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children who are now in the Survivor Clinic. “The best part of my job is to see all the patients who had treatments within the last 5 or 10 years come back and tell us about these amazing things they are doing for cancer research,” Nagarajan said. “Some run marathons, some put on fundraisers and some even do research. It’s amazing to see how these people have transformed their hardships they went through and turned it into something positive.” Stefanie McKelvey is now a first-year in the Nursing Program at Xavier University. Nursing wasn’t always something she had planned on. “If you asked me four years ago I would’ve said no to nursing,” McKelvey said. “However, I’ve realized over the years how big of an impact my nurses had on me and they were my inspiration.”
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Marathon, where they put on “the piggest raffle ever,” and CFK even receives help from the Cincinnati Reds. “Kids’ cells are so much cleaner and haven’t been exposed to the ‘nasties’ of the air, so if they can find a cure for kids’ cancer they can do it for all cancers,” Eckhoff said. “That’s the main reason we want to keep the money going to childhood cancer.” Instead of sending the money to Cincinnati Children’s in an envelope marked “research,” CFK meets with oncologists periodically to learn about new research. Courtney King, an annual donor to CFK, said she donates for many reasons. A neighbor of hers passed away from cancer as a child, and a friend of hers had a daughter with cancer. Ever since then, it’s always been something
near and dear to her heart. “Donating to Cancer Free Kids isn’t like donating to a large organization where I’m not sure where exactly my money goes,” King said. “I know the money I donate goes directly to help the children and their families at Cincinnati Children’s, which is 30 minutes away from my home.” Nagarajan said there have been several improvements in cancer research in the past decade. Research has found that biologically targeted agents are being used to better the treatment for leukemia patients. The second is improving treatments for neuroblastoma, which is cancer of the eye. Research has shown that Accutane, an acne medicine, helps differentiate tumor cells to make them less malignant. Nagarajan works with inpatient children going through treatment days at a time, and in the outpatient clinic, and sees
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