Joe and Alana Phillips were generous to talk with us on two separate occasions, as their daughter's cancer journey took a big twist soon after recording the first podcast. In this initial conversation, Chris and Christy talk with the parents of Luke and Tillery about Tillery's initial diagnosis at 15 months old with a brain tumor. They describe the early months of her life when they noticed her missing milestones, and the fight to get her symptoms recognized by the medical community. As Tillery and Alana ended up spending several months in a hospital six hours from their home, Joe and Alana share what they learned about their marriage and each other through the challenges of childhood cancer and an extended physical separation. Both share how their faith in God and their church and cancer communities helped carry them through, and what led them to start a 5K to fund childhood cancer research, as well as a men's group for dads of childhood cancer patients.
