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Guest Blog: Training for a Marathon Brought Me Back After My Son’s Brain Tumor Diagnosis Earlier this year, I joined a team of 50 Gray Nation Endurance®️ athletes training to run in the 2022 NYC Marathon to raise critical funds for the National Brain Tumor Society. Training for the marathon was just what I needed to survive as a caregiver. It’s surreal to look back at the past year and […] November 18, 2022

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

How to Talk to Kids About Their Brain Tumor Diagnosis “Your child has a brain tumor.” It’s a phrase no parent wants to hear, yet more than 5,200 families will receive the news in 2023 alone.  This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, NBTS is sharing stories from families in the brain tumor community. NBTS asked four families, “When faced with a brain tumor diagnosis, how did […] September 16, 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