CureSearch for Children's Cancer

From a young age, I always enjoyed working with children. Kids are full of positivity and never-ending surprises, and there’s something so gratifying about witnessing, or playing a role in, their personal growth. So, when a college friend presented me with the unique opportunity to volunteer at a pediatric oncology camp called Camp Ronald McDonald [...]

Miracles come in different shapes and sizes and they happen to all sorts of people. Most would agree a miracle is an occurrence that can’t be explained. If this is true, then I have a miracle to tell you. Miracles don’t always manifest themselves as a major cure or a financial gain. They come in [...]

In November 2015, after months of frustrating ER visits for high fevers, Addie was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare pediatric liver cancer, four days before her second birthday. At the time of her diagnosis, she had a grapefruit-sized cancerous tumor in her liver, and we were in Colorado for Thanksgiving visiting family. We lived in [...]

My story begins in June of 2008 when, at the age of 10, I was diagnosed with ALL leukemia (acute lymphoid leukemia). Being diagnosed at the age of 10 was a hard thing. I was old enough to understand I was sick, but I did not fully understand the gravity of my illness. I fully [...]

I’ve made it through another Mother’s Day. That might seem like a weird thing to say, but the truth is, Mother’s Day has been pretty awful for me since I lost Olivia. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t love her brothers, but it’s hard to be happy on this day when one [...]

To the mom who apologized to me for her son’s behavior at Target: Don’t. Don’t ever apologize to anyone about your kids, especially when your kids are happy and healthy. Especially when it’s because they are running around and enjoying life, laughing and playing together. Don’t worry about who they are bothering. Who cares? They [...]

Caroline Chang is like most moms out there: she loves spending time with her kids. But in 2014, when one of her kids was diagnosed with cancer, the course of her life completely changed. When her son Wes was only 15 months old, he was diagnosed with stage IV high risk neuroblastoma, which affects about 7 percent [...]

At CureSearch, we believe that children diagnosed with leukemia, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma and more are superheroes because they battle one of the most the evil villains known to man — cancer. To celebrate National Superhero Day on April 28th, we asked our dedicated staff members to share why they think children who battle cancer are superheroes. Here [...]

As the saying goes, “Life is a box filled with chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.” Life is unpredictable, just like pediatric cancer, the number 1 disease killer in kids. It can strike at any given time on any race, gender, socio-economic demographics, religion, and so on. At only 3 months old, [...]