Jace Lee Carrico 1999-2008

Jace Carrico is a nine-year-old little boy from New Sharon, IA who was diagnosed with a brain tumor (medulloblastoma) on Wednesday, December 17th, 2003. Over 90% of the tumor was resected by Dr. Corey Raffel at St. Mary's Hospital at the Mayo Clinic on Thursday the 18th. Jace completed a 6-week chemoradiotherapy treatment on February 25th at Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines. He completed a six-cycle maintenance chemotherapy treatment in October 2004. A recurrence was diagnosed on June 15, 2007.

At 7:30 PM on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008, after over a year of miraculous symptom-free life, Jace went to live with Jesus in the Kingdom of Heaven and await the reunion of his earthly family.

Journal

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:18 PM CST

Happy 14th Birthday Little Buddy!

Today, we celebrated your birthday by performing 14 Random Acts of Love. I'm hopeful that it brought a smile to someone's day. We decided to share on your site, so we won't forget. I have a feeling this will become a nice tradition to do in your memory. What a fun day!

1. Donuts to NM Jazz Rehearsal this morning.
2. A pop to someone special in our lives.
3. 4 pd. Admissions to the Children's Museum in Iowa City
(The Children's Museum matched our gift and gave away a free admission each hour in your memory. So Cool! )
4. McDonald's Drive Thru
5. Flowers to the Nurses at the Oncology Clinic
6. Left $2 attached to a Whoopie Cushion at Dollar General
7. Donated supplies to Bidwell in Des Moines
8. ITunes Card to the Child Life Department at Blank.
9. Hot Chocolate and Donuts to the window washer at HyVee
10. Quarters in the bubble gum machines
11. A gift certificate left in the book, Heaven is For Real at the Christian Book Store.
12. Flowers for the Cashier at Dahl's
13. Paid for a Pretzel at Auntie Anne's
14. Sonic Drive Thru

#14 was the coolest part of our day. We decided to get a pop and paid for the person behind us. Five minutes later, my phone rang. The person that was behind us was Melody DeHeer - Tyler DeHeer's mom. If you've followed our story, you will remember Tyler's name. He was another cancer warrior that changed the community of Oskaloosa as he fought his brain tumor. Tyler and Jace spent many hours together at Physical Therapy. Tyler also passed away a couple years before Jace. I have no doubt that our boy was with us today.... sharing a smile with a friend.

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E-mail Author: carrico19@gmail.com

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