Childhood Cancer Statistics
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46 kids are diagnosed with cancer everyday
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7 kids die everyday from cancer
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An estimated 300,000 children will die from cancer this year
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Only 4 drugs have been approved since 1980 for childhood cancer
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Only 4% of funding has been dedicated to childhood cancer1
According to the American Cancer Society, "because of major treatment advances in recent decades, 84% of children with cancer now survive 5 years or more. Overall, this is a huge increase since the mid-1970s, when the 5-year survival rate was about 58%."2 Thankfully, I was not only one of the first cases in Texas but one of the 58% that survived nationwide.
Fast forward 47 years, and I've written two books: (1) a children's book that helps kids with cancer and, (2) a book written exclusively for parents with children who have cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, and it would be my distinct privilege to help you on your journey of healing.
My Mission
To provide books and confessionals that teach kids how to use their mountain-moving faith while giving parents a dose of hope.
About Me
As a stage III Retinablastoma child cancer survivor, I know the importance of faith when it comes to seemingly incurable diseases. My cancer was discovered in the latter part of the third stage, and had it not been for the mustard seed faith of my paternal grandmother, I would not have sight in my left eye, a prosthesis in my right, and the life I so enjoy today. But all things considered, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if my grandmother, and other relatives, had books like these. If they had a book that walked them right into the arms of Jehovah Rapha (the God who heals), like the ones I’ve written. I can’t help but wonder if I would have lost my right eye to cancer.
Unfortunately, we’ll never know but you can be assured that whatever sickness or disease your child (or loved one) is facing, that if you’ll read our materials and add them to your mustard seed faith, you’ll see God honor the little faith you have, and you too will see small, incremental changes in your child’s health. I lost my right eye to cancer, but it was out of that loss that I am now able to prayerfully help your precious little darling live the life God predestined him or her to live.
Books & Confessionals
God, Please Heal My Baby! Waiting Room Reading for Parents Needing Impossible Faith is an injection of encouragement for parents of sick children. It provides biblical and real-world examples of God's healing power and how He heals kids.
God, Please Heal My Baby! Waiting Room Confessions for Parents Needing Impossible Faith are bite sized doses of faith.
Cross Eyed is the story of a 6-year-old’s battle with stage IV retinoblastoma. This children’s book empowers young readers, diagnosed with cancer and other rare diseases, to use their childlike faith to fight and beat the disease, deal with bullies, and see themselves as healed, healthy adults. Get your eCopy.
Cross Eyed is the story of a 6-year-old’s battle with stage IV retinoblastoma. This children’s book empowers young readers, diagnosed with cancer and other rare diseases, to use their childlike faith to fight and beat the disease, deal with bullies, and see themselves as healed, healthy adults.
Down's Syndrome Statistics
According to the Centers for Disease Control "Down Syndrome remains the most common chromosomal condition diagnosed in the United States. Each year, about 6,000 babies born in the United States have Down syndrome. This means that Down syndrome occurs in about 1 in every 700 babies."
Because Down's is often considered incurable, God put it on my heart to write, Down But Not Out: A Message of Hope for Parents Raising Down's Syndrome Rock Stars which walks parents through the scriptures in search of children, who recovered from intellectual disabilities. It reaches parents how to use their mustard seed so that they can see small, incremental changes in their child’s growth and intellectual ability.
There's also a companion Recovery Journal for Parents Raising Rock Star Kids which is a thankfulness journal that allows parents to record their child’s small victories so that they can be reminded of and celebrate the tiny breakthroughs when faced with difficulty.
And because Down's babies are important to God, there's also a children's book entitled, Why Did God Give Me Down’s? which answers the tough questions children may ask about Down’s and helps them understand that God didn’t give them Down’s and that an incremental recovery is possible when they use their childlike faith.
"In 2021, the CDC reported that approximately 1 in 44 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to 2018 data. Boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls."
And of course, in true Godlike fashion, He began to show me verses that spoke specifically about Autism. Fearfully, Wonderfully but not Autistically Made walks readers through those scriptures, helps them establish their faith and provides the needed encouragement to raise autistic rock stars.