Danny Hauser is a 13 year old young man who lives with his family on a dairy farm in Minnesota. He is one of eight children. In late 2008, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. In January he underwent a round of chemotherapy. The Hauser family, like a majority of Americans, have a philosophical alignment with natural approaches to healing. With Danny so unhappy with the treatment, they decided to explore other options more in line with their own belief system. When their oncologist learned they were not moving forward with the next round of chemotherapy, he felt this was medical neglect and sought a court injunction, claiming that there is a 90 percent cure rate in Hodgkin lymphoma with chemotherapy.  The judge in the case threatened to take Danny out of the home, put him in foster care and let the state government make the medical decisions for Danny in conjunction with the doctor rather than his parents. 

     The question for every parent in the United States is "How would you feel to have your child taken from you to become a ward of the state and to have all medical decisions taken out of your hands?" The Hauser's were horrified to learn that this is possible in America. Colleen and Anthony Hauser are kind, intelligent, hard working parents whose only desire in this whole process is to have their son have the chance to fully recover and have a life free of cancer. They are open to using chemotherapy, but want to learn about all of the options available for Danny. Afterall, chemotherapy is not without risks. 

     In Germany, Mexico and other places in the world, other therapies are widely available. These therapies include treatments known as alternative therapies in the United States and cutting edge therapies like immune therapies. They have since learned that there are complementary therapies that may help Danny stay strong during any conventional chemotherapy or radiation treatments and that a low dose of chemotherapy may be sufficient and do less harm. None of these other approaches were presented to the Hauser's by the treating oncologist. 

     In mid-May, faced with the loss of custody of her son, and with Danny threatening to run away if she agreed to the Court's decision to force chemotherapy, Colleen, upon the advice of their attorney, Calvin P. Johnson, left the home with Danny without providing contact information. There was discussion that she would take Danny to a well known doctor in Mexico who is having very good success with state of the art cancer treatments. The local Sheriff issued a warrant for her arrest and made it a federal warrant. The FBI and Interpol became involved. News stations around the country began running the story. No attempt to leave the United States was made. Seven days later, Colleen and Danny returned to their home and the arrest warrant was dismissed. 

     While Danny was out of town, the treating oncologist gave a media interview in which he stated that he used complementary therapies all the time. This offers a glimmer of hope for the family that the communication can be restored and that a full dialogue on a best approach to care with the least risks associated can be accomplished. 

     The Hauser Family are providing this website so that individuals who desire to be informed may be kept up to date. They ask that their privacy be respected and that all communication be sent via email.

The Hauser family, Anthony, Colleen, and Danny, would like to thank everyone that has helped with information, advice and resources. 

Mrs. Colleen Hauser, "We have learned that we are not alone in this quest to retain our parental rights and to insure that Danny has the opportunity to be cured from cancer and return to complete wellness and vitality."