Updates
Press On Welcomes a Third Family to the Team
You’ve met the Chances and the Simkins, and now Press On is proud to announce that we are adding another family to the team: The Crawfords! Bob and Melanie Crawford’s daughter Hallie was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011; the Crawfords and Simkins met while at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. You may know Bob as…
Continue Reading →Press On Tournament Weekend Sponsor
Press On Tournament Weekend is September 16 & 17, 2016! Become a Partner! To sponsor, contact Hunter Baggs: hu****@ba************.com
Continue Reading →GoPro for a Cause
Did you ever see the GoPro for a Cause video for Turner’s song “Possibilities,” recorded by Darius Rucker for St. Jude? Thanks GoPro, Darius Rucker, and St. Jude! Find the song on iTunes today!
Continue Reading →A Great Day at the Georgia Cancer Center
Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the day at the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, touring the research labs and clinical trials units, and listening to updates from Drs. Ted Johnson and David Munn regarding the Phase I relapsed brain tumor immunotherapy trial using the drug indoximod, the arms of this trial, and…
Continue Reading →Today Show Now and Then
Did you miss the Today Show special on Possibilities last December? Here’s the video, and take a look at little Brennan on the Today Show back in November 2012! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue Reading →Round 4 Continues
5/18/16: We are in the middle of Round 4 Immunotherapy/Chemo this week. The first 2 rounds were extremely rough, with flu like symptoms for 2 weeks. Round 3 and 4 are much better andBurke continues to amaze us with his strength. He is back to playing like a normal 4 year old now. We will…
Continue Reading →No Evidence of Disease!
4/15/16: Burke’s MIBG came back all clear! He is now officially NED (No Evidence of Disease)!
Continue Reading →Chemo Round 2
3/28/16: Today we checked in to Scottish Rite for Burke’s 2nd round of a newer treatment for refractory (stubborn) neuroblastoma, Immunotherapy with 2 types of chemo. Prior to this (and after the updates above) Burke had a Stem Cell Transplant during late November and early December (3.5 weeks inpatient). It was a rough couple of…
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