2010 Patients of the Month

Read the stories of our 2010 Patients of the Month.
 
12/01/2010
Patient of the Month - December 2010

Belle was found to suffer from choroid plexus carcinoma, a rare brain tumor, in September 2009.

 
 
11/01/2010
Patient of the Month - November 2010

In June 2009, Clinton began having headaches and nausea, but it wasn't until November that doctors discovered the shocking cause of his illness. Little Clinton suffered from medulloblastoma, the most common type of brain tumor in children.

 
 
09/30/2010
Patient of the Month - October 2010

In late 2008, Darcy fell and hit her head at school. She started suffering from terrible headaches and began vomiting within moments of opening her eyes each morning. Soon after, Darcy's parents were devastated when tests revealed she suffered from a deadly brain tumor known as ATRT.

 
 
09/01/2010
Patient of the Month - September 2010

Nathan was found to suffer from bilateral retinoblastoma in May 2009.

 
 
08/01/2010
Patient of the Month - August 2010

In spring 2009, Coco was found to have medulloblastoma, a brain tumor.

 
 
06/30/2010
Patient of the Month - July 2010

Josiah was diagnosed with a glioma astrocytoma, a dangerous brain tumor, in May 2009.

 
 
06/01/2010
Patient of the Month - June 2010

Anna was found to have t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in early 2009.

 
 
05/01/2010
Patient of the Month - May 2010

Aubrey was found to suffer from acute lymphoblastic leukemia in early 2009.

 
 
04/01/2010
Patient of the Month - April 2010

In the summer of 2007, when Will was 7 months old, he was found to suffer from an optic pathway glioma, a type of brain tumor.

 
 
03/01/2010
Patient of the Month - March 2010

Emma was found to suffer from neuroblastoma in June 2008.

 
 
02/01/2010
Patient of the Month - February 2010

Ryan was found to suffer from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, in February 2009.

 
 
12/01/2009
Patient of the Month - January 2010

A tumor was found in Rayna’s brain that turned out to be a rare and dangerous cancer known as primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET).