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Devon Stills announces his daughter's cancer is in remission

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buzzz worthy. . . A member of the Cincinnati Bengals'  practice squad, Devon Stills has been keeping his prayerful fans up-to-date about his 4-year-old daughter Leah's fight against stage 4 stage four Neuroblastoma, a type of cancer.  Neuroblastoma is caused by immature nerve cells around various areas of the body.  According tothe Mayo Clinic the disease most commonly affects children age 5 or younger. Stills  recently learned there is a silver lining around the dark cloud of suffering his daughter has gone through over the past year.  He took to Instagram to share the best news yet: Leah's cancer is in remission. Devon asleep in a hospital bed next to Leah. “After 296 days of day dreaming about what it would feel like to hear the doctors say my daughter is in remission, I finally know the feeling,” wrote Stills. “Funny thing is there is really no way of describing it because I never knew this feeling existed. When I look at my daughter all I can...

Chemo Duck App created for kids with cancer

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According to the American Childhood Cancder Organization 13,400 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. annually. About one in 300 boys and one in 333 girls will develop cancer before their 20 th birthday. (NASHVILLE, Tennessee) -- Gabes Chemo Duck Program is pleased to announce the release of the official Chemo Duck App, the first app ever created for kids with cancer. The Chemo Duck App, available on iTunes for use on all Apple phones and devices, is filled with enjoyable games to help children of all ages living with cancer adjust to hospital life and treatments. The free app helps to keep kids entertained, educated and at ease while waiting for clinic visits or during overnight stays. Walk into most any pediatric healthcare setting and one thing is universal --  patients are usually glued to some kind of electronic device, says Chemo Duck founder Lu Sipos. Her son, 12 year-old Gabe Sipos, is no dif...