Cedar Connell and his mom Kiki will talk about Cedar's diagnosis of B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 15 years old in 2022 and will be completing his treatment this summer. episode artwork

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Cedar Connell and his mom Kiki will talk about Cedar's diagnosis of B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 15 years old in 2022 and will be completing his treatment this summer.

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Cedar Connell was 15 years old when he found himself on his way to Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago to begin his treatment for B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2022. Cedar and his mom Kiki will talk about the difficult treatment that he went through, including his move from Chicago to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston in 2023. Cedar is now getting ready to do his part for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as TEAM CONNELLSLLS will be getting ready for a 31 day challenge beginning on July 1st and ending on August 1st to exercise 3 miles each day for that time period, in the hope that they raise 35,000.

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Cedar Connell and his mom Kiki will talk about Cedar's diagnosis of B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when he was 15 years old in 2022 and will be completing his treatment this summer.

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