change in surgeon's, Agastya's Brain Tumor was totally resected, and now, over 2 1/2 years later , Agastya is doing well physically as he continues to make progress from this Pediatric Brain Cancer.

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65:06

Johanna Annuziata and Angela Blazis will talk about...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/02/02

4 year old Ava Blazis woke up on the morning of March 11th 2023 with a very unusual pain in her abdomen which continued to get worse as the day wore on. Her mother Angela brought her to UMass Memorial Medical Center and 3 days later on March 14th, she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Angela and Ava then spent the next 65 days at Boston Children's Hospital while Ava was undergoing treatment. Meanwhile Angela's sister Johanna Annuziata got busy with helping to look after Ava's b...

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63:34

Alexandria Rodts and her husband Matthew will talk...

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2026/01/29

Alexandria Rodts's son Brayton got the stomach flu in February of 2023 which had already affected his family in January. Brayton's symptoms continued well past the normal time for a stomach flu to be an issue, and this was not helped by the fact that all the doctors he went to basically came to the same conclusion that by taking Zofran, he would feel better. 6 months later, in August of that year his diagnosis of ATRT which was so shocking, was finally confirmed at Rady's Children's Hospital ...

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43:28

Marie Gulliver will talk about her son Ezra who was...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/26

Persistent colds and a chronic cough were followed by not being able to walk and being constantly tired for Marie Gulliver's 2 year old son Ezra in 2022. These symptoms were finally diagnosed as High Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia, which was complicated by a genetic mutation and the always difficult Graft vs, Host Disease after Ezra received a successful Bone Marrow Transplant in September of 2022. Ezra has been cancer free for more than 3 years and has ony a 5 percent chance of a relapse which ...

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35:17

Aaira Khan is 13 years old and lives in Sydney...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/22

When Aaira Khan was in 5th grade in 2021 she and her classmates at their school in Sydney Australia received a letter from a Pediatric Cancer patient which talked about the Great Cycle Challenge. Aaira quickly decided to ride in this event to raise money for this patient and for the cause of Pediatric Cancer. Aaira has now ridden in this event each year since and in the fall of last year, started her own CAN CAMPAIGN fundraiser. This fundraiser focuses on people picking up empty cans, bringin...

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43:56

Sara Bailey will talk about her daughter Brynlee who...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/19

With all types of troubling symptoms which began at the end of 2024, Sara Bailey was told that these symptoms in her then 4 year old daughter Brynlee indicated that she had Strep Throat, after the doctors that she was seeing basically dismissed her symptoms and how she was feeling. This totally unnecessary DELAYED DIAGNOSIS took approximately 4 months until her symptoms were actually examined, thanks to the insistence of Sara that Brynlee needed the proper testing which she finally received. ...

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52:10

Katie Taylor will talk about her very successful 15...

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2026/01/15

Among Katie Taylor's successes as a Certified Child Life Specialist over the past 15 years have been focusing on the parents of the children that are undergoing treatment for Pediatric Cancer, and empowering these parents to help get their children and adolescents ready for upcoming doctor's appointments, which can be a tricky proposition. Katie also established a Child Life Services program at a Newborn Intensive Care Unit with an astounding 80 beds to help these critically ill newborns. The...

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50:44

Tony Suttles and James Cumby will talk about the Dirt...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/12

When Tony Suttles heard about 9 year old Haley Chandler being diagnosed with a form of Pediatric Cancer in 2020, he decided that he needed to do something to help this girl and their family. His solution was to start a Dirt Track Car Race and decided to call it FIGHT FOR A KID. His first race in 2024 attracted 80 cars on a track that normally had 30 cars race each weekend. By 2025, 106 cars entered and over $12,000 was raised in honor of kids like Haley who were going through their individual...

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73:06

Liz and Adie Alonzo will talk about Adie's diagnosis...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/08

The only symptom that 14 year old Adie Alonzo was showing beginning in the spring of 2024 was an enlarged lymph node on her left side that had not impacted Adie's health in any way. It was not until 7 months later that this swollen lymph node was diagnosed as Hodgkins Lymphoma. After undergoing difficult treatment at Kaiser Hospital in Fontana California, Adie achieved remission on May 29th of 2025 and is doing well as 2026 begins. Adie is now 16 years old.

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67:13

Latanya Morrison will talk about her role as...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2026/01/05

Ahmad Butler described the headache that he was dealing with as "Pain On The Brain" in February of 2015, a headache that was almost immediately checked out, and one day later Ahmad was undergoing Emergency Brain Surgery at St. Christoper's Hospital in Philadelphia. This surgery revealed that Ahmad was suffering from the Pediatric Brain Cancer Ependymoma. Ahmad lived for only 9 months after his diagnosis, passing away at 6 1/2 years old in November of 2015, and his Grandmother Latanya Morrison...

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69:56

Dr. Cristina Pozo-Kaderman will talk about her very...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2025/12/29

Dr. Cristina Pozo- Kaderman is the Director of the Young Adult Program at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and just published her book COPING WITH CANCER IN EARLY ADULTHOOD, a book that talks about the many issues that young adults, beginning at age 19 have to go through. These issues have a wide variety of problems attached to them and Cristina writes about the many solutions for which this group of cancer fighters can choose from to help them live their best lives possible.

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66:52

Brailynn Cumby and her parents Raquel and James will...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2025/12/25

When a "small pimple" that was on 11 year old Brailynn Cumby's back that seemed to be a simple cyst turned into Ewing's Sarcoma in October of 2024, her parents Raquel and James, not to mention Brailynn, were shocked. Brailynn went through her treatment which ended on September 9th of 2025 when she was able to Ring The Bell at Texas Children's Hospital and while in treatment, Brailynn managed to write a book entitled PETALS OF HOPE and also managed to design a Chemo Shirt which hopefully will ...

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55:00

Caitlin White will talk about her son Grant who was...

Help and Hope Happen Here ·

2025/12/22

Caitlin White's son Grant was 2 years old when he complained of pain from his thumb in November of 2022. This pain was not taken seriously enough by his doctors, one of whom looked at Grant while he was lying on the floor and gasping for breath in the hospital waiting room and said that his "shift was almost over" and he would order him a prescription, which had been the supposed solution heard too many time before by Caitlin. Caitlin then demanded a change in doctors, receiving a new female ...

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