Cameron was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma in Febuary of 2008. After his tumor resection surgery, he underwent six weeks of radiation therapy and four months of chemotherapy. After these treatments, we went back into our "normal" lives and Cameron progressed well getting back into school and the day-to-day of being a little boy.



However, a routine MRI on March 19, 2010 showed his cancer had returned. On November 9th, 2011, Cameron finally conquered his battle with cancer when he opened his eyes to the joys of heaven. Even in these dark days, we know God has richly blessed us by putting so many wonderful people in our path during this journey and we are so very thankful for them all.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Cam's quickly turning into a Blue Devil

We received word early yesterday that the Duke Men’s Lacrosse team wanted to “adopt” Cameron as their little brother through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, so we were all obviously very excited about this. Well today, we were able to meet both the men’s and women’s teams and they presented jerseys and t-shirts to Cam as well as another brave little girl, Yuki, who just finished Chemo today from her battle with Medulloblastoma. The men made Cam an honorary team member and as such, he’ll be able to attend practices, games, possibly visit the locker room, etc. when he’s able to. We took a quick picture of Cam in his jersey in front of the Christmas tree when we got home.



Here’s the story on Duke’s web page along with a few pics of Cam and Yuki.

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25937&SPID=2027&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=3629237


And here’s the link to the Friends of Jaclyn website

http://www.friendsofjaclyn.org/index.php/foundation.html

We are all so excited about Cam’s new big brothers and so very appreciative to both the Friends of Jaclyn as well as the Men’s Lacrosse team for taking the time to help Cam feel special. God has so richly blessed us with amazing people like this through Cam’s journey and we’re so thankful for them all.


Ernest

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everyone here at Duke Lacrosse is more than excited to have Cameron be a part of our team! Please call me with anything - 668-5791 - Erin Cobb

Steve said...

Cam! Hey man, we are pumped to have you join the team this year. We've been working hard to get ready for the Spring season and can't wait to start playing some games. Hope to see you out there. You're the man!
-Steve #20

Anonymous said...

Hey Cam, hope your doing great today! It was awesome to meet you the other day. I have to admit I was a little jealous of your custom car. Hopefully we can get you into the gym soon and get you working out so one day you fit into that jersey. See you soon! If you ever need anything call me at 301-580-4469
- Brad #10

Anonymous said...

Hey Cam what is going on? Hope your doing well. It was great to meet you the other day and spend some time with you. Hope your enjoying that matchbox track that you got looked like a lot of fun. Hopefully we have switched you to a Duke fan now that you are part of our team. Have a great week!
Chris Loftus #2

Terrence said...

Cam, Hey hows it going buddy? I hope to see you come out this spring to watch some of our practices and games. I am excited that you joined our squad. Hope your having a great day!

-Terrence #30