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.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Update on Mr. Cameron

I know it has been a while since we have updated the blog but life has quickly gone back to normal for us.  Cameron is getting stronger and stronger with each passing day and he has become more mischievous than ever. Every day that we leave for school, I have to check his pockets because he is constantly stuffing them with Hot Wheels to carry in.  And it seems that every day when I pick him up, I hear a story from his teacher about how he tried to get out of an activity, asked someone to do his work, or got a friend to entertain him during recess because it was simply “too cold” for him.  Now that we have our tree up, he keeps taking the car ornaments off and driving them all over the couch, tables, floors, etc.  He is such a mess!  His hair is coming in like crazy although it appears he may remain without hair in the back where his radiation was focused.  They warned us this was a possibility and it looks as if it will be the case.  However, if this is the worst side effect from his ordeal, we remain very blessed. 

On black Friday, we participated in a fundraiser for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation which was a lot of fun.  We obviously cannot change what has happened to Cameron but we can work to try to make a difference for others who will walk this road in the future.  We are also preparing for a fundraiser for the Brain Tumor Center at Duke which will be held in April of next year.  Many of you will begin hearing about it soon but if you would like to go ahead and read about it, or you would like a tax deduction for this year, you can go to www.angelsamongus.org.  Our team name is, of course, “Action Jackson.” 

All in all, he is doing great.  He has to go back to Duke next week and will be in the OR on Tuesday for his lumbar puncture.  I’m certain all will be well.  I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving. 

LeAnn

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