Please read... my family needs your prayers.

[IUgrad02]

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[Sexy Strawberry]

I am so sorry, life is so unfair! Poor little boy... I just don't know what to say. I'm very sorry for his parents, they're in a very hard situation.
I hope everything will be fine. Remember nowadays there are big chances of getting healed so hopefully he will be healthy soon :itsok:

[Csara]

I'm so sorry - that is such a terrible thing to be faced with. :( I truely can't imagine and my heart goes out to your family.

[heather6773]

Aw Megan I'm so sorry about your nephew. You bet he will be our thoughts and prayers.:itsok: :hug: :hug: lots of hugs going your way:hug::hug:

[yonksgirl]

AAAAWWWW Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.
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[rdy2rac with]

They can do amazing things with the brain now-a-days. My mother-in-law was diagnosed with a quick growing brain tumor in 99, it was starting to intertwine with the base of her spinal cord when they caught it. It was kind of a blessing in disguese (sp?) I guess because it was having his mom in the hospital ready to have brain surgery that prompted Rob to ask me to marry him. We were out shopping when he did & were heading back to the hospital afterwards. He told me that he thought this would give his mom some extra incentive to fight. She had the surgery rather quickly & thankfully had no side affects other than having her hair shaved for the surgery and they did some chemo to make sure be sure they got rid of everything. going on 7 years (and 5 grandkids) later & she is still just as healthy as ever & loving life.

Prayers are with you but I am also glad she found a doctor that would listen, that is a big step in the right direction.

[kristen nov02]

Megan,

I am so sorry that your family is going through this, I would imagine that this would be very hard on everyone. I will keep your nephew in my prayers. Just wanted to let you know that I have 2 friends that had brain tumors, one when she was just 16 and the other when he was like 24. Both of them got through surgery just fine and are doing really great today. Seems to have actually been a blessing for the both of them. So keep you chin up and stay positive, and try and be strong for your family. :hug:

[HeavenLeigh]

I will keep your family in my prayers. Medicine is an amazing thing.

This should make you feel better. Tommy had 2 very rare brain tumors removed when he was a child. One when he was 5 and the other when he was 8. The last one was almost 20 years ago. He has suffered some long term affects that are minimal like headaches, nerve damage *not severe*, and when he gets tired or stressed his eyes jiggle back and forth. Medicine has come a long way since then.

A girl that I work with has a cousin that was 10 when he had one removed a couple years ago. They didn't expect him to live. Within 2 days after surgery he was walking the halls. He made a full recovery.

Keep thinking positive and no matter how dim the prognosis may be never let on to the little boy that anything at all is wrong. The mind is the most powerful tool in any recovery. His questioned should be answered honestly but in a very positive way. Keep telling him and yourself that everything will be just fine.

God bless. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[meliz]

Gosh, that's awful! I hope he gets some goods news today re: treatability and that they can move quickly on this thing. Your sis must be just devestated. A mom's worse nightmare, I am sure.

[mistressmambo]

Will keep you all in my thoughts!!!!!! Sorry you and your family are going thru all this. Just terrible!!

(HUGS)

Irma

[Tigerlily]

I'll keep your family in my prayers! I hope that they caught the tumor early enough so that removal will be successful and that there will be no more need for medical treatment. You never know, it may be as simple as that. Does your nephew see a speech therapist? If not, would he benefit from seeing one? Erin has and will be seeing one for a while, and they are wonderful.

[Sydneyp]

Right now we are in wait mode b/c we found out that he can't get in to the doc THIS week, but he has to wait until NEXT thurs!! ARGH!! We really want to treat this quickly, so we're soo anxious. But, this is the place his regular doc referred them to, so they have to wait on this. The good news of that is: The specialist they are waiting to see (next Thurs) is supposed to be THE best. He studied in London and has superior ratings, etc. He looked at Cameron's chart and said it didn't seem to be urgent. That is good -- he looks at them every day, so he knows what he is doing. We trust him. I just hope he is that optimistic Thurs when cameron goes in, and I hope he's right!! I"m still praying constantly.This sounds like very good news. The tumor is bad news, but it's seems to be the best bad news you could get. Hang in there, spirits up and all that.
As for the speech problem - I saw a therapist until 6th grade - and while I can't claim to have a normal brain, I will say that I've never been proven to have a tumor. General advice is this - kids will make fun of people who take their comments to heart. If he didn't have a speech problem, they'd torture him over something else. Seriously, the best way to stop the peer torture is to help him boost his internal feelings of worth. Some of the most popular kids I knew had obvious 'defects' which would have made them outcasts if they weren't so confident.

[Margarita]

Megan, :hug:. Wow, what shocking, sad news. It does sound like he will end up okay from what the doc said so far. And it certainly sounds like he is in the best of hands. :crossed: Stay positive. Cameron has many people pulling for him.

[monkeygirl38]

OH MEGAN !!! I am so sorry -- I just found this post! I saw in your TTC journal where you posted about family probs but I wasn't sure what was going on and hated to ask!

I can't imagine what your sister is going through! I will definately keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. Are they near a Children's Hospital? We took Brett to Children's Hospital in Birmingham last week and it is an amazing facility. Very top noch and everyone was SUPER kind. I think if anything like that happened to Brett, I would headed there as fast as I could!

:hug: to all of you!

[shan]

:hug: Megan I am so sorry about this! It seems to always happen to the best of people. I kept hearing things in your TTC journal, and didn't realize you had started this thread. I really hope everything turns out ok for your nephew! Your family is in my prayers, and I am crossing my fingers for you guys.

[mistressmambo]

sending positive vibes for your nephew!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[IUgrad02]

UPDATE: Just wanted to tell you all that Cameron went to the doc last Thursday, and Heather called and said she is feeling optimisitc after this visit. They said they aren't even POSITIVE it's a tumor, but they wrote it down as a benign tumor for lack of a better term. They think if it is a tumor, they can remove it b/c it's in a good spot, and the doc said "We don't think it's life or death." That's good, but he said that w/ cameron in the room, and that scared cameron. They were going to tell him that day, but the doc kind of blurted that out and scared him before heather could explain . She said in the car he said, "Did he say LIFE or DEATH?" And that's all the commented on. She explained that the doc just wanted them to understand that this is something that they can deal with, and he is going to be ok. His life can remain as normal. She hopes that is totally true. I hope so too.

He goes back to get another MRI in a week, and he is then going to see a PED specialist. That's good. I'll keep updating. Please keep praying. It is helping!!! :heart:

THANK YOU GIRLS! It means so much to know you are thinking of him.

[meliz]

Good news! My gosh... I hope this is over and behind them soon.

[monkeygirl38]

Thanks for the update! I am so sorry the dr. scared Cameron, but I am glad the dr. is so optimistic about it!

Please continue to keep us updated!

[mistressmambo]

Poor thing to have to hear that from the Doc....

Will continue to think about your sister, nephew and family!!

[Margarita]

Sheesh, what's with medical people dropping stuff on you like that? Same thing happened to my aunt Monday. I'll post in that thread.

It sounds like he's going to be okay. That's great!!! :thumb2:

[heather6773]

Megan, How is your nephew? Just wondering........

[tommysgirl18]

Megan~

I will definitely keep your family in my thoughts and prayers.

[IUgrad02]

Thanks guys. He has been back to the specialist to have another MRI, but no word yet on that one. He just went this week. I will let you know.

[shan]

I hope that you guys get good news soon! I am so sorry the doc had to say that in front of him, he really should have waited and talked to her alone. You guys are in my prayers and thoughts.

[sherry]

Am thinking and praying for your nephew and the family...:)