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August 2009 bravamagazine.com 1 © 2013 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. CH-38022-13 P a t s y a n d D a v i d Z i e l s d o r f w e r e h e a r t b r o k e n w h e n t h e y l e a r n e d t h a t t h e i r s o n A n d r e w h a d b e e n diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia — a cancer that affects the w h i t e b l o o d c e l l s , a n d i f l e f t untreated, the entire body. At the time, Andrew was only two years old. And while it's certainly hard to find a silver lining in a story such as this, in t h i s c a s e , t h e r e i s o n e . Yo u s e e , Andrew was treated by a team of pediatric oncology specialists that included doctors Paul Sondel and Margo Hoover-Regan at UW Health and the American Family Children's H o s p i t a l i n M a d i s o n , W i s c o n s i n . W h a t 's m o r e , U W H e a l t h i s o n e o f j u s t s e v e n i n s t i t u t i o n s i n N o r t h America named to a pediatric cancer r e s e a r c h " d r e a m t e a m " b y t h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n f o r C a n c e r R e s e a r c h . B u t m o s t i m p o r t a n t l y , thanks to his medical team, Andrew i s n o w c a n c e r - f r e e — a n d s k a t i n g w i t h t h e b e s t o f t h e m . Remarkable. We're treating cancer one Andrew at a time.