Stories
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Luke’s Story: Surviving Osteosarcoma
When you are 16, 14 and 11 years old, the last thing you want to hear is that you can’t have friends over. Luke’s brothers and sister are used to that now, however, because when Luke’s blood count is down, the family closes around him. “We have always had an open house,” said Luke’s mom, Jamie. “His osteosarcoma has changed the dynamics of our home and our family. Little things just don’t matter all that much now.” Read More...
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Joseph’s Story: Surviving Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
To his family, 9-year-old Joseph is a treasure, with a great love for friends, his big sisters, and a budding acting career. Today you would never know he had gone through not one, but two, dangerous—yet lifesaving—bone marrow transplants to cure a rare genetic disease, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). When Joseph was 2 ½ years old, his parents Brian and Mary noticed that Joseph tended to bruise easily. Read More...