Donna DeSousa Schmidt will talk about her daughter Maggie who was diagnosed with Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors when she was 16 years old in 2016 and passed away on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday.

Help and Hope Happen Here

English - February 19, 2024 01:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MB
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Previous Episode: Parker Watson is a 10 year old survivor of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and will talk along with Noah Janfaza about Team Impact and Parker's association with the Harvard Men's Hockey Team because of that organization

Next Episode: Eliy Simmer was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma on May 12th of 2021 and will talk about her journey which began when she was a 14 year old High School freshman. Eliy is now a High School Senior and her future looks to be unlimited.

Maggie Schmidt was a 16 year old seemingly healthy teenager when she competed in a Tough Mudder race in the summer of 2016. 18 days after that, Maggie started experiencing symptoms that would lead to a diagnosis of Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors in October of that year. As she tried to overcome whatever setbacks came her way, Maggie had one bad break after another and passed away from this form of Pediatric Cancer on June 1st of 2017, just 6 weeks after her 17th birthday. Her mom Donna will talk about her beloved daughter and will also discuss Maggies Mission, a Non-Profit that her family started just 4 months after her passing and means so much to Donna.