Mecklin Ragan will talk about her younger brother James who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when he was 13 years old in 2006 and went through a 7  1/2 year  ordeal before he passed away while  a sophomore at Rice University. episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 8, 2024 · 1H 15M

Mecklin Ragan will talk about her younger brother James who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when he was 13 years old in 2006 and went through a 7 1/2 year ordeal before he passed away while a sophomore at Rice University.

from Help and Hope Happen Here · host Mark Levine

Mecklin Ragan is currently a General Surgery Resident in Fairfax , Virginia who hopes to become a Pediatric Oncology surgeon . She was also the older sister by 18 months of her brother James who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in 2006 at the age of 13. Mecklin tells the story of James who went through a 7 1/2 year protocol which unfortunately ended with his passing from Rice University during his sophomore year. Mecklin is the co-founder of the Triumph Over Kids Cancer Foundation, which is doing a great deal of work to help Pediatric Cancer patients and their families.

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Mecklin Ragan will talk about her younger brother James who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma when he was 13 years old in 2006 and went through a 7 1/2 year ordeal before he passed away while a sophomore at Rice University.

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