When my first child was born I was 30 years and 9 months of age. If my son can somehow managed to live the impossibly long time of THIRTY YEARS – after being diagnosed with cancer – he would be 30 years and 7 months of age. Survival stats for cancer are based on 5 years worth of survival. Can …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/17/12
This week we’re introducing you to two strong families – both grieving the loss of their sons, and working through their sadness to create hope for those who are in similar situations. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Teddy Berger-Greer At three and a half years old, surrounded by family and love, Teddy Berger-Greer passed away on …
Your money at work
As you can read in yesterday’s post we sent $20,000 of your money to help fund some extraordinarily exciting research. The goal is to get that work further down the line so that it can one day be in need of funding to get it into the clinic. What I wanted to do today is provide you with an …
Brooke Hester
Brooke Elizabeth is 5 ½ years innocent. Her first strange sign of what would later be diagnosed as full blown aggressive stage IV neuroblastoma cancer came September 21, 2010 with a phone call from Brooke’s daddy while her mother was away at a state science education conference. Our perfectly happy, healthy toddler had a sudden painless limp which rapidly progressed …
A cancer vaccine derived from your own NB cells
Before the NMTRC moved it’s headquarters to Grand Rapids Michigan it started out in Burlington Vermont. While Dr. Sholler had her lab based in UVM she started many long lasting collaborations with clinicians and researchers across the country. However one of these lasting collaborations took place in Vermont and is very unique. Why? Because this extraordinary surgeon and researcher …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/10/12
The countdown to Christmas has begun! Are you ready? We know where you can get some really neat stocking stuffers. 🙂 Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Julian Ross Seven year old Julian Ross is fighting a mighty war. The brave little boy, who loves his Nintendo DS and all things military, is battling stage 4 neuroblastoma. …
Because of Ezra Holiday Inserts!
It’s that time of year! What better gift then to let friends and family know you’ve made a donation towards curing pediatric cancer in their name? Holiday inserts from Because of Ezra are great to mail out with your holiday cards, or even as stocking stuffers! They come professionally printed on 14pt matte card stock, front-side only. Cards are 3.5″ …
This Week in Neuroblastoma – 12/3/12
Did you miss us last week? No worries, we’ve rounded up some extra special articles to make up for it. Here’s this week’s links… Kids – Why We Fight Savannah Montoya At just 4 months old, Savannah has a lot to be thankful for. Her parents, Samuel Montoya and Shenandoah Stevens couldn’t ask for more this holiday season than more …
Your support
We are working in memory of the 25,000 infants, toddlers and children that have been killed by cancer in the United Sates in the past 10 years alone. We are working on behalf of the 150,000 kids that have been diagnosed with cancer in this country over that same decade. And most importantly we are working on behalf of all …
Thankful
As the retail machinery is about to put the full court press on everyone of us about all the things we simply NEED to have this holiday season we have a wonderful opportunity this week to be thankful for what we do have. And being thankful is not only important but it is healthy – healthy for the mind and …