Little Charlie beats the odds, eight Christmases and counting

As difficult as it was to receive a cancer diagnosis, I always said to myself, “Thank God it was me and not my daughter.” So I can only imagine the turmoil Deirdre Carey experienced when she was told her beloved six-month-old Charlie had an extremely rare form of brain and spinal cancer. Worse yet, Charlie was given a [...]

Childhood survivor: “Death was not an option”

Paul Falk: He’s all grown up now!

Yesterday was chemo day, and I had the pleasure sitting next to Heather, whom I mentioned before. Heather is  a two-time survivor  – bone cancer at age 13 and now Stage IV breast cancer. She recently raised more than $30,000 from a spinning event she co-hosted and another $30,000  for Susan G. Komen’s Race for the [...]