- 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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Monday, March 07, 2005
Soccer, school, swimteam, hockey, sleep-overs, radiation. Busy, busy (yeah!)
We passed Day +50 on Friday unceremoniously. It was not a big deal to Ryan. He spent the night at Matt's and that was celebration enough for us all. It was weird for him not to be here with us, but he had a ball. The boys went to the Gladiator's hockey game on Saturday night. They both got to wear their team autographed jerseys that their Nanny got them at Christmas. Ryan is not the fan that Will is. All he wanted to do was eat junk. We started our third week of radiation this morning. He asked if we could take the short-cut. Wouldn't that be great? We are all signed up for Camp Sunshine's Family Camp in April. We are looking forward to that and to meeting other families whose children we have been praying for and who have been praying for Ryan. Please pray for our friends who are still at transplant. One of the biggest struggles is to take care of your sick child in the hospital while not making your other children feel abandoned. It is a daily effort we make to keep a sense of normalcy in Heidi and Will's lives. We have to thank Les's mom, Thelma, for flying down from Canada and spending 3 months with us, enabling Heidi and Will to stay at home and never really miss a beat. That was totally awesome!! Thanks also goes to Nanny and Granddaddy for filling in on all our last minute schedule changes, picking up here, taking there, dropping off, etc., etc. We are so lucky to have so much help. We received confirmation on Ryan's wish trip. We will be cruising with Mickey and Donald in early June. I can honestly say I could walk out the door and go tomorrow without a second thought. We are THAT ready for a break! Thank you for your prayers. Ryan is feeling great and that makes us all feel good. Love, Les, Missy, Heidi, Will, and SuperRyan
# posted by Ryan @ 3/07/2005 03:48:00 PM
