A 15-year-old boy who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, tragically passed away earlier this year – and has left inspiration in his wake. Joshua Castle was 14 years old when he was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) and his mom, Penny Castle, said he was one of those total
The Red Cross will once again host an inaugural blood drive honoring the memory of then 5-year-old Max Gottstein. Gottstein was battling treatment-induced acute myeloid leukemia after years of fighting a rare eye cancer called retinoblastoma. Tragically, he lost his battle in August, just weeks before his sixth birthday. Gottstein’s
A 17-month-old girl with Down syndrome is heading home after a lifetime battling two types of aggressive leukemia. Grace Rosian was born two months premature in October 2016 and diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer that affects fewer than one in 10 children with Down syndrome. She was only
Seaforth pals for decades, Jamie Hart and Andrea Finlayson’s relationship spans from elementary to high school to adulthood and now their bond is tested to the highest of ridges–cancer. Finlayson, 30, is currently fighting Stage IV Hodgkins Lymphoma, an illness that’s forced the local to undergo chemotherapy, autogenic stem cell
ROCKHAMPTON man Brendan Hodda received the best present he could ever imagine on Christmas eve 2015 – bone marrow. Brendan was diagnosed with leukaemia on September 17, 2105. “He went through 70 bags of blood and platelets in 56 days,” his wife Roxanne said. On Christmas eve, Brendan received bone
A Maize teen is in remission after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia a couple years ago. Hannah Soderstrom wants to help others also suffering from leukemia, so she started a blood drive. The 15-year-old’s church paired up with the Red Cross to host the event on Saturday. Read Full