POUNDING FOR PARKER FOUNDATION

A child’s battle with cancer doesn’t stop once the disease enters remission or is stabilized. Parker’s chemotherapy treatments may have come to an end for now, but in many ways the journey is just beginning. Allison says “I remember sitting in the Levine’s clinic room, while Dr. Jacobsen shared a list of potential side effects for the chemotherapy that Parker was about to begin. The list was overwhelming – we knew it was what Parker needed to help stabilize and stop the growth of his tumor – but I was also hesitant to sign my name on a form that listed secondary cancers, infertility, and heart problems as some of the potential side effects