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10 year old cancer fighter, Kaleb Leigh, co-writes country song, "Things I've Learned,” with Nashville  duo, Hadley Park.  *update: Kaleb's little brother has been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma. Noah and Kaleb are featured in this video. Read about it here: www.gofundme.com/noahleigh

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Kaleb Leigh was diagnosed with Leukemia at the age of six. After two long years of treatment, he beat it. Or so they thought.

On September 8, 2014, just a little over a year after he was declared cancer-free, the Leigh family found out that Kaleb's cancer had returned. When Kaleb Leigh learned of his Leukemia relapse, he vowed to someday make a difference by raising both awareness for childhood cancer and money to support research to end children’s cancer. He was nine years old.

One evening, Kaleb sat in his hospital bed, and told his mom about lessons learned after fighting and beating cancer, and about relapse. He then decided to put his heart on his sleeve, and blog about it on his Caring Bridge site. His mom typed as he spoke his truth. When Kaleb's aunt, Morgan Leigh Garner of Hadley Park, read his blog to duo-partner, Courtney Dashe, they were moved and decided to turn his thoughts, words and feelings in to music. What began as the wise words of a nine year old boy, turned in to a heartwarming song.


You can read Kaleb's original blog:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kalebleigh/journal/view/id/5465536f8b5cd36e68138285

Download his song, "Things I've Learned" on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/things-ive-learned-single/id999539892

"Things I've Learned"
Written by: Courtney Dashe / Morgan Leigh Garner / Kaleb Leigh
Directed by: Mason Carlton & Taylor Leigh
©2015 Hadley Park

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About Childhood Cancer:

Worldwide, a child is diagnosed every 3 minutes. (Source: St. Baldrick’s Foundation)

In the U.S. 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year. (Source: CureSearch)

In the last 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only three new pediatric cancer drugs—that were initially studied in children. (American Association for Cancer Research)

Incidence of invasive pediatric cancers is up 29% in the past 20 years. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

Childhood cancer survivors are at significant risk for secondary cancers later in life. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

Cancer treatments can affect a child’s growth, fertility, and endocrine system. Child survivors may be permanently immunologically suppressed. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

Radiation to a child’s brain can significantly damage cognitive function, or if radiation is given at a very young age, limiting the ability to read, do basic math, tell time or even talk. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

Physical and neurocognitive disabilities resulting from treatment may prevent childhood cancer survivors from fully participating in school, social activities and eventually work, which can cause depression and feelings of isolation. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

It’s estimated 1 in 500 young adults is a childhood cancer survivor. Nearly 2/3 of the survivors later experience significant and chronic medical problems or develop secondary cancers as adults that result from the treatment of their original cancer. (Source: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital)

The average age of death for a child with cancer is 8, causing a childhood cancer victim to lose 69 years of expected life years; a significant loss of productivity to society. (Source: Kids V. Cancer)