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Re: My worst fear
[Re: Alaskan_TA]
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12/26/12 01:53 PM
12/26/12 01:53 PM
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burdar
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Owen's Dad
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Owen was all smiles yesterday afternoon. Every morning he is noticeably better. Here's a picture timeline of his hospital stay. I'm glad we have these pictures because the last 10-12 days are a blur. Saturday morning(Dec 15)  Saturday night(Dec 15)installed drain tube in head  Second surgery...Removal of brain tumor.(Dec 18)  Third surgery(Dec 22)...Installation of shunt  Dec 23  Dec 24  Christmas afternoon  Some of Owen's stitches 
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Re: My worst fear
[Re: Road_RunnerSteve]
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12/26/12 04:08 PM
12/26/12 04:08 PM
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What a trooper! Hansome boy too. Thank god for modern medicine and surgery techniques. 20 years ago it possibly would have not been operable. Give him a great big hug from my wife and I.
Getting old just means you were smarter than some and luckier than others.
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Re: My worst fear
[Re: jagrunt551]
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12/26/12 09:05 PM
12/26/12 09:05 PM
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hotairballoonpilot
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Awesome news and pictures!! Continue to stay strong and you will pull through this with a new found respect for things we all cannot control.
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Re: My worst fear
[Re: mopar_man]
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12/26/12 09:10 PM
12/26/12 09:10 PM
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Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
CUDAJAS
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Quote:
"this time next year this experience will be a fading memory "
Your son seems to be doing great, now go and enjoy the holidays and give him a big hug from us Mopart nuts. 
Well said!
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Re: My worst fear
[Re: burdar]
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12/28/12 01:20 AM
12/28/12 01:20 AM
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hotairballoonpilot
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Darren,
You have a pm from me. Stay strong. We are all pulling for you and will continue to keep you,your wife,family and most of all Owen in our thoughts and prayers.
Corey
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Re: My worst fear
[Re: nutso suave]
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12/28/12 12:17 PM
12/28/12 12:17 PM
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Iowa
burdar
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Owen's Dad
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While we were in the hospital I had a gut feeling we weren't being told everything. Yesterday they finally told us the whole story and it isn't looking good.
Owen's cancer is highly aggressive and growing fast. His prognosis isn't good. The doctors gave us three options. The first option is to do nothing. If we went that route, Owen would be gone in six months. The second option involves extremely high doses of chemo and some type of bone marrow transplant.(I don't know how a bone marrow transplant would help since the cancer is in the spine and spinal fluid.) The third option is chemo and radiation. This is the national protocall for this type of cancer. It has the best chance for recovery however, The side effects are very bad. If it did stop the cancer and it came back, you can't do radiation again.
Young children who get radiation can have...stunted growth, decreased motor skills, low learning capacity(5th grade intelligence for life), being dependent on others for care, not being able to hold down a job and the possibility of a radiation induced tumor later on.
We don't know what path to take. None of them are good routes. If the radiation stopped the cancer but Owen ended up mentally challenged, that would kill me...he is such a smart little guy.
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