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…
From May through July, McDonald’s restaurants in western Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and northern Iowa, raised more than $355,000 via Round-Up for RMHC to support children and families receiving services from four regional Ronald McDonald House Charities Chapters. Courtesy Corporation –…
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…
Over the past three years, 3,000 families were turned away from the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester, MN because of capacity constraints. “Families travel great distances to our House and often have exhausted every medical resource available near their homes.…
(As told by her mom) Melissa Webb and her twin sister, Kaitlyn, were born in Stillwater, MN. Melissa developed a lump on her neck around age six and had two surgeries performed before coming to Mayo for a second opinion.…