Lucas Smith
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My son is a little different than the majority of trache patients...In January the doctors found a tumor on my 19 month old son's brain and since then my life has been a whirlwind...He was perfectly healthy 3 months ago and now after surgery to remove the tumor, he has lost the use of the left side of his body due to cranial nerve damage. He can't walk or talk and has a trache to breath, along with a NG tube for feedings. 98% of the tumor was removed but now he has to go through 4 chemo treatments which are tearing his body apart...he has already spent the last 70 days or so in the hospital. The chemo slows down his healing process and he presently has aspiration pnuemonia. Though this all sounds terrible, my little man is in good spirits, we have great faith and along with his 3 big sisters we are sure we can overcome this trial.
We are a military family stationed overseas in
Italy...kind of hard for the medical aspect of it all but he's had great doctors....they saved his life! We will be returning to the States in July when the chemo is finished, to Atlanta Georgia. Thanks again and know that I was extremely scared until I read every word on Aaron's site.....I was eased and was able to share the info with my girls before they saw Lucas for the first time.
Thank you, Cynthia Smith
lukencindy@hotmail.com
