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Help Hope Live for Josephine Rogers

Josephine Rogers is one tough kid! In April, 2024 Josie was a healthy, spunky 9-year-old who was busy playing soccer, loving school, and running around the neighborhood with her buddies. In May she fell off her scooter and complained of arm pain, which was diagnosed as a benign fracture. We later sadly discovered that osteosarcoma was aggressively growing in her humerus and had almost completely taken over the bone. After starting IV chemo she had a massive surgery to remove the cancer plus its surrounding joints that salvaged only a few muscles in her right arm. She now spends 2+ hours each day doing intensive occupational therapy with specialized therapists to regain use of her arm. These therapies are hardly covered by insurance, and our family is taking a strong financial hit to continue this journey. The good news is that Josie is recovering beautifully and may actually be REGROWING some of her arm muscles due to her tireless work in therapy! Although she missed the 4th grade, she rejoined her class in the 5th grade and is doing a phenomenal job catching up with her studies.

Family and friends of Josephine have graciously donated to the nonprofit Help Hope Live to fund uninsured medical expenses associated with her catastrophic illness of cancer. Help Hope Live assures fiscal accountability of funds raised and tax deductibility for contributors. Contributors can be sure donations will be used to pay or reimburse medical and related expenses. To make a tax-deductible donation to this fundraising campaign, click on the Give button.

Updates (2)

January 26, 2026

Josie is back in school! She completed her IV chemo and rang the bell on 4/15/2025. We continued an experimental oral chemo but had to end early due to side effects. Josie was able to start school in 8/2025, and by October she was a lot closer to being her old self again. We are putting all of our resources into rehab-ing her internal prosthetic arm. There is so much work to be done to regrow muscles, gain range of motion and create neural pathways in her brain/body so that she uses her new arm. She is a champ!

September 14, 2024

Josie had her surgery on 9/12/24! She is recovering well, and we are so thankful for Dr Accardo and his team! Now we prepare for 4 more cycles of chemo to start in October, then ongoing chemo through August, 2025. We’re at the half-way point in this marathon!

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Guestbook

April 4, 2025

We’re all rooting for you, Josie!

Rakhee Kalelkar

March 21, 2025

I love you to the moon and back

Donna Carstarphen

March 20, 2025

We love you, Josie!

Meria and David Carstarphen Heleniak