Josh was throwing a football with his brother outside in late August, 2015. He threw the ball as hard as he could and heard a snap. We thought he had pulled a muscle and after about 3 days of wrapping and having a sling on it so he couldn’t move it, it wasn’t getting better. A friend of ours was a trainer at the local high school and told us to let the doctor on duty at the high school football game take a look at it before we spend the big money at the hospital. The doctor heard the story and...

J. Carlton was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in May at the end of his 7th grade year. He spent the following year of 8th grade in-and-out of the hospital receiving chemotherapy, fighting infections, and recovering from surgeries. The major surgery that removed the tumor involved removing the top 1/3 of his tibia leg bone as well as a total knee replacement. Following a year of physical therapy and much determination, J. Carlton was able to walk again. He is now...

J. Carlton was 13 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in May at the end of his 7th grade year. He spent the following year of 8th grade in-and-out of the hospital receiving chemotherapy, fighting infections, and recovering from surgeries. The major surgery that removed the tumor involved removing the top 1/3 of his tibia leg bone as well as a total knee replacement. Following a year of physical therapy and much determination, J. Carlton was able to walk again. He is now...

As Thanksgiving weekend 2014 wrapped up, the Shepherd family was presented with the devastating news that their son Henry’s knee pain was actually a cancer called Osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer that begins in the the cells that form your bones. After a biopsy, MRI, bone scan, CT scan, port and gastrostomy tube installation, Henry began receiving aggressive chemotherapy at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorder Center at Scottish Rite in Atlanta. In addition to 18 rounds of...