Woody679

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• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  He didn't get any burns...didn't get sick only got tired a little quicker but to this day he has no side affects and is living a normal healthy life

  January 03 at 6:36 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  My son had proton therapy and it is radiation what it consist of is a mask that has diodes all over the mask that sends the radiation directly to the tumor instead of sending radiation to parts of your body it's not needed. He had the rarest form of brain tumor there is called dipg diffused intrinsic pontine gilomanon his brain stem and spinal cord where we were unable to do a biopsy or operation and not many childr...

  January 03 at 6:34 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  I feel so badly for the families that have to go through this with their children I know what it's like somehow I have been blessed that my sons tumor is gone that the radiation worked for him dorenbechers children's hospital in Oregon is the best...I'm always here if anyone needs to talk

  December 05 at 3:16 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  I've been blesses that over the past year the radiation seems to have worked still no sign of his tumor just have to keep praying it stays that way I've been blessed with a aecond chance with my son

  November 19 at 6:53 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  It's bee almost a year and all his MRI s show no sign of tumor thank you god for answering our prayers and giving my lil man another chance

  November 19 at 6:45 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  I just want to know its been almost a year and all his MRI s have come out with no tumor at all god loves his children so far we have been so blessed

  November 19 at 6:41 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  My son got a stage 4 dipg in dec 2011 and went through six weeks of intensive radiation at dorenbechers children's hospital in Portland Oregon I am happy to say not one MRI has showed the tumor and he was given a 10 percent chance to live and he is a normal kid

  November 19 at 6:22 AM view post

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  I know all to well those feelings...my son has been diagnosed with dipd-drs told us he only has a 10 percent chance of survival, he is only 9 years old and the love of my life. I am very angry, terrified, lost, that having faith is the hardest thing for me to keep right now. I want to scream and yell at god and ask him how he can take such a young life away and not give him a chance. With the prognosis they gave us m...

  January 12, 2012 view post

• Woody679 has created a new message board discussion

  Never in my life did i ever think i would be faced with the possibility that my son would never grow up to become a man. We just found out a few weeks ago my 9 year old son has a intrinsic prontine tumor, unable to do a biopsy on it they have considered it to be a malignat stage 4 tumor...at first not knowing anything i thought ok some chemo and radiation and he will be ok. But the more and more i read others storie...

  January 12, 2012 view discussion

• Woody679 has replied to a post on the message board

  Everyday i wish i can take his place. He is to young and innocent to be taken away now, i cant picture my life withou him in it and growing up to be a man with children of his own...i do alot of praying asking god to cure him...i have to be brave for him and at night all i do is cry and plead for his life...no parent should ever have to feel this way...i am so scared of losing my baby i dont know what to do how to fe...

  January 11, 2012 view post