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Zachary Isaiah Santos 
Welcome to Zachary's Web Page. We started this page when we found out our son was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma ( A agressive form of childhood cancer)
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Zachary Isaiah Santos was born on December 22, 2002 to Daniel and Deann Santos of Galveston, Texas. Zachary was born a chunky baby and was always considered as healthy until he was diagnosed with Stage II Wilms Tumor at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,TX on March 10, 2004. On March 15,2004 , Zachary had his right kidney removed and underwent several months of chemotherapy. He didn't loose any hair or weight and never had to be admitted to the hospital within that time. We were told that Zachary was healed. In Novemember 2004, the weekend of Thanksgiving, Zachary had a limp to his walk in the right leg. When we took him to his pediatrition and some x-rays were done and the Dr. told us that he hated to have to tell us this and hesitated, but told us that Zachary had a mass growing on his right femur. We thought that the worst was over! How could this happen again to our child. We were devestated. Our world was once again shattered into pieces. That is when we knew that we had to take Zachary to an Oncologist in Houston, TX at MD Anderson Cancer Center. On Zachary's 2nd Birthday (DOB:12/22/2002) we were told that Zachary had Stage IV Neuroblastoma. Our hearts literally feel. How could parents be told this when their supposed to be celebrating their childs 2nd Birthday? We knew that stage IV left Zachary more at risk of loosing his life and through the tears of sadness and fear we kept our faith in God that Zachary would overcome this deadly cancer. Zachary went through several rounds of chemotherapy, blood transfusions and procedures and once more had a tumor removed from the area where his right kidney had once been. Zachary then went one more round of harsh chemotherapy and on December 15, 2005, Zachary had a bone marrow transplant. We prayed that with the bag of 'rebirth' a miracle would happen and cure our son. On June 26, 2006 Zachary passed away. He went to Heaven to be with God and the other angels that have passed away fighting cancer. Zachary was a loving and cheerful little boy that was full of energy and life. He touched the lifes of everyone that knew him and those that have heard of his story. He will be sadly missed by family and friends.
Please keep his family in your prayers. They will need them during their time of grief.
GOD BLESS YOU!
 Get Your Own! Sand Fleas written by Susan Larson “The death of a child takes you places you’ve never been before, not only in terms of emotions, but in terms of awareness of all that is. I liken the experience to playing on the shore with your friends and complaining about an occasional bite from a sand flea. It’s painful and annoying, but at least everyone else understands how you feel when you’re bitten. Then one day, a wave grabs you and pulls you out into the ocean where you are bitten by a shark. You feel pain you never imagined could exist. And you’re alone in unfamiliar territory. When you get back to shore, you try to explain your pain to your friends, but the worst pain they can imagine is being bitten by 1,000 sand fleas. That’s all they know. There is no way to explain it to them. But it’s not just the pain you can’t explain. While struggling under the water you’re suddenly aware that there is infinitely more to life than what we see on the shore. You see the ocean floor with coral reefs and rock formations, things you had never before imagined. You have tapped into the vastness of creation to a higher degree. And again, there is no way to adequately describe this vastness you see and feel. You have nothing to compare it to. You have a true sense of a greater dimension, and you know that the loved one you miss is out there. You also know your loved one is not lost, but has only gone before you to a place more beautiful and vast than those on the shore could ever imagine. Yes, you still get annoyed with the sand fleas, but you now realize how trivial they are. And even if your friends don’t understand you, you know there is Someone greater out there who does.” Support St Jude.
Journal
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:23 PM CDT Sometimes I just sit here thinking, looking at pictures and wonder.... 'where did the time go?' I feel like just today I lost you son! I don't know how 3 years of loosing you is already approaching. How do I get through life daily? How do I continue to go on with my life and you're not here to share it with? Mommy loves you! I will always love you! There is no doubt about that. I sit and talk about you to your dad and I know it kills him as much as me that you aren't here. He has to be strong for mommy though. You know it isn't easy to give birth to a beautiful baby boy and watch him grown and then watch him die in your husbands arms. LIFE IS SO HARD! Why does it have to be so hard? I always ask myself that. I wonder how you'd be today but then again I answer my own question there....you'd be you...the same loveable Zachary that you always were! I wish you were here to meet Xander. He is like you in so many ways. I talk to him about you all the time. He knows you....he doesn't have to see your pictures, he knows you in his heart!
Time doesn't mend pain it just gets worse daily. It is like someone sticking a knife into your chest and ripping out your heart...but no that isn't exactly the pain I feel...it is a pain that is indescribable! I can't even begin to explain the pain I have! Sigh....I miss you! I love you....and I need you here! God give me the strength to continue to go on daily! Please I BEG YOU FOR THAT!!! I need something to help push me to continue...let me know he is ok!
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Hospital Information: Heaven
Links: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/zacharysantos http://www.caringbridge.org/ok/noah
http://www3.caringbridge.org/tx/oliviafaith/ http://www.caringbridge.org/ok/cameronc
http://www3.caringbridge.org/ok/xander http://www.marrow.org/
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