by Kyra Colah | Jul 10, 2020 | Stories
“Though she be but little she is fierce” – Shakespeare Meet Mailynn Lamarr! Nine year old Mailynn was diagnosed with cancer a year ago. What started as a perceived ear infection, turned into a life changing circumstance. Eventually, Mailynn had to undergo...
by Kyra Colah | Aug 26, 2019 | Stories
Lee Ann Proia Towards the end of the summer, 2018, I started to feel fatigued and lost my appetite. Over the next six months I lost nearly fifty pounds. I went to my general practitioner, you know, the “good old boy”, local doctor that has taken care of me for nearly...
by Kyra Colah | Aug 2, 2019 | Stories
Emily VanKeuren Emily is a 17 year old high school junior from Comstock Park, Michigan. She tells her story in a paper submitted to her English Composition class. Emily learned she was cancer free on March 6, 2017. October 21st of every year will never be the same...
by Kyra Colah | Aug 2, 2019 | Stories
Carol McLane I am a daughter, a mother, a grandmother, and a friend. I am retired after working for the State of Michigan for 32 years. I have enjoyed retirement for several years, being active in my church and community. The last thing I planned was this walk with...
by Kyra Colah | Aug 1, 2019 | Stories
Cadia Wiseman CHILDHOOD CANCER September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. You may ask yourself, “What does that mean to me?” Well last year, I would have asked myself the same question…until my daughter, Cadia, was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic...
by Kyra Colah | Jul 31, 2019 | Stories
Angelique Slater When I was about eight or nine my Grammie was diagnosed with breast cancer. While she was being treated my Gramps came home with a medical grade fake breast that had different types of lumps in it. He was a chief x-ray tech so we got crash courses on...
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