One True Scrapper - Kaden Peebles

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Résumé :
Phenomenal resilience in the face of near insurmountable odds. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are facing unexpected challenges in your own life. Inspiring! - Jay Wellons, MD, All That Moves Us: a pediatric neurosurgeon, his young patients, and their stories of grace and resilience (The New Yorker and Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022) Through Kaden's eyes, we see the world of childhood cancer patients. With grit, faith, and compassion . . . she is one true hero for the oncology community. - Naina S. Mahngar, MD, Medical Hematology/Oncology As a cheerleader beginning her junior year of high school in a small Arkansas town-home of The Nashville Scrappers-Kaden Peebles nursed an annoying pain in her hip with ibuprofen. What was first explained away and treated as a sports injury continued to escalate until a scan revealed the worst-case-scenario: a malignant tumor and a diagnosis of Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer. Plunged into the world of hospitals, port placement, chemo, needles, blood counts, and the delicate balance of killing cancer while not dying, Kaden shifted into her new identity as a 17-year-old with cancer. To survive physically and emotionally through three cancer diagnoses, Kaden would draw on every lesson she learned as a member of her highly-charged and deeply-loyal school community. Nearly 7 years of fighting cancer, 35 rounds of chemo, 40 radiation sessions, 2 bone marrow transplants, and more than 180 blood transfusions later-and having witnessed the deaths of numerous children fighting cancer alongside her-Kaden reflects on how her relentless charge to survive cancer with her family, healthcare team, and community by her side has shaped her young life, guided by the belief that what might take her body could never defeat her spirit.

Biographie:
Kaden Peebles is a Juris Doctor candidate at Oklahoma City University School of Law where she is a Hatton Sumners Scholar. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, she was selected as the History Department 2021-2022 Student of the Year. An avid volunteer, Kaden loves serving the hospital closest to her heart and prominently featured in One True Scrapper, Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. Since 2015, she has served as an ACH Patient Ambassador, representing teen and young adult patients of Arkansas. Since 2016, she has been a member of ACH of Friends, planning events and raising funds for the hospital, and has served on the ACH Youth Advisory Council, leading the implementation of patient Wi-Fi and handicap-accessible doors (driven by related scenes in One True Scrapper). Kaden was chosen as the 2018 Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation Rookie of the Year. Since 2016, she has represented the Make-a-Wish Foundation as a Make-a-Wish Ambassador.Kaden has received numerous awards for her volunteerism and community activism, including being selected as the 2018-1019 Nashville Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Community Hero and receiving the 2015 True Scrapper Award. Kaden has also represented foster children in Faulkner County, Arkansas, as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) since 2021.Kaden is Co-Founder and President of The Unseen Faithful, a nonprofit for pediatric oncology patient siblings launched in 2021, whose mission is to recognize and spark joy for siblings through monthly Happy Mail. To learn more about how you can get involved or to nominate a sibling, visit theunseenfaithful.com.Join in Kaden's Insta inspo @thedailykaden_ and @kadennn55

Sommaire:
Phenomenal resilience in the face of near insurmountable odds. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are facing unexpected challenges in your own life. Inspiring! - Jay Wellons, MD, All That Moves Us: a pediatric neurosurgeon, his young patients, and their stories of grace and resilience (The New Yorker and Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022) Through Kaden's eyes, we see the world of childhood cancer patients. With grit, faith, and compassion . . . she is one true hero for the oncology community. - Naina S. Mahngar, MD, Medical Hematology/Oncology As a cheerleader beginning her junior year of high school in a small Arkansas town-home of The Nashville Scrappers-Kaden Peebles nursed an annoying pain in her hip with ibuprofen. What was first explained away and treated as a sports injury continued to escalate until a scan revealed the worst-case-scenario: a malignant tumor and a diagnosis of Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare and aggressive bone cancer. Plunged into the world of hospitals, port placement, chemo, needles, blood counts, and the delicate balance of killing cancer while not dying, Kaden shifted into her new identity as a 17-year-old with cancer. To survive physically and emotionally through three cancer diagnoses, Kaden would draw on every lesson she learned as a member of her highly-charged and deeply-loyal school community. Nearly 7 years of fighting cancer, 35 rounds of chemo, 40 radiation sessions, 2 bone marrow transplants, and more than 180 blood transfusions later-and having witnessed the deaths of numerous children fighting cancer alongside her-Kaden reflects on how her relentless charge to survive cancer with her family, healthcare team, and community by her side has shaped her young life, guided by the belief that what might take her body could never defeat her spirit....