Brailynn Cumby and her parents Raquel and James will talk about Brailynn's shocking diagnosis of Ewings Sarcoma in October of 2024 when she was 11 years old and her interest in helping others, even during her treatment

When a "small pimple" that was on 11 year old Brailynn Cumby's back that seemed to be a simple cyst turned into Ewing's Sarcoma in October of 2024, her parents Raquel and James, not to mention Brailynn, were shocked. Brailynn went through her treatment which ended on September 9th of 2025 when she was able to Ring The Bell at Texas Children's Hospital and while in treatment, Brailynn managed to write a book entitled PETALS OF HOPE and also managed to design a Chemo Shirt which hopefully will be put to good use by other pediatric cancer patients. 

Caitlin White's son Grant was 2 years old when he complained of pain from his thumb in November of 2022. This pain was not taken seriously enough by his doctors, one of whom looked at Grant while he was lying on the floor and gasping for breath in the hospital waiting room and said that his "shift was almost over" and he would order him a prescription, which had been the supposed solution heard too many time before by Caitlin. Caitlin then demanded a change in doctors, receiving a new female doctor, and this led to Grant finally being diagnosed properly for Leukemia, and began his treatment almost immediately.

Chad Gordon radiated positivity when talking about his daughter Adley's successful battle with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia which began just before her 2nd birthday in  February of 2022, and ended 800 days later when she was able to Ring the Bell at Penn State's Hersey Children's Hospital. Chad talks about what Adley went through, and also how the THON event which is a very well known Dance Marathon at Penn State, and the Four Diamonds Childhood Cancer Organization did so much to help Adley and the Gordon Family.

I am always amazed and humbled when any parent can come on to my podcast to talk about the passing of their child from any form of pediatric cancer. This feeling was no more striking than in my conversation with Tim Finkel, who spoke so eloquently about losing his and Angela's youngest son Ryder just 54 days ago to  DIPG at the age of 9. This Pediatric Brain cancer still does not have any type of good news as far as a survival rate is concerned, which is the same story that DIPG parents and families have been hearing for over 60 years. 

Even though it made perfect sense that 2 year old Waylynn McCullough was experiencing the same cold like symptoms that her dad Kevin and her mom Logan had already been through, Waylynn was not as fortunate to say the least, as what she was experiencing was her lead up to her High Risk B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia diagnosis which was given to her in January of 2024. Waylynn is now 4 1/2 years old and has been through a very difficult initial treatment plan which was followed by a very difficult Delayed Intensification Treatment plan. Waylynn is now feeling well and thankfully is leading the life for the most part as a very healthy 4 1/2 year old girl. 

Grace Eline was taught values by her mom Aubrey and her father Dan at a very early age, that giving to others was far more important than wanting for yourself. Well before she was diagnosed with the Germ Cell Cancer Germinoma which took place when Grace was 9 years old, Grace had decided that rather than accepting birthday gifts, she wanted people to donate to the cause of Pediatric Cancer.  Now 16 years and completely healthy, Grace started the WITH GRACE INITIATIVE as a non-profit to help other Pediatric Cancer Warriors and their families as they go through their cancer battles. This outstanding young woman attended the State of the Union when she was 10 years old as a Pediatric Cancer Representative,  and has continued her work to help others, practicing the lessons that she was taught by her parents over 10 years ago. 

Nya Chambless is now 16 years old, has been an actor since she was 4 years old, and is the now the Award Winning 16 year old Director of the Short Film MY GUARDIAN ANGEL. Nya and her father Jerry, who is the film's producer, will talk about this film which details the true story of the friendship between Nya and Teeja Johnson, who met in pre kindergarten, became best friends , and then Teeja passed away from Neuroblastoma just 5 months later. This film was introduced to Film Festivals across the country and beyond in April of 2025, has won multiple awards, and features topics such as Inclusion, Acceptance, Love, Friendship , the scrooge of Bullying, and awareness of Pediatric Cancer. If you would like to see information on this film click on this link. http://www.griefdialogues.com/my-guardian-angel/

When Abby Fish, who was still under the age of 2 in the summer of 2025 was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer Choroid Plexus Carcinoma, her mom Amelia and her dad Joel were told how rare and difficult this cancer was. When they then found out that Abby also had the genetic condition Li Fraumeni to go along with her Brain cancer, they were told that the chances of her surviving until she was at least 5 years old were less than 12 percent. After hearing that, they found the Burzynski Clinic in Houston Texas, and that Dr. Burzynski had treated a young woman named Kaityln who is now 25 years old, and had suffered from both the same cancer and same genetic condition that Abby has. Abby is now following the same treatment path that Kaitlyn did.

Karla Gess's daughter Kadence had been limping on her right leg for several weeks, and each time Karla or Kadence's father Jarret would take her to the emergency room, her limping would be dismissed and the only thing that she was told was to take Motrin. Finally a Pediatric Nurse saw Kadence, thought her color seemed off and ordered labs, which led to her diagnosis of Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. Kadence is now 5 years old and has been battling this form of Pediatric Cancer for 17 months with at least one year of treatment on the horizon.

After noticing that their 20 month old son Jacob was wobbling while walking and had fallen to the ground in February of 2024 , Jocelyn Espinoza and Samuel Steward, took their son first to a doctor in Tijuana Mexico, and shortly thereafter to Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego where he was diagnosed with the Pediatric Brain Cancer ATRT. It has been over a year and a half since Jacob's diagnosis, and he is currently doing very well and living the life of a very active 3 1/2 year old boy.