On August 3rd, 2018, Mike and Lynda Hess, as well as their family - Analise, Keely and Court - were headed to Mammoth Mountain for the annual visit to the Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza. Their daughter, Keely, a competitive dancer had been having knee pain for a couple of months, chalked up to overuse, or maybe Osgood-Schlatters. Her pediatrician called Lynda at 8 am that Friday and told her that they'd like to admit Keely to take another look at her knee with a contrast MRI. And then, the world turned upside down. Keely was officially diagnosed with Osteosarcoma - a rare form of cancer, bone cancer - in her upper left tibia. 9 days after starting that road trip to Mammoth, Keely started the first of what will be 18 rounds of brutal chemotherapy. Over the past 9 months she has undergone 3 major surgeries, including multiple skin grafts and the amputation of her left leg above her knee. She spent 13 days in a coma following one of the surgeries. She has three rounds of chemo left. Soon she will be fit for a prosthetic. The treatment for osteosarcoma has not changed in over 35 years. That's not a typo. In 35 years, there has not been a single advance in the treatment for osteo due to a lack of funding. Without research, there can be no breakthroughs, and kids continue to lose life, limb or other functions because the science is just not there.