Marshmallow Can Do Hard Things

Drew is a student at Parkway Northeast Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri. Drew loves catching Pokemon, playing with his best friend and little brother Tyler, or snuggling on his service dog, Snoopy.

But Drew isn’t an ordinary middle schooler - he’s a warrior in disguise! In 2019, at 6 ½ years old, Drew was diagnosed with brain cancer called Anaplastic Ependymoma. He received surgery and radiation at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and was the hospital’s youngest patient to do radiation without sedation. Since then, Drew has battled brain cancer four more times and traveled to Hermann Memorial Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee for treatment and clinical trials. Drew is supported by many family and friends who makeup “Drew’s Crew” and are always supporting him through his journey.

Over the years of treatment, Drew has had to do many hard things, and sometimes those things were scary. The hardest thing for Drew is getting an IV, so with the help of his mom, he developed a plan to make things easier. By having a plan, writing it down and bringing it to his appointments, he was able to build trust with his medical teams. Drew’s plan has evolved over the years to include support from his service dog and additional tools from his medical team.

Drew’s family has been involved with many pediatric cancer charities. While hard to pick just one, Drew has chosen to donate the proceeds from this book to The Bennett Project, a pediatric cancer not-for-profit that serves families in the St. Louis area through financial and social support.

This book is available now on Amazon!