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03.29.17
Chrissie Betlach Vinje recalls the unconditional love and support that she and her husband, Tom, received, after his diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme, the worst kind of brain cancer. In “Wha...
03.29.17
Diagnosed before his sixth birthday, in 2012, with a rare brain tumor (growing mature teratoma), Gavin Pierson told his parents, “I’m going to make it, you just have to believe.” Over the course...
02.17.17
Michael Bischoff started having headaches at the end of August 2015, right when summer turned into autumn. As the weather cooled, the headaches grew more intense and were joined by spells of nausea. P...
02.09.17
My 16-year-old daughter is a brain cancer survivor. She is 10 years out from active treatment, which included surgery, as well as radiation and chemo so brutal I wanted to die just watching her go thr...
08.17.16
As I was about to watch my five-year-old undergo chemotherapy, I had a vivid dream that calmed the fear of the unknown. In my dream, Gavin’s neurosurgeon stoically walked out of surgery, telling us ...
03.24.15
Living with a life-threatening disease is not what you might think. It is worse, in some ways – but surprisingly better in others. I always imagined being very old before experiencing this myself. N...
03.16.15
You may not know me, but I have felt your kindness and generosity during my family’s darkest time. My name is Nicole Pierson and I’m a mother of three, a wife, a teacher and a CaringBridge...
12.22.14
As the mom of a child who has been fighting a brain tumor for two and a half years, the holidays haven’t always been easy for Nicole Pierson, her husband and her three young children. Below she has ...
02.05.13
Is “normal” just a setting on the washing machine? Is it possible to treat a child who has undergone cancer treatment as a normal kid? My immediate reaction is absolutely not! Even after completin...
