360 episodes
Help and Hope Happen Here Mark Levine
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- Health & Fitness
This Podcast is going to be about Pediatric Cancer and the need to keep the awareness of this terrible disease in the public eye. My plan is to be able to interview a wide spectrum of people who all have a passion and a stake in finding a way to make the lives of these Pediatric Cancer Patients easier. I will interview oncologists, nurses, recovered patients, parents who have had to oversee their children's cancer fight, heads of Pediatric Cancer Foundations and Organizations , and others who would like to use this forum to advocate for these children.
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Courtney Marzilli's daughter Chloe was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma just before her 7th birthday in January of 2021. Chloe successfully completed her treatment in the fall of 2022 and now as a 10 year old, she is doing well and is leading a normal li
Just by chance on a Saturday evening in 2021, Courtney Marzilli noticed a lump on her then 6 year old daughter Chloe's thigh. This lump turned out to be a tumor and Chloe was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma just before she turned 7 years old. Chloe went through a 42 week Chemotherapy treatment protocol at the Jimmy Fund Clinic in Boston and completed her treatment in the fall of 2022. Now 10 years old, Chloe is doing well physically and thankfully is leading as good of a life as posssible.
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Estella Patrick was born with Spina Bifida but after surgery to correct this Spinal Cord Disease, and 2 further surgeries she is now a 20 year old artist and illustrator, whose work has appeared in 3 books concerning Pediatric Cancer.
Pain and suffering were a major part of Estella Patrick's life ever since she was born with Spina Bifida in 2004. Fortunately Estella had surgery to correct this Spinal Cord disease when she was 3 months old and now is an extremely talented and successful artist and illustrator. Her illustrations have appeared in 3 books which have been published by authors who are well known members of the Pediatric Cancer community.
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Melissa Rodger will talk about her daughter Chloe who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia just 2 hours after going to a hospital emergency room in Melbourne, Australia in July of 2022. Chloe is now doing as well as possible healthwise.
Melissa Rodger's then 9 year old daughter Chloe had a lingering cold in July of 2022 and was told by a doctor that her cold was just a product of "back to back" viruses. Not too long after that Chloe was dehydrated and this time she was sent to a hospital emergency room where she was quickly diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Chloe had to undergo 2 Bone Marrow transplants with first, Melissa, and then her father Luke being her donors. Today Chloe is back in school, doing very well, ...
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Anna Terrell will talk about her son Anthony who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in March of 2023 and has been doing so well in his treatment that his doctors have given him a 96 percent chance of survival.
The discomfort that 5 year old Anthony Terrell was suffering from in late 2022 was originally thought to be simple growing pains, but by March of 2023 he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma which was quickly changed to a diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Anthony is now roughly 40 percent into his Continuation Therapy protocol and he is doing so well that his doctors have put his survival rate chances at 96 percent.
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Dr. Susannah Koontz will talk about her work as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at MD Anderson and then will discuss her own Consulting company in which she deals with different interest groups to help Pediatric Cancer patients.
In 2008, Dr. Susannah Koontz left her role as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at MD Anderson and started her own Oncology Consulting business called Koontz Oncology Consulting, which she has been at since 2008. Dr. Koontz will first discuss some of the improvements and standards that she initiated at MD Anderson which still are in place today, and then talk about her consulting company and the different interest groups that she deals with and the different facets of Pediatric Oncology that are...
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Sarah Hansen will talk about her daughter Savannah who was born on July 6th of 2023 with bruises all over her body. Savannah was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and was able to Ring The Bell at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles on January 29th
The joy of the birth of Savannah Hansen on July 6th of 2023 was muted as there were bruises all over her tiny body as she was born. These bruises signified Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Savannah's mom Sarah will talk about her ordeal which ended up with Savannah being transferred from her local hospital in Las Vegas to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles where she completed her treatment on January 29th of 2024. Savannah is doing as well as possible health wise.