Help and Hope Happen Here
Mark Levine
Episodes
April Standring lost her 13 day old son to a heart defect in the fall of 2016, and then 4 months later her daughter Mazy was diagnosed with a high risk form of Leukemia which very fortunately she has recovered from.May 09, 2024
Chelsea Craigs will talk about the Non-Profit that she co-founded along with her friend Mandi Noland entitled the Copper Rain Foundation, which helps families in Arizona who have children that have been diagnosed with any form of Pediatric Cancer. May 05, 2024
Katie Histing will talk about her Ewings Sarcoma battle which has been going on for 5 1/2 years, and her love for helping others. I will mention to please listen to my outro at the end of the podcast as I will update her health situation. May 02, 2024
N'Jhari Jackson will talk about his life with an autoimmune disease that has led to Pediatric Cancer scares, his life of giving back, and his close association with Dick Vitale on today's podcastApril 28, 2024
Maurice Ahern will talk about his son Micah who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma when he was a year old in 2010, and battled with this form of Pediatric Cancer for 6 years before his passing on July 28th of 2016April 21, 2024
Holly Reames and Eric Meyer will talk about the Chemotherapy drug Cisplatin which is a very effective treatment against Pediatric Cancer but often causes hearing loss for its patients.April 14, 2024
Mariah Forster Olson and Mary Beth Collins will talk about the critical subject of SURVIVORSHIP on today's podcast and will discuss the toolkit for survivors of Pediatric Cancer and their families to help them get through a very difficult experience.April 07, 2024
Tabitha Odom will talk about her daughter Sailor who was diagnosed with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in November of 2022 and is now about halfway through her final maintenance treatment protocol which is expected to be completed in January of 2025.March 31, 2024
Vickie Stevens and Don McCarthy will talk about their son Rio and his current battle with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma which he was diagnosed with in August of 2023 March 27, 2024
Abby Wagle met Ella Bresee when she was 12 years old in 2019. They quickly became best friends and then in 2021, Ella was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma. Abby will talk about losing Ella to this disease in 2022 and how she has honored her friend since.March 21, 2024
Kelly Stevens will talk about her son Charlie and his fight against Acute Myeloid Leukemia, which led to his very unfortunate passing on January 27th of 2021, just 2 days after his 3rd birthday.March 17, 2024
Brian Burkhardt will talk about his son Oliver who was diagnosed during Covid with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and the Non-Profit called the Oliver Patch Project that he started by accident and is in all 50 states.March 13, 2024
Emily Gordon and her daughter Vara James will talk about Vara's battle with Wilms Tumor which is a kidney cancer, her recovery, and the Rock Cancer program that they helped start . March 10, 2024
Kim Denice will talk about being a Pediatric Cancer survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma which was diagnosed when she was a high school senior in 2013, and her current work at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society March 07, 2024
Christen Gray will talk about her son Finn who was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma when he was 5 years old in 2018 and passed away on January 21st of 2020. Christen will also discuss her Finn's Fighter's Non- ProfitMarch 03, 2024
Bryan and Shauna Smith will talk about their son Oliver who passed away from Ewings Sarcoma one day after his 12th birthday in 2019, and the Ollie Bots Project that was started in his honor.February 28, 2024
Shauna Falvey will talk about her 6 year old daughter Mia who was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in the summer of 2022 and has been dealing with one obstacle after another during her 20 month treatment protocol.February 25, 2024
Eliy Simmer was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma on May 12th of 2021 and will talk about her journey which began when she was a 14 year old High School freshman. Eliy is now a High School Senior and her future looks to be unlimited.February 22, 2024
Donna DeSousa Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maggie who was diagnosed with Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors when she was 16 years old in 2016 and passed away on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday.February 18, 2024
Parker Watson is a 10 year old survivor of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and will talk along with Noah Janfaza about Team Impact and Parker's association with the Harvard Men's Hockey Team because of that organizationFebruary 14, 2024
Michelle Watson will talk about Team Impact who connects Kids who have serious illnesses or disabilities with College Sports teams, as they did with her son Parker who is a Pediatric Cancer survivor.February 11, 2024
Amanda Cruz will talk about her son Zioniah, who passed away on September 19th of 2023 after a tortuous battle with Lymphoma in which nothing went right for him during his treatmentFebruary 07, 2024
Dominique Epthorp's son Ashton was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after his original diagnosis of A Typical Pneumonia in 2022 and is now 8 months into his Maintenance program.February 05, 2024
Nora Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maddie who went to her eye doctor for a regular appointment which went well, but the very next day she developed an issue with her right eye which led to her passing from DIPG on December 31st of 2022January 31, 2024
Amber Friesen will talk about her daughter Taylor and her fight with Aveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma which was diagnosed just before the Pandemic began in 2020 and very sadly ended with her passing in December of 2021January 28, 2024