Gina Stinnett

Gwyn was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumor stage II FH at the age of 12 months. She underwent surgery at UNC, where Dr. Weiner successfully removed the cancerous kidney and placed a single lumen Broviac. Gwyn's oncologist, Dr. Blatt, gave her a 22 week chemotherapy protocol, consisting of Vincristine and Actinomycin-D/a.k.a. Dactinomycin.

 Gwyn completed chemo on Thanksgiving 2009 and is currently 1.5 years off treatment/no evidence of disease.

Click here to read her CaringBridge journey and rantings by the likes of me.

As for me...I am a stay at home mama, working on getting my paintbrushes wet again. Time to paint my way out of the last two years of cancer and into awareness. In my previous life, I created custom works of art for a paycheck, but that got suppressed when more important "things" came about. With a little self therapy and some creative advertising, I plan on painting and selling canvases to raise research money to cure childhood cancer. I'll start by hiking in October for the CureSearch Ultimate Hike.

Christy Griffith

Hi, my name is Eve's mom.

Eve was diagnosed with bilateral Wilms tumor (kidney cancer) in October 2009, right after her second birthday. She was treated at Duke. Her hem-onc team was Drs. Dan Wechsler and Jessica Heath, rad-onc was Dr. Nicole Larrier, and surgeon was Dr. Jeff Hoehner.

Eve had vincristine, dactinomycin, and doxorubicin as well as radiation. She had her right kidney removed and part of her left.

She finished treatment in May 2010 and her current scans show no evidence of disease.

(If you want the long-winded version of her story, you can click here.)

As for me, I've become very involved in CureSearch. I chaired our first Triangle CureSearch Walk in February 2011 and have traveled to DC to meet with our Reps and Senators to ask them to fund childhood cancer research. Some of us have decided we're just crazy enough to try hiking 28.3 miles in CureSearch's Ultimate Hike. We love St. Baldrick's, too; my son and husband shaved their heads this past spring.

I am the one at dinner who will order the most unhealthy thing on the menu, but it's ok because I'm wearing a girdle.