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
Joe McDonough lost his son Andrew to Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2007 at the age of 14. Joe will talk about the B Positive Foundation that he started in honor and memory of Andrew, which has helped thousands of Pediatric Cancer patients.
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Mark Levine
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Season 1
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Episode 58
Just 2 days after playing 4 soccer games on a Saturday afternoon in January of 2007 and leading his travel team to a Pennsylvania State Championship, 14 year old Andrew McDonough had a septic shock, was in cardiac arrest, and was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Never being able to even leave the hospital, Andrew passed away just 167 days after his diagnosis.
Andrew's father Joe will talk about how life changed so quickly for Andrew and the McDonough family, and how the B Positive Foundation that Joe founded has kept Andrew's memory alive and done so much to help the cause of Pediatric Cancer.