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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.

Friday, February 18, 2005

 

Totally Tubular, Not !

This was the day Ryan has been waiting for. A huge milestone has been crossed. It has been almost 9 months of two very stiff tubes hanging about 8" out of his chest and they are finally gone!! One teeny, tiny drawback is that labs will have to be drawn the old fashioned way, from his arm (ouch). He is now counting down 10 days until he can hit the jacuzzi. After Dr. Pitt removed the tubes, he gave them to Ryan to do with what he wants (frame them, burn them?). We'll wait awhile to see what he decides. Once waking up and shaking off the anesthesia, we were off to get his usual cheese burger, fries and a chocolate shake. All in all, it was a very good day. Radiation, here we come...

# posted by Ryan @ 2/18/2005 07:42:00 PM
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