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April Showers!
Cody's 12th Birthday
A TRUE RACER FALLS BEHIND, MAKING IT NECESSARY FOR HIM TO CATCH UP BEFORE HE CAN WIN!!!
I no longer believe in miracles, I rely on them.
CODY JAMES HOFFMAN
APRIL 14, 1996 - AUGUST 18, 2005
~~~THIS IS CODY'S STORY~~~
On October 30, 1999 at the age of 3, our son Cody was diagnosed with High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Cody underwent 2 ½ years of intense chemotherapy and completed his POG protocol on May 18, 2002. During a routine monthly check up on August 19, 2002 Cody was preliminarily diagnosed in Relapse, this was confirmed on August 30, 2002.
Cody’s prognosis was minimal at best. He was placed in the National Bone Marrow Registry and 2 Unrelated Cord Blood matches were identified at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
On November 10, 2002, we left for Durham where we spent nearly a year. Cody underwent several rounds of total body radiation and then received his Bone Marrow Transplant on New Years Eve 2002.
In March of 2003, only three months post transplant, Cody suffered another relapse making it necessary for him to have surgery to remove the Lekemic mass...Cody did well with that and the med changes and the Leukemia did not return in full force.
In September of 2003, Cody suffered Electorlyte Renal Failure and was hospitalized in the PICU for several weeks after his release we returned to Duke to stay for another few months. We returned home and began post-transplant care at CHKD in Norfolk.
Cody had no major issues until March of 2005 when he started loosing weight. He was hospitalized to treat the problem and was released after two weeks. Within two weeks we returned to the hospital where Cody was admited again...On June 8, 2005, Cody was released from the hospital once again, still fighting GvHD but from the comfort of his own home.
Unfortunately, our release was only good for 5 days before Cody had to be readmitted. Cody was fighting Parainfluenza 3 Pneumonia.
Regardless of the situation, Cody always continued to fight.
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED!!!
On July 31, 2005, Cody suffered a Pulmonary Hemmorage and was placed on Life Support...we truly thought he would recover, sadly, his body was unable to recover from all of it's issues and on August 18, 2005 at 4:23 p.m. Cody flew free into the arms of the ABBA FATHER.
Our lives are forever changed and our hearts will forever be broken...We are grateful for the time we had with our LITTLE MAN...
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at that the painful trial that you are suffering as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you are participating in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed."
1 Peter 4:12-13
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Journal
Monday, April 7, 2008 3:23 PM CDT April has arrived and I am just starting to feel a little bit better about another new year without. Now comes your birthday…mother’s day…father’s day…the fourth of July…dad’s birthday…the anniversary of your death…and my birthday. It seems as though it will never get any easier. I miss you all day every day.
I looked out the window this morning and noticed that the weeping willows we planted just after your died are in full bloom. I sat back and thought for a while how life just keeps on keeping on. The days pass me by sometimes and I haven’t done anything but think about you. So much I wish things could have been different….that things could have been better for you. I know you know how much we all loved you. I know you wanted for little besides a healthy childhood…the one thing that none of us could give to you. I wish there would have been less suffering here…I am grateful that you no longer suffer up there in heaven.
I love you more than life itself. We will celebrate what would have been your 12th birthday here on earth this coming weekend. We will release a bunch of orange balloons so that you can catch them up in heaven. We will cry some…we will laugh some…we will wonder what could have been. We will remember the life that was…we will wish for you.
I love you little man…
Read Journal History
Hospital Information: Patient Room: HEAVEN Completely Healed
In the Arm's of the ABBA FATHER
Mommy Misses Cody
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