by Kristin Stegmueller | May 29, 2025 | Mary's Corner
May- to most people it means end of school year celebrations, Mother’s Day, kicking off summer, celebrations. To a mom who whose child has passed it also means reminders of loss, marking of time since you held your child and a reminder of what your child may never get...
by Kristin Stegmueller | May 1, 2025 | Mary's Corner
May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time to share and promote awareness to those who aren’t walking this world daily. As a fighting or bereaved family sometimes it can be hard to navigate what to share and what not to share to help with awareness. We wanted...
by Kristin Stegmueller | Apr 21, 2025 | Mary's Corner
Holidays are hard especially after a loved one receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, and especially when it is your child. You spend the lead up to the holidays in the mindset of – will they make it to the holiday? Then you spend the holiday and time after...
by Kristin Stegmueller | Apr 10, 2025 | Mary's Corner
This may be the first visual sign that your child is battling something medical. It is completely normal to be sad and scared. I wish I could tell you this would be the only visual sign but very likely won’t be. Each port access brought its own heartbreak as Mary was...
by Kristin Stegmueller | Mar 31, 2025 | Mary's Corner
This week I am going to dive into the pros and cons (from a caregiver’s perspective only) of choosing to have a Port placed into your DIPG/DMG child. Please always consult doctors and take their best medical advice but my hope is this will help you to be prepared and...
by Kristin Stegmueller | Mar 19, 2025 | Mary's Corner
This week I am going to dive into the pros and cons (from a caregivers perspective only) of choosing to have a PICC line placed into your DIPG/DMG child. Please always consult doctors and take their best medical advice but my hope is this will help you to be prepared...
