by Kristin Stegmueller | Feb 12, 2025 | Mary's Corner
As a popular song says- let’s start at the very beginning. The start of grief- diagnosis day. That fateful day we had naively started by worrying that Mary might need surgery to correct an eye cross (how would we afford that?) and ended with us being told our...
by Lynette Apodaca | Sep 26, 2023 | Lynette's Blog
Introduction Receiving a diagnosis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) for your child is an unimaginable and heart-wrenching experience. As a parent, you’re confronted with a daunting journey filled with uncertainty, fear, and overwhelming anxiety....
by Marc Jr Foundation | Oct 30, 2019 | Faces of DIPG
Four days away from her fifth birthday, Braylynn Lawhon was diagnosed with DIPG. Since then, her mother, Allyn Parker began documenting Braylynn’s journey and her battle with DIPG and shared it on social media to spread awareness. It is surprising but true that...
by Marc Jr Foundation | Jul 29, 2019 | About DIPG
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world,” said Louis Pasteur whose discoveries has saved the lives of many people. Today, even though we are moving forward technologically at the speed of light, we...
by Marc Jr Foundation | Jul 1, 2019 | About DIPG
A shocking fact – for about two decades now no new drugs have been licensed to treat brain cancer in adults and children! But this new drug could change things and become the first drug designed to target DIPG. The scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research...
