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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Riptide’s Benefit Concert and the Corned Beef Mafia’s Ride for Research in Honor of Kayla Wenger Jeanne Young and Eric Wenger Kayla enjoyed a normal childhood during her early years, much like her friends. She danced ballet, hula-hooped, jumped rope, played basketball, and played soccer. However, there was something different, and the difference in Kayla …
Our journey with the medical reality of a pediatric brain tumor started in Charlottesville, VA. Doctors at the University of Virginia told us that Jessica would be just fine. She had a benign tumor in her left lateral ventricle … they would “pop it out” surgically and then we could all get on with our …
The Daily Review, Morgan City, Louisiana By GEOFFREY STOUTE The family of a 4-year-old Morgan City girl who died last November from an inoperable brain tumor donated $25,000 Saturday to the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation. The family of Ali Aucoin gathered at the young girl’s Morgan City home where her parents, Jarrod Aucoin and Spring …
Ricky Knight was a healthy, athletic intelligent 11-year-old who was exceling in school and sports when he was diagnosed with what would be identified as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) in his right parietal lobe. He had several severe headaches in December and January and then a seizure on April 27, 2007 which landed him in Johns …
We began noticing tiny things at first that something was not right with our then 3-year-old daughter. Ali appeared to have trouble focusing her eyes, her balance was off, and she became clumsy. After a couple incidents of falling and hurting herself, we took her to Teche Regional Medical Center in our hometown of Morgan …
