Lisa Ward will talk about her amazing son Jace, who was diagnosed with DIPG when he was 20 years old, and spent the next 25 months trying to advocate for the younger kids who were dealt the same hand that Jace had fought to overcome. episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 17, 2022 · 1H 5M

Lisa Ward will talk about her amazing son Jace, who was diagnosed with DIPG when he was 20 years old, and spent the next 25 months trying to advocate for the younger kids who were dealt the same hand that Jace had fought to overcome.

from Help and Hope Happen Here · host Mark Levine

While a 20 year old student at the University of Kansas in 2019 Jace Ward was diagnosed with DIPG, a Pediatric Brain Cancer that normally strikes kids who are much younger than Jace was. On today's podcast his mother Lisa will detail his life, in which Jace spent the close to 26 months after his diagnosis advocating with the clearest and strongest voice possible, that the kids who were to come after him and suffered a similar fate needed to be given the hope that there would be a better outcome than the one that he and too many other DIPG patients have paid the ultimate price for.With everything that Jace accomplished during his more than 2 year battle, he leaves a lasting legacy and is one of the Iconic Warriors in this Pediatric Brain Cancer fight. 

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While a 20 year old student at the University of Kansas in 2019 Jace Ward was diagnosed with DIPG, a Pediatric Brain Cancer that normally strikes kids who are much younger than Jace was. On today's podcast his mother Lisa will detail his life, in which Jace spent the close to 26 months after his diagnosis advocating with the clearest and strongest voice possible, that the kids who were to come after him and suffered a similar fate needed to be given the hope that there would be a better outco...

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Lisa Ward will talk about her amazing son Jace, who was diagnosed with DIPG when he was 20 years old, and spent the next 25 months trying to advocate for the younger kids who were dealt the same hand that Jace had fought to overcome.

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