boy thru 'Doc'. You
may have read some of his responses to some of my political posts. Little
Armstrong is Doc's grandson. This is taken from Armstrong's carepage:
Just before Thanksgiving I was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
It has been diagnosed as a high-grade malignant cancer.
I'm 3 (and a
half!) and I love Diego and Thomas the Train.
I'm a really special kid and
my Mom
and Dad are doing everything they can to keep me happy. They are
working very closely with my Neurosurgeon POOCH to find the best
treatment
for my tumor.
I had one surgery the Monday before thanksgiving to remove
my entire left front temperal lobe. (Don't worry I'm ok!). They sent that
sample to pathology and everyone was surprised by the results. My cancer
does not match ANY current brain cancer classifications.
My Mom and Dad and
Doctor sent that tissue sample to the top pathologist at John Hopkins University
(Dr. Burger...haha...I guess he would go good with my current French Fry
addiction..lol). He said it is the strangest looking Cancer he's ever seen.
It
has characteristics of 4 high-grade tumors (means hard to treat). But it
will probably get a new classification of it's own.
I had my second surgery
on December 10th. I just got down to MD Anderson in Houston right before
Christmas and we thought we would
be doing my radiation and chemo here. But
at the radiation run through
they realized my whole tumor had grown back and
some new tumor on my frontal lobe. So we returned to Omaha.
On January 5th I
had my 3rd craniotomy and tumor recestion. And on Thursday January 15th I
started chemo and
radiation. My tumor is so large they have to radiate my
entire left
hemisphere and I have to be put to sleep because it takes much
longer than traditional radiation. So Monday thru Friday I wake up and go to the
hospital for that. Every evening all week long I get a large dose of a chemo
drug named Temador at home.When that is done they will take a
look at me and
see what's next. The hope is that I won't have any
remaining cancer after I
go through all that. But the reality is I might
have to continue the process
of surgeries, chemo, and radiation.
My Mommy and Daddy are really sad, but
they don't show it to me. We play and have fun while we are at the hospital. And
I actually don't mind being here until someone starts poking me .... Then I'm
MAD!So that's me and my story. Thanks for visiting my page.
T-shirts have been made in honor of Army's thought of this cancer: Cancer Sucks! It says. They have had t-shirts made and i think it would just be such a tremendous show of support for
not only him, but his family, for those that can, to get one. I was going to copy and past one here but now when I get on his carepage I can't find them.
There are some pretty amazing pictures on his carepage. I just can't say enough how I encourage you all to get on the carepage. Get an account if you don't have one. Let's band together as blogger 'friends', family, etc and support this little boy and his family. We've all been touched by cancer, it sucks. It really does and when it hits people so little like Army or even young adults, like Faith's brother, it just really sucks.
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OK, where is the link to Armstrong's page? Or do I have to go search for it? I want to buy my brother one of those T-shirts, I think he would get a kick out of them. And, thanks for the link for prayers, I aprreciate it so much.
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