From the Stratford stage to a hospital bed in the SickKids oncology unit: in summer 2007, 10-year-old Madison made quite the transition. As a young actress she tried to ignore her back pains and feelings of exhaustion until they became too much to bear. Doctors at SickKids confirmed she had leukemia. After countless rounds of chemotherapy over seven months, she finished her intense treatment plan this spring and once again is setting her sights on the stage, currently performing in the Sound Of Music as one of the Luisas.

Madison's wish for SickKids: a painless cure for cancer.

You can listen to Madison and John Moore on Newstalk 1010 CFRB for the last hour of radiothon.