Nick is an amazing 6 year old fighting T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He was diagnosed at 4 years old on Oct. 15, 2008 and here is the story of his courageous battle. This day changed our lives forever. Nick seemed very healthy at the time and the only signs we noticed were swollen lymph nodes on his neck. At first, we thought it could be a virus, but after 2 rounds of blood tests, the doctors confirmed our worst fear, cancer. This site is to show how strong our little boy is.
Update:
Nicholas finished treatment on 11/18/2010. He will continue to go for blood work for the next 3 years. He is still in remission.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Day 12 - The Shannon Family (consolidation 1)
Hi to everyone. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and lots of good food. As you have heard Nick made it home Thanksgiving morning. We had a very quiet day and just enjoyed being together. It is easy to forget how much family time means to us. When Nick is home we love every minute of it. Colby was really excited to see him home... he was feeling very sad that Nick was in the hospital so long. We go to Radiology on Tuesday for them to make Nick a mask and then start radiation the following week. He will endure 8 days of radiation, with spinals and chemo. We hope to have all this done before Christmas and crossing our fingers he will not break a fever during this next phase. Santa Claus came to our neighborhood yesterday and we got to take pictures. Nick was a little shy and did not want to tell Santa what he would like for Christmas... we'll try again at the mall sometime soon.
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