Glioma

They were Katie Sparks and McKenna Wetzel, the I-Don't-Know-and-I-Don't-Care Girls. If the Eader Elementary School classmates got a question that they didn't have a passionate answer to, those were their typical replies. McKenna's mother, Kristine...

In January, my daughter Claire and I spoke at Sowers Middle School for Author's Day. Before the first speech, a woman (whose 11-year-old daughter attends Sowers) approached me in the hall with a suggestion for this column: "Why don't you write about...

Theresa W. Fossum has launched the National Veterinary Cancer Registry, NVCR, a national database for pets diagnosed with cancer. Its mission is to facilitate and promote medical treatments that lead to advances and eventual cures for cancer in pets and...

Peering intently at the tiny white smudge in their baby's brain scan, Sue and Ben Erickson could see that the image did not reveal the miracle they had prayed for. The cancer still lurked, though it had shrunk significantly after five rounds of...

Kelly Fontenot stood outside the Penguin Cafe on Wednesday morning, her arms full with two pitchers of freshly brewed coffee. She offered some to anyone waiting. Almost every table was occupied, with customers enjoying the signature banana pancakes and...

COSTA MESA — A special meaning was at the forefront of a nonleague boys' volleyball match Tuesday, between Corona del Mar High and Edison at Orange Coast College. While the Sea Kings defeated the Chargers in three straight sets, 25-17, 25-9, 25-13,...

Maci Winebarger was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma; a tumor located in the middle of the brain stem.  While most kids her age are playing outside with friends and enjoying a worry free life, this first grader is fighting for her life....

A Bellingham couple is offering an amazing gift to another family who lost their home in a fire. Dennis Lunny and Christen Roger are engaged. In the next several months they'll be combining their households and two families will merge as one. "We have a...

Sue and Ben Erickson thought they were prepared after learning that their baby could be born with physical or mental disabilities. An ultrasound during the 36th week of pregnancy revealed an excess of cerebral fluid on the unborn infant's brain, but the...

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