Carrie Hummer will never forget the day that her happy, healthy eight-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, was diagnosed with cancer. “I remember just feeling like time stopped. My world stopped. It’s a day you never forget; [...].
At six feet and three inches tall, it’s easy to look up to Francisco “Cisco” Brito. The oldest brother of four siblings, Cisco has always set a great example for the little eyes in [...].
For brand-new parents, it can be hard to tell the difference between a “normal” symptom and a dangerous one. But when Laura Bendell noticed pinprick-sized spots on her baby girl’s eyes, her mother’s intuition [...].
Breaking your arm is practically a rite of passage during childhood. So, when seven-year-old Emma Lockhart ran to her parents complaining of severe pain, they assumed she’d fractured a bone and acted accordingly. After [...].
While most schoolchildren spend their free time daydreaming about recess, running between classes or chatting by their lockers, Christian Nieto has spent most of his childhood fighting to make it through another day. Christian [...].
When Gabriel Bateham became alarmingly unwell at the tender age of three, his family took him to HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers. “His pediatrician did not like how he was breathing and had [...].
Juan Carlos Frenes-Lopez is a real hero. Diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) just two weeks after his third birthday, Juan Carlos and his family have been through a tough, three-year battle with childhood [...].
On August 14, 2015, Dave Trepkowski’s world turned upside down when he heard the words no father should ever have to hear: Your daughter, Cali, has brain cancer. Six devastating words, and the fight [...].
“I never imagined our lives would change so quickly in just a few days.” One morning in April 2013, Meredith Hoiles’ 3-year-old son, Ashton, woke up crying with severe neck pain. Tylenol proved to [...].
Active high-school senior Christina Soriero kept up with the dance team, made straight As and loved to socialize with friends. But after months of a persistent cough, her world changed. First diagnosed with bronchitis [...].