Sometimes God just whacks you upside the head and shows you how your perspective on life is screwed up. Then he gently realigns your perspective. My perspective changed in a massive way tonight at our son's school carnival.
Imagine having an illness that only 12 other boys had, and you are the only survivor thus far. His name is Jake, a name dear to me although we call our son Jacob. Our son Jacob wrote out a prayer for Jake, and we made a donation to help. His friends and family are raising funds to help pay for medical bills for the chemo and radiation treatment Jake, a third grader, must courageously endure. Pray for his family. Pray for Wilmington to embrace this family. Order pizza from Dominoe's this weekend from 17th St., and mention Jake's journey, and 15% goes to the family. Here's a bit of Jake's story,
Jakob was first diagnosed with medulloblastoma in Dec of 2004 a month before his 4th birthday. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor, 6 weeks of radiation and a year and a half of chemo. He finished Chemo in the spring of 2006. Since then we have been living a wonderful life with our son in remission. Three weeks ago as we left the Humane Society with a new addition to our family we notice Jake's eye was turning in. We called Dr. Blatt our oncologist from Chapel Hill as soon as we walked in the door. She sent us for an MRI. We were informed that Jake has two new brain tumors. We were stunned. This Dec it would have been 5 years since our first diagnoses. We were sure we were done with this and this cancer was not coming back. These two tumors can not be remove base on their location so we are undergoing Chemo. When the chemo shrinks the tumors ,hopefully until they are all gone or until they are very small we will go for high dose chemo and stem cell transplant. I would like to Thank all of our friends for the incredible support we have recieved. We could not do this without everyone. To all of our friends at Holly Tree we love you!!! Thanks for making Jake feel so special.
Jake, we are praying for you and your family!
You can follow Jake's Journey at CaringBridge, and sign up, and search for Jake Hatton. Please donate directly to family, as they will not receive funds through CaringBridge directly.
