Episode 32: Phillies for Hope – Championing Cancer Awareness [Video]

Nemours Children’s Health is the Official Children’s Hospital of the Philadelphia Phillies. For Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, the team graciously opened its doors to our podcast team during their Pediatric Cancer Awareness Night so we could bring you the inspiring patient story of 13-year-old Madison Handley. Diagnosed with cancer twice in her lifetime, Madison and her parents, Erin and Rob, share how cancer has affected their lives and why they feel it’s important to share their story.

In our second segment, we meet Nemours Children’s hematology/oncology nurse Dyane Bunnell, who has treated patients like Madison for 41 years. Her commitment and leadership have earned her a place on the national stage as the 2023/2024 president of the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses.

Carol Vassar, producer and host

Guests:
Madison Handley, Nemours Children’s patient, with her parents Erin and Rob Handley
Dyane Bunnell, MSN, RN-BC, CPON®, AOCNS®, Hematology/Oncology Nurse Specialist, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Meet the Handleys
01:56 Madison’s Story
05:01 The Treatment
06:45 Madison Speaks
11:27 Why Share Madison’s Story?
13:01 The Nemours Experience
14:28 Final Questions
16:59 Meet Dyane Bunnell
18:29 Working in Pediatric Oncology
19:40 Story About a Patient
20:55 New Role
21:37 Major Donation Effect
22:36 How To Be Hopeful
23:56 What Does Well Beyond Medicine Mean to You?
24:48 Outro

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