Talia's Legacy Children's Cancer Foundation — pediatric cancer

100% - Is What the Survival Rate Should Be For All Kids with Cancer DAY 7: KIDS ARE NOT JUST LITTLE ADULTS If your child spikes a fever in the middle of the night, do you give him two adult ibuprofen tablets with a glass of water?  No, instead you reach for the bottle of children’s ibuprofen because you know the adult tablets could be harmful to him.  If your child is in pain because she has broken a bone playing soccer, do you relieve her distress with vicodin or oxycontin?  No, because again, you know that they could be...

30% - The Amount of GOG Federal Funding Cuts Over the Past Ten Years Day 6: 30% - amount of COG federal funding cuts over past 10 years (adjusted for inflation) "...This is a societal injustice that is not made public because children do not have a voice. They are not represented in the media, government, or corporate worlds. They cannot organize massive fundraising drives for themselves, and they are not able to gain the attention of adults who can do something about their plight. Pharmaceutical companies stay away because there is no profit in pediatric cancer research, the government...

90% – The Number of Kids with Cancer Treated at COG (Children’s Oncology Group) Hospitals   "Most kids in Alabama spend 180 days in school each year. Due to John Oliver’s cancer diagnosis, the accompanying intensive treatment plan, and his weakened immune system, he has missed his entire first-grade school year. Instead, my sweet boy has spent 180 nights in the hospital, and countless days visiting the outpatient oncology clinic for complete blood counts (CBCs), doctor exams, blood and platelet transfusions…and then there were the frantic trips to the Emergency Room to manage the frighteningly sudden onsets of fevers, pain,...

100’s – The Number of Different Types of Cancers in Children #StepUp #SoundOff It is a parent’s worst nightmare: taking your child to specialist after specialist to diagnose the strange symptoms he or she is experiencing, only to hear the doctor utter those dreaded words “your child has cancer.” As the days, weeks, and months continue on, you find yourself mired in an entirely new and unfamiliar lexicon; words you thought you knew take on an entirely different meaning even as you begin learn a whole new vocabulary. Because “childhood cancer” isn’t as simple as it sounds. In fact, there are literally...

Talia's Legacy Glam Wars III with COVERGIRL and Base Camp Talia started something she came up with called "Glam Wars" in 2012 at MAC.  Talia wanted to help other little girls fighting cancer feel beautiful with makeovers from makeup artists.  She came up with the name with "Glam" for the makeup and beauty and "Wars" for the fight against Childhood Cancer. Click here for the news release Glam Wars 3 by Talia's Legacy Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014. Special Thank you to: Tammy DeLaRosa for Editing this Video Make Artist: Sheri, Amanda, Tammy, Mattia, Desiree Base Camp: Terri & Cindy...