Help and Hope Happen Here
This Podcast is going to be about Pediatric Cancer and the need to keep the awareness of this terrible disease in the public eye. My plan is to be able to interview a wide spectrum of people who all have a passion and a stake in finding a way to make the lives of these Pediatric Cancer Patients easier. I will interview oncologists, nurses, recovered patients, parents who have had to oversee their children's cancer fight, heads of Pediatric Cancer Foundations and Organizations , and others who would like to use this forum to advocate for these children.
Help and Hope Happen Here
Donna DeSousa Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maggie who was diagnosed with Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors when she was 16 years old in 2016 and passed away on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday.
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Mark Levine
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Season 4
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Episode 336
Maggie Schmidt was a 16 year old seemingly healthy teenager when she competed in a Tough Mudder race in the summer of 2016. 18 days after that, Maggie started experiencing symptoms that would lead to a diagnosis of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors in October of that year. As she tried to overcome whatever setbacks came her way, Maggie had one bad break after another and passed away from this form of Pediatric Cancer on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday. Her mom Donna will talk about her beloved daughter and will also discuss Maggies Mission, a Non-Profit that her family started just 4 months after her passing and means so much to Donna.