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Follow Maxson’s journey to beat medulloblastoma and a radiation-induced spinal cord injury 💙🙏💛

02/15/2026

Today is International Childhood Cancer Day. If you haven’t been touched by this devastating disease, consider yourself lucky.

Our boy is 21 months cancer-free. He’ll reach milestone year two in May, and we couldn’t be more grateful. But the things it has relentlessly stripped from our lives - from Maxson’s life - are utterly horrible.

Just because the disease is gone, doesn’t mean the fear is gone, or the unspeakable side effects, or the day-to-day reality that our lives are forever changed.

We have to do more to save the lives of our children. Just because it’s uncomfortable, please don’t stop talking about it. Awareness leads to funding. Funding leads to research. Research leads to better treatments, and that leads to more lives saved.

We will never stop fighting. 💙🙏💛

02/11/2026

This.

02/09/2026

This brave kiddo tried something new yesterday. 💛🎿❤️‍🩹

If you know Max, you probably know his favorite sport outside of baseball is skiing. Three months before his diagnosis, he was skiing black diamonds in Steamboat, Colorado. He’s been on skis since he was five, skiing locally with Beau, friends, and his youth group whenever he could and conquering mountains out west annually.

On Saturday, he tried sit-skiing for the first time at Perfect North Slopes. His favorite physical therapist from Cincinnati Children's was there to help which was a huge gift (and a good motivator…he’s always worked his hardest for her.) He had been hesitant to try it. He loved being on the mountain so much as a skier and he was just afraid it would be too different. We didn’t push, acknowledged the fears and left it to him.

Well, he loved it. “It was a little hard…but only because it was new…I just have to learn it.” 💛❤️‍🩹💛 Beau was with him the entire time and said the smiles were big! Max says he’s ready to try the “real mountains” again soon.

Watch out world…this boy is unstoppable. 💙🙏💛

02/05/2026

🖤💛

02/04/2026

We will never stop fighting for our warrior. 💙🙏💛

02/02/2026

Over the weekend, this courageous young man shared his story at the Black & Yellow Ball, an annual fundraiser for The Molly Johnson Foundation. He absolutely crushed it!

We are so proud of our boy…overcoming obstacles, facing everything thrown at him with amazing resilience, AND devoting time to make a difference for other kids who need a little extra help. Always in awe of him! 💙🙏💛

01/27/2026

From Max to everyone 😊⚾️

01/23/2026

Update: it was a loooong day and not the easiest, but infusion is finally done. Labwork looked okay. His kidney function continues to be negatively impacted. 😣 We are all ready to head home. At least we’ll beat snowmageddon.

Mr. M was fighting a stomach bug early in the week so Cincy appointments were moved to today. First stick for labs did NOT go well, so now we wait for the VAT team. Hopefully good results and then everything will be a go for his infusion. Prayers and positivity up for this warrior! 💙🙏💛

01/19/2026

Great weekend of wheelchair basketball for this kiddo. His team placed 2nd in our home tournament—King of the Bluegrass. He had lots of friends and family come out to show support and we are so grateful!

Today, resting up before a long day in Cincinnati tomorrow for bloodwork and an infusion. Prayers and positive vibes appreciated for our warrior. 💙🙏💛

01/08/2026

“Overall this is a very good scan.” - Dr. Natasha Pillay-Smiley

Best. Quote. Ever. 🙏😮‍💨

01/07/2026

Send up all the prayers, positive vibes and good juju for this kiddo. Very busy two days ahead (and he’d much rather be at home attending school and ball practice!)

Quarterly MRI this afternoon and a full day of specialist appointments and neuropsych testing tomorrow. The testing will help us gauge how his learning behaviors, processing and other vital skills may have been impacted by brain surgery and treatments. Praying for clean and stable scans and limited impacts. Thanks to all of you who continually pray for our sweet boy. 💙🙏💛

01/04/2026

If someone had told me a year ago Maxson would be playing wheelchair basketball, and that baseball (along with many other things) was behind him, I would've cried...crumbled.

In Jan. 2025, we were in the middle of intense recovery and therapy efforts. We had no idea a major spinal surgery was in our very near future, and as it turns out, a surgery that would completely change the trajectory of Max's life (yet again.)

I can't imagine how it would have felt to see into the future. And to know then what I know now. But here we are. And it's absolutely held one of the most joyful experiences of the last two years. Is there still mourning? 100% yes. Tears and hard days? Also yes. But in wheelchair basketball, Max has found a new sport and new friends that I truly believe have helped save his life. A community that has also been life-giving for me and for Beau.

We spent the weekend in Atlanta and these kiddos played their hearts out. Louisville Lightning is a fast-growing, sorely-needed adapted sports program that is gaining recognition as a model of what’s possible, and in the process, it’s also changing lives, ours being just three of them. 💙🙏💛

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