Monday – The Survivor
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Four-year-old humans are pieces of work, as well as being works in progress. My son might have his moments, but I can usually put him in his place. On the other hand, life has enabled my stepsister's little boy, Reese, to throw his parents a curveball when he wants to.
Shortly after his second birthday, Reese was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer called Wilm's Tumor that only happens in children under the age of 5. He endured a surgery to remove his kidney followed by 6 months of chemotherapy, and these days he is healthy and thriving. If you ask him, he will willingly raise up shirt and show you the scar across his midriff where they took out the diseased kidney and another scar on his chest where they inserted a port to administer the chemo. With his shirt on, though, he looks like any other skinny little kid.
He knows something rotten happened to him. His brothers and sisters don't have to have blood work done twice a year to make sure they are cancer free and that their kidney function is normal. He's well aware that he has more hassles to put up with than they do, and that can give a guy an additude.
This last week his father was correcting him for some minor infraction when Reese interrupted him.
He sighed, put his hands on his hips, cocked his head and said, "Oh, take it easy, will you Dad? I'm a cancer survivor!"
What's a toy or two left on the living room floor when you consider the big picture? Preschoolers have a way of putting things into perspective for you.
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Four-year-old humans are pieces of work, as well as being works in progress. My son might have his moments, but I can usually put him in his place. On the other hand, life has enabled my stepsister's little boy, Reese, to throw his parents a curveball when he wants to.
Shortly after his second birthday, Reese was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer called Wilm's Tumor that only happens in children under the age of 5. He endured a surgery to remove his kidney followed by 6 months of chemotherapy, and these days he is healthy and thriving. If you ask him, he will willingly raise up shirt and show you the scar across his midriff where they took out the diseased kidney and another scar on his chest where they inserted a port to administer the chemo. With his shirt on, though, he looks like any other skinny little kid.
He knows something rotten happened to him. His brothers and sisters don't have to have blood work done twice a year to make sure they are cancer free and that their kidney function is normal. He's well aware that he has more hassles to put up with than they do, and that can give a guy an additude.
This last week his father was correcting him for some minor infraction when Reese interrupted him.
He sighed, put his hands on his hips, cocked his head and said, "Oh, take it easy, will you Dad? I'm a cancer survivor!"
What's a toy or two left on the living room floor when you consider the big picture? Preschoolers have a way of putting things into perspective for you.
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Date: 2009-07-13 08:17 pm (UTC)Wow. I mean, I can see where disciplining a kid after that could be hard. I wonder how long he can "milk" that one.
Funny story, thanks for sharing:)
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Date: 2009-07-13 08:23 pm (UTC)I hope he uses that line his whole life.
Lotsa people need a reminder!
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