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 like to use this forum to advocate for these children.
Help and Hope Happen Here
On today's podcast Laura Davis will talk about her now 17 year old son Cole who was diagnosed with T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in January of 2020, and the Pediatric Cancer drug shortage that could have cost Cole his life.
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Mark Levine
After experiencing headaches, tiredness, and swollen lymph nodes, Laura Davis took her 14 year old son Cole to the doctor in January of 2020 where the thought was that he might have had Mononucleosis. Instead, after a test showed that Cole's white blood cell count was over 300,000, his diagnosis came back as T Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Laura will talk about the 2 and a half year treatment that Cole endured, including a critical shortage of the drug Erwinaze that Cole needed which finally was found and provided by Angels For Change Director Laura Bray.
Cole is now a high school senior at the age of 17, he has been cancer free for 9 1/2 months, and is working hard to get ready for the upcoming high school football season.