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First Day of School 8/30/06...
Welcome to Jacob Cady's Journey. We created this web site to keep loved ones and those praying for us, informed on Jakes progress after being diagnosed with Liver Cancer. Here is a snapshot of his journey to date:
December 03-February 04: Diagnosis and 3 rounds of Chemo (ICE/VDC/ICE)
March 04: God directed us to Dr Casas at AI DuPont Hospital for Children, where she, Dr. Dunn and the entire staff at DuPont saved our boy's life. Jake received Liver Transplant in Wilmington Delaware via Living Donor and forever our hero; Tom Dusza.
March/April 04: Recovery from Transplant and the beginning of post transplant chemo
May, June, July 04: 4 rounds of post liver transplant chemo ICE/ICE/VDC/VDC
Clean scans!!
August 04-Sept.06: Continued health and clean scans
Journal
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:36 AM CDT Hello Everyone - Well with school and various other activities starting, I think we are finally back into the swing of things. Jacob is continuing to do well, aside from his ongoing headaches which we never found the source of. He was 4 yrs. post treatment in July, one more year off treatment and he will be considered cured. We will still have the transplant to deal with, labs and other tests for that but as far as the cancer goes he will be cured.
Jake is doing well at school and is playing soccer and loves to ride his bike. We had a great summer! The kids enjoyed swimming, went to Great Wolf Lodge and Cedar Point and also went to Myrtle Beach with my parents. We had a wonderful time, in fact Joel often asks when can we go to Myrtle Beach. I have an affinity for the ocean, it seems like every time we have an opportunity to go that is where we end up. I will have to broaden the kids horizons a little more. I think the ocean has such significance for Jacob and I because when he was discharged from DuPont to the Ronald McDonald House in Wilmington, we drove to Rehoboth Beach for a day. At that point Jake had been in the hospital for almost 3 wks. He was released for a couple of weeks but we had to stay at RMH then he was readmitted to DuPont to start chemo again. Anyway so in between the two hospital stays I was determined that he needed to see the ocean. Yes, it was about the end of March, a little cold for a day at the beach but on a beautiful sunny day with clear deep blue skies we headed out. My parents were in town visiting us and so we all went to the beach. It was so breathtaking, I was completely overcome by the awesomeness of the ocean and my own emotional state at the time. I carried him most of time (he was almost 4yrs. old, but very weak). We stayed for a while, we touched the sand and the water. It was a beautiful day. Look at him now he is doing so well!!!
Words will never be able to express the gratitude our family feels for everything that everyone has done for us during this time, family, friends, the doctors and hospital staff. People we don't even know that have made donations and prayed for Jake and our family.
One more thing, I am asking for prayers for two little girls I have recently heard about. Bailey is a 7 month old here in Toledo diagnosed with Wilm's tumor and Alaina a 4 yr. old from Perrysburg also diagnosed with Wilm's tumor. Please pray for these two little girls. We know the power of prayer.
Take care and God bless!
love - The Cadys
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