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DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION

Diagnosis:

Neuroblastoma

Treated at:

Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital St. Louis, MO

Current Status:

Passed away

Age at Diagnosis:

1

Mark W.

Location: Jerseyville, IL, US

Mark Thomas Wittman was a very active, healthy toddler. When very quickly his became very weak and would not eat. You can only imagine the devastation that I and my family had when we heard that this little one had cancer. Despite this diagnosis, Mark gave every ounce of courage and continued to be active even with an IV pole loaded with chemotherapy was attached to him. Mark has touched more people in the short time he was given on Earth than most of us in a lifetime.
Mark loved playing possum with his doctors and nurses when they came in to work on him. He loved Buzz Lightyear and Bob the Builder. He got mad when he could not palm three golf balls in the palm of his hand at the same time. Mark has 2 living siblings Blake now 6 and Katie now 4. We believe that Mark is spe...

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