Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivor Shares Story at the Colorado Brain Tumor Walk & Run “Thomas the Tank Engine” — the TV show about a blue train with red piping — captured the heart of a young boy named Cole at an early age. When the life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine pulled up on the track at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in Colorado, 2-year-old Cole stood in […] September 26, 2022
The Mandell Family Turns Grief Into Action Following Toddler’s ATRT Diagnosis A spring break trip to Savannah, Ga., to visit family abruptly changed when 15-month-old Emily suffered a massive seizure. Emily’s parents, Brian and Katie, rushed her to the local ER, where a CT scan found a large mass in the back of her brain. An MRI confirmed the tumor the following day. “We were just […] September 6, 2022
CCAM Guest Blog: Luke’s Story ‘Your son has an egg sized tumor on his brain’. These are the words I heard on August 1, 2016, and these are the words no parent ever thinks they will hear. Seven days prior, my then 15-month old son, Luke, had woken in the morning and vomited. My husband and I thought he was […] September 3, 2018