2011 Iroquois Steeplechase Child Ambassador: Parker Logan
Parker Logan is the 2011 Iroquois Steeplechase child ambassador for the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. In December of 2007, Parker came home from a routine day at school and pointed out an unusually large lump on his neck to his mother. After several doctor’s visits, tests and biopsies, Parker’s family received a diagnosis less than a week before Christmas. The diagnosis: Stage II Burkitt’s Lymphoma. At the time, Parker was 9 years old and in the 5th grade. Because Parker’s cancer was considered particularly aggressive, a team of doctors from the