Six-year-old Camden’s favorite superhero is Captain America – an identity he has embodied on his nine-month medical journey. The local high school’s nickname is the Titans. When they heard about the challenge Camden was facing…they weren’t going to let him…
Help families like Addi’s! Neuroblastoma is an extremely rare form of cancer – fewer than 1,000 cases per year in the United States – and typically diagnosed in children under five. When Addi was diagnosed as a 14-year-old…doctors said it…
Being a teenager is hard. It’s even harder when you start having back, hip, and knee pain, and no one knows why. And it’s harder still when you are diagnosed with a tumor and bone cancer, resulting in chemotherapy…and leg…
When five-year-old Gunner had an issue with his bladder, his parents did not think much of it. When it happened again, they thought it was strange. But when it happened a third time…they knew something was wrong. The issue set…
Wolves are pack animals—family-oriented and protective. When Jaymeson was diagnosed with a brain tumor…he embraced it as his spirit animal. Because it was important for him to know that he is not fighting alone. “It’s fitting,” said Adrian, Jaymeson’s dad.…
Andrés was adopted from Bogotá, Colombia, when he was 21 months old, but that was the least astonishing part of his journey. Katie and James expected a six-week trip to the South American country, but weeks turned into months, as…
Every year on rare disease day, every front porch in a small Minnesota town is illuminated by purple lights…and every light is for Everleigh. Everleigh, or Evie, was born early by caesarean section—36 weeks and six days. As far as…
Waylon was born 10 weeks early at 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 12 inches long. He had already persevered; now he needed to grow. When Kari and Josh learned she was pregnant with their third child, they approached it differently;…
Parents rarely feel prepared for twins. They feel even less prepared when the twins are born four months early. Ashley and DJ were ecstatic when they found out she was pregnant. They were even more ecstatic when they found out…
As Laura glanced at her phone, it started ringing… It was their doctor’s personal cell phone. “We just accepted a heart for Bianca.” The call ended a three-year journey for Bianca…and started the rest of her life. Life was relatively…