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JudyT

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2009, 10:08:23 pm »
Oh my God Soundy.......a parents worst nightmare. Be assured prayers have been sent up for this family. This is sooooo sad.....children are my passion and this is truly heartbreaking news. I can't even fathom the devastation they must be going through. Keep your AN family informed and I will continue to pray .
Judy

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #31 on: April 13, 2009, 05:57:34 am »
Soundy -

I was thinking of Gabe yesterday.

Any news?

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #32 on: April 13, 2009, 06:58:58 am »
Just wanted to add my conern here as well.  I'd like to hear if there has been more news??
 
Ernie
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #33 on: April 14, 2009, 12:58:18 pm »
Just read the sad news :(I can't imagine what the family is going through.
My prayers are with all of them. Let's pray for a miracle...
Maureen
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #34 on: April 14, 2009, 01:07:10 pm »
wow. My problems seem so small now. This really makes me sick to my stomach thinking about a little boy going through this and the poor family. My heart aches for them.
Angie

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #35 on: April 14, 2009, 02:06:29 pm »
thoughts, prayers and wishes continue......

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #36 on: April 14, 2009, 07:06:51 pm »
So hard to hear the latest news.  My heart goes out to the family and prayers go up for strength and peace in the coming days.

Priscilla
Diagnosed  left AN 8/07/08, 1.9 CM
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #37 on: April 15, 2009, 08:35:52 pm »
More prayers for Gabe and his family.
Please send update when you can.
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #38 on: May 02, 2009, 03:37:32 pm »
Soundy -

it's been a while.  Any more news on Gabe?  I think of him and his family a lot.

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #39 on: May 03, 2009, 11:53:59 pm »
Gabe at last report was holding his own ... he is at St Jude's ...they have him on several
treatments ...some tried some more experimental ... as his aunt told me they are hitting him from
all sides and hoping the combination they are using is the right one

his parents have relocated to Memphis and as soon as school is out the other kids who are with the aunt
will move to Memphis so the family is all together...

From what the aunt said the cancer had gotten into his nervous system and the doctors are fighting an
uphill battle ... I still have a hard time thinking of him being treated as a bad child and not really listened to ...
to have such a horrible thing going on in his little body and no one taking him seriously

keep him in your prayers still ...

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Translab July 2 ,2007
3.2cm x 2.75cm x 3.3cm @ time of surgery

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2009, 05:37:28 am »
Thanks, Soundy. Praying for a miracle for Gabe. I'm sure his parents are devastated about so many things, so keeping them in prayer as well. Please keep us updated.

Sara
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2009, 06:30:14 am »
Thanks for the update, Soundy.

I wish the news were better, but I'm glad to hear that Gabe is holding his own.

St Jude's is one of the best places for treatment, so if anyone can pull him through, they can.

I can't even imagine the toll his condition is taking on his family, and I will definitely keep them, as well as Gabe in my prayers.

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #42 on: May 04, 2009, 06:39:36 am »
Thanks, Soundy for the update...prayers still going up!

K
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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #43 on: May 04, 2009, 04:03:07 pm »
Soundy ~

Thanks for the update.  You've done one of the best things you could do in this situation.   Gabe and his  parents are in the prayers of many - including mine - thanks to you.

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

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Re: Thoughts and Prayers Please
« Reply #44 on: May 05, 2009, 06:06:50 pm »
Soundy,
I'm so terribly sorry to hear about what is going on with Gabe and his parents. I really wish for a miracle! If anyone can, God can. Such terrible things shouldn't be allowed to happen to children! As a parent you are always afraid of what could happen to your children. I can't think about what I would have done if it was my child.

I'm sending prayers to Gabe and his family from Sweden

Helene
AN found in February, 2006, size 0,8 cm
Surgery 20th May, 2009, retrosigmoid approach
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