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PLEASE PRAY
Prayers are needed. This morning my dog, Hershey, was hit by a car. He is fine and the car is fine. (Praise God) I should have called it a day at that point.
It was only 7:15 am.
Please, please, please add my mother-in-law (Milagros) to your prayers. She needs us to storm the heavens and scream her name. She continues to face an enormous battle against this beast we call cancer. She is such an amazing women who is carried by her tremendous Faith and Hope. Please God, help and guide our Mother, Mother-in-Law, Grandmother, Wife, Sister, and overall Friend to everyone whom she has ever met.
Minutes after I hung up the phone with Leo, I got a call from another very dear woman. Lorraine. I met Lorraine when we were in Chicago this summer at the NB conference. We spent time with Lorraine and Greg(her husband) at the conference where their son, Gregory instantly bonded with Baby Leo in a big brother kind of way. Gregory has been a 7 year survivor of NB and was such a great vision of hope for all of us who are still paralyzed with fear while our kids live with cancer.
Lorraine and Greg live on the West Coast so they extended their weekend and stayed in Chicago a couple extra days. Leo, the kids and I were able to meet up with them in the city. They are an amazing family who continue to help so many children and families that are affected by NB.
So.... Why? Why? Why? I type that word in anger as I slam down on the keyboard.
WHY? Why after 7 years does Lorraine and Greg have to live this nightmare again?
WHY? Why does Gregory have to give up sports, friends, school, swimming, and overall just being a teenager?
WHY? Why did Gregory have to relapse?
Why do the doctors tell us that you will know when something is wrong or if they relapse you will know it? It doesn't get much better than how Gregory looks. Big, strong, athletic, lots of energy, happy.
Gregory has the blue shirt on in front. It doesn't get much healthier than that.
You don't know. That is the nature of this beast. You just don't know. I have gained a tremendous Faith over the past year, I really have. It may not sound like it today, but today I am scared. Scared for our Family, scared for our friends, scared for those we have never met before.
I am just scared all because of a disease that no one seems to be able to understand and cure.
Lori
Baby Leo is doing fine. This week he will be having labs, liver function, and tumor marker test. Will update later.
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