After losing her son to cancer, a mom in Sheridan is set on spreading awareness about childhood cancer.
SHERIDAN — The Gellert family is a sports family. Each of the four kids are heavily involved in sports – baseball and softball being their main focus. They give it their all, including when the oldest, Logan, was diagnosed with cancer.
“He went on hospice care the weekend after Christmas, and on January 8 of ’22, he passed,” Gellert said. This year, more than 10,000 kids in the U.S. under 15 will be diagnosed with cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The organization adds pediatric cancer rates are rising.“If we stop talking about it and pretend it doesn’t exist, then nothing changes,” Gellert said.
In a series of videos, “Ready Set Listen” focuses on topics including diagnosis, treatment and research. Every Friday this Pediatric Cancer Awareness month, a video will drop. There will also be a series on mental health.Four other families are involved in the project. Three, including the Gellert family and the family of Tyler Trent, lost a child to cancer. Another is currently going through it, while the last is in remission.
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