- Name: Ryan
- Location: Athens, Ga, United States
Our son Ryan was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma in 2004. In 2007, my wife Missy was diagnosed with stage 2 triple negative breast cancer. On July 8th, 2009, Missy lost her battle to this horrible disease. 2 days later, on July 10th, Ryan also lost his. Together forever, they both watch over our family now from the heavens above.
Below is our families journey through Ryan's treatments, along with the joy and laughter we tried to instill into our daily lives. Those days helped us all cope with the pain and suffering that comes with cancer and it's deadly treatments. Both Missy and Ryan endured high doses of chemo, radiation and surgeries. Over 150 nights spent in the hospital and many, many more days. More transfusions than I could count. Yet both Missy and Ryan took on each day with a positive attitude and warm smile for all their friends. We miss them terribly. They will always be a shining light in our lives.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Dog-gone!
You would have thought we had enough stress in our lives, why get a dog? Well, he's gone. The only good thing he did was sleep on Ryan's bed, and Clifford (you know, the big red dog?) was already good at that. After gearing up for him and watching him tear up the house, it was time for him to go. He couldn't stand being alone while I take Ryan for his radiation. Ryan is perfectly ok with it. He started radiation on Monday and he thought "it was fun". He gets shot with the laser beam for about 20 secs front and back and we're done. This will be his routine for about 3 1/2 weeks. We stopped by Camp Sunshine today and signed up for Family Camp. He is so excited about that. He will get to go spend the night at Matt's house on Friday and stay with him on Saturday while we take Will to Dalton for his Odyssey of the Mind competition. It will be a long day and several hours in the car. Matt's house will definitely be more fun. He has been looking forward to that for a long time, but we have waited for him to get his tubes out. Will had his basketball party on Sunday. His team contributed $100 to Coaching for the Cure. We are going to try and get his coach's picture with his t-shirt in the paper to spread the word about this great way to make a donation. I will get Les to put a link to Coaching for the Cure. That is all the news for now. Thank you for your continued prayers. Please keep up the great work and remember all our little friends, too. Love, Les, Missy, Heidi, Will and Super Ryan
# posted by Ryan @ 2/22/2005 10:24:00 PM
