I was a real sun-worshipper growing up, so I spent a lot of time at the beach. Galveston Island is only an hour away from my hometown of Houston. And I was in a surfing club as a teenager that went all up and down the Texas coast. Back then, sunscreen wasn’t really a thing. So, I got a lot of bad sunburns.
That didn’t become an issue until my early 40s. I developed a little itchy spot on the crown of my head. The dermatologist...
My dear husband, Craig, fought courageously, but lost his battle with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2016. It’s hard to believe it’s already...
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When Charlie was eight weeks old, I noticed his legs had become limp. We took him to the ER and discovered he had a large tumor compressing his spinal cord causing lower body paralysis.
Charlie had emergency surgery two days later to remove the tumor, with hopes of saving his leg function. A biopsy revealed the diagnosis: primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy (PMMTI). This is an incredibly rare sarcoma that affects infants...
Last updated Jan. 22, 2020
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