cancer

3-year-old Addie Abernathy was diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas.  She's recently had to shave her head for chemotherapy.

Recently I had the honor of visiting the famous St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.  The hospital was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962 on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life."  The hospital specializes on treating childhood cancer but also treats a number of other conditions...

Zoo Boise's 14-year-old lion Jabari unfortunately had to be euthanized today. Jabari, who had been diagnosed with cancer back in November, had originally appeared to be responding well to his chemotherapy treatment.  However, as time went on it became apparent that that was actually not the case...

Most people wake up to Santa, presents, and lots of cheer Christmas morning.  The Abernathy's woke up to that and something else that would rock their world.

A local group of do-gooders called PRAYnksters has raised more than $13,000 for Amanda Kofoed, a mother from Nampa who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in October.  PRAYnksters is a group known for helping out people in need in the community through creative means...

Nooooooooooo!  One of the lions at Zoo Boise has been diagnosed with lymphoma and is currently undergoing treatment.  Jabari is 14 years old and has been at Zoo Boise since 2008.  Veterinarians began to worry about him when they noticed he hadn't seemed like himself recently...

7 year old Rowan Homes of Nampa is battling cancer.  Rowan's just now starting to get her hair back in and watching so many people swing away on her behalf was as cool as it gets.

Over 200 women gathered in Eagle today for a little tea and bubbly to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

       

Here's your chance to win a "Dream Home" in Meridian and help the kids at St. Jude all at the same time!