“Sebastian was diagnosed when he was twenty months old. He needed several rounds of chemo just to shrink the tumor to the size of an orange. He couldn’t eat for fifteen days because they didn’t want to feed the tumor. He was in so much pain. The lining of his stomach had burned away. Every time he woke up, I’d just rock him back to sleep.
I never wanted him to be awake. I was hoping so hard
that he was still young enough to forget everything. But the cancer kept coming back. And he grew old enough to realize he was sick. And that broke my heart. I was up with him one night after the cancer came back again. He’d already had six surgeries at this point and we were doing more chemotherapy. He was throwing up and had diarrhea. I felt so bad for him. And I was so tired and felt so guilty for neglecting my other children. And Sebastian said to me, ‘I’m so happy, Mommy.’ And I was so confused because I couldn’t understand how he could possibly be happy. Then he smiled, and said: ‘Because I love you so much.’”
We have two days left in our fundraiser to help fight pediatric cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 44,000 people have donated and over $1.6 million has been raised so far. It would be amazing if we could reach 50,000 donations by the end of the series. Your donations will fund the science that saves the lives of children. Even if it’s a small amount, please consider donating:http://bit.ly/1TpFcdy
“Sebastian was diagnosed when he was twenty months old. He needed several rounds of chemo just to shrink the tumor to the size of an orange. He couldn’t eat for fifteen days because they didn’t want to feed the tumor. He was in so much pain. The lining of his stomach had burned away. Every time he woke up, I’d just rock him back to sleep.
I never wanted him to be awake. I was hoping so hard
that he was still young enough to forget everything. But the cancer kept coming back. And he grew old enough to realize he was sick. And that broke my heart. I was up with him one night after the cancer came back again. He’d already had six surgeries at this point and we were doing more chemotherapy. He was throwing up and had diarrhea. I felt so bad for him. And I was so tired and felt so guilty for neglecting my other children. And Sebastian said to me, ‘I’m so happy, Mommy.’ And I was so confused because I couldn’t understand how he could possibly be happy. Then he smiled, and said: ‘Because I love you so much.’”
We have two days left in our fundraiser to help fight pediatric cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 44,000 people have donated and over $1.6 million has been raised so far. It would be amazing if we could reach 50,000 donations by the end of the series. Your donations will fund the science that saves the lives of children. Even if it’s a small amount, please consider donating:http://bit.ly/1TpFcdy
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