"Max had two mothers. We found a sperm donor and I gave birth to him through IVF.”

“I’ve been on a mission for seventeen years. It’s my holy grail.”

“I have two birthdays.”

“Sebastian was diagnosed when he was twenty months old.”

“She came back from soccer practice one day, limping and crying.”

“The fundamental question of cancer biology has always been the same: ‘What makes a cancer cell a cancer cell?’”

“Nobody ever tells each other the truth around here.”

“Her tumor was the size of a grapefruit.”

“Twelve thousand kids per year get cancer in the United States.”

“We’re doing fine. We see a lot of psychologists in the hospital.”

“The caretakers play a crucial role, but there’s no way to predict how a parent will react to this.”

“This was the bench we sat on the night that Avi had his biopsy.”

“If there’s a chance then it’s worth a try.”

“I feel like it’s draining us. Both emotionally and physically.”

“Some of my colleagues tell me they can’t imagine working in pediatrics.”

“I got diagnosed last January. A mass behind my spine, two masses in my lungs, spots all over my lymph nodes and bone marrow.”

“I got cancer in the summer when the pools were opening.”

“Last week the Mets were down 3-0 in the seventh inning, and Céspedes tied the game with one swing. Well that doesn’t ever happen with cancer.”

“We’ve been fighting this for thirteen years.”

“The MDs build the treatment plan. The nurse’s job is to get it done.”

“Gabe was a perfectly healthy boy. He’d reached all his milestones as a child.”

“All doctors have those patients who sit on our shoulder. Their image is always with you.”