The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation appreciates the support shown by Skate Frederick and Ian Hahn’s hockey friends for pediatric brain tumor research and other projects. Ian Hahn lost his battle in August 2001. On Saturday, October 7, 2000, Skate Frederick Ice Sports held an excellent fund-raiser filled with special activities: a Family Skate and Skating …
Books often indicate that siblings of cancer patients frequently feel neglected. This however, was not the case with me. I have never once resented the cancer or my brother. Instead, I feel that I have learned from it. When my brother was diagnosed, with a brain tumor in 1991, I started checking out all the …
It was hard to believe that a baby could be diagnosed with such a serious condition as a brain tumor. Russ was a happy infant who developed normally but by age one he was very thin for his age and had some slight jiggling in one eye. After two days of tests, a CAT scan …
I turned 18 this summer but there was a time when my parents questioned if I would ever reach adulthood. When I reflect on my experience as a brain tumor survivor, there’s no escaping the difficult years of chemotherapy treatments, surgeries, and time spent at Children’s National Medical Center. However, through those difficult times, I’ve …
Courage, determination and compassion are words that come to mind when thinking about twins Larry and Judith Theriault of Peabody, Massachusetts. Now thirteen years old, Larry and Judith are living with neurofibromatosis (NF 1). They were diagnosed at 6 months of age and first manifested optic nerve gliomas at age 2 and 3 respectively. Larry …
I was a senior in high school and had not been feeling “well” all year. However, my complaints were relatively non-specific which made it difficult for my doctors to pinpoint the “real” problem. Anything can cause chronic fatigue and headaches they told me and, as for the intermittent numb, tingling on my left side … …
November 20 – 22, 2015 For the second year, HC Elite of Howard County held a Fall Ball Basketball Tournament in memory of Ricky Knight who passed away in 2008 at the age of 12. Ricky Knight was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme brain tumor at the age of 11 in 2007. He fought courageously …
Hello Everyone, My name is Jason Shook and I am glad to say that I have been in remission for twenty two years. I am grateful to have the opportunity to share some of my life’s experiences with you all today. In January of 1991 at age eleven I was diagnosed with medulloblastoma by the …
In his 7 1/2 years on this earth, Jared Forman lived his life to the fullest. When he was around, you couldn’t help but smile, especially after noticing his gorgeous blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes. His personality was that of no other. He was very boisterous, witty, and one of kind. Jared would tell …
