Please God don't take my son! - Cancer Message Board

MySonChris · 04-14-2004, 11:35 AM

I just found this board. My son Chris was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma on March 1 and it has spread to his bone marrow. They give him a 10% chance of surviving. He is only 15...my baby! We are all devastated but he is so brave and is (thankfully) positive he will beat it. I ask God every day to help him do just that and for strength for all of us. I can't bear the thought of my sweet boy having to go through all the chemo, transplants, surgery, radiation and pain and then maybe losing his fight after all. This is the worst thing a parent can face. Who would have thought this perfectly healthy child would have this disease! He found the lump in November (when his chances of surviving would have been around 70%) but he never said anything to me or to his Dad until March 1. He said he had told a friend and they joked about it but I am sure they never really thought it was cancer. I am having a hard time dealing with this...I cry all the time except in front of him. I would love to have some one to talk to. Please.

Kimberly8 · 04-14-2004, 12:11 PM

Oh God what a nightmare for a parent to have to go through. I am sure I will have no words to make things better or easier for you but I can offer my ear and shoulder. I can not imagine the pain and worry you are feeling. I am a mother of 3 girls...2 of which have mental illnesses, but even at that there is no comparision. I did lose a cousing who was 17 to brain cancer. It was absolutely devastating and my heart broke for his parents. I know they eventaully went to grief counseling to deal with the question of why should they outlive their son. Maybe counseling could help you, keep reaching out here to someone who is going through or already went through something similar so they can truly understand and help. I am truly sorry and will definetly keep you and your son in my prayers.

ok4now · 04-14-2004, 03:54 PM

I am so sorry to hear this about your dear son Chris. Having faith in God can bring you great comfort during this very difficult time. Please remember that God is with you and hears your prayers. My prayers for your family will be to provide you with a clear path to the best doctors for your son. That He will console and comfort you in the very difficult time. That He will heal your son. Ask God to heal your son. I am here for support and very glad to offer you a shoulder to lean on. Claudia

haylee31 · 04-14-2004, 04:02 PM

I am so very sorry and my heart goes out to you and your

family. I am a mother of four and can not even begin to

imagine the grief you are living. I lost a sister who was two

to a liver disease. I can only relate on a smaller scale to

your pain. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Haylee

timsworld73 · 04-15-2004, 08:29 AM

First let me tell you I am very very sorry to hear for your son. BUT if I can give you some hope. Throw the percentages out the window....your son is not a perentage. Second, are you a spiritual family? My mother has liver cancer and was told that she cound not have transplant, chemo probably would not do anything for her. They basicly said Im sorry, your 49 year old mother just no chance. We refused to accept that. We believe that God is the greatest physician and we our church prayed for my mother. Now my mother is 100 %positive she wil beat this, because God will let her down. Well she had 3 tumors, one of the were 6mm, one 18mm, and the big one was 5.2cm x 5.3cm. She has been on the chemotherapy that they said would probably not work. Well it has been 12 weeks. and the new CT scan showed that the 6mm tumor is resolved...gone(they said they expected it to grow) the 18mm tumors is now 6mm, and the large one is now 3.2 x3.5. That is after only 12cweeks of chemo, no radiation. Just a faith so strong that she is in God's hands it should be carved in stone. So believe, for the is always hope. If you need to talk, feel free to write on the board.

Tim