Andrew Aidan, Our Fighting Warrior!

Andrew Aidan and his dog Beemer have been the pride and joy of their parents, Michelle & Roi ever since they were born. AA loved to take walks outside, play with his best friend Beemer and his Thomas the Tank Engine set of toys along with any other plane, helicopter, car, truck toy he can get his hand on. For those that have met him, they saw the soul of a mature adult in the body of a sweet, loving boy with a beautiful smile. He bravely battled an aggressive, inoperable, rare form of brain tumor called Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor or AT/RT that spread to his spine as well. This type of cancer effects less than 50 children a year in this country. He has been an inspiration to us and we are sure he will be a vessel of motivation to those in similar situations. Thank you God for protecting our boy!

Thank You!
Andrew Aidan (R.I.P.) , Michelle (Mother), Roi (Dad) & Beemer

Monday, March 12, 2012

Hoping For A Miracle

This Says It All!
Blessings to all. Glad to have the wonderful opportunity to write to you today. AA is still fighting like a champ. We had a good and stable day yesterday with the exception of a mediport infiltration. What is a mediport filtration? It is when a needle that goes into his mediport is either not completely in or comes out by mistake and the fluid goes into the body instead of the mediport. Well, this happened to AA yesterday and he had a ball of fluid in his upper right chest. Luckily it was picked up very quick and the bad line was replaced. In order to get the fluid out of the tissue we needed to place heat packs on the site until the fluids were completely absorbed by the body. Besides that we had a good day with a few friends and family members. Actually had a very nice time with Dr. L & my mom speaking about a wide array of topics. That was fun. Thanks again to Dr. L for spending time with us while her family was at home. We truly appreciate the time and sacrifice you have always made with us. Thanks! Daylight savings time really threw us a loop as we had a rough time waking up today from that lost hour of sleep. Today, Sunday was also a nice day, it was very stable in regards to AA's vital stats. He has been having some very good vitals these last couple of days. We are shocked & so are the doctors. We hope that this is God's miracle taking place before our very eyes. It has been great to have him be a bit more responsive and he moved his head and mouth a bit more today while giving us the wonderful surprise of a very faint smile. That was amazing. There was more family that visited today as well. Michelle also had her Professor from Pace University come and visit us Dr. Singleton. It was very nice to have had her visit us. She brought AA a very cute stuffed dog and brought us the same thing as well. She also gave AA a beautiful book called "Up, Up, Up" which she read to him. It was a nice moment.
As we were winding our day down, we were surprised as usual by AA. Michelle noticed that AA started to have an allergic reaction to something because his face, neck, chest & legs got blotchy. By the time the nurse & doctor came in, his allergic reaction was already fading away. It then came back again for about a minute and went away. The doctors are trying to figure out what it could be and will be watching closely. We also wanted to thank Michelle's sister Stephanie & her mother Alicia for holding a fundraiser today at our church. They recruited a large amount of friends and family to help out and they said that it went well. We were happy to hear that, because Stephanie had put in a good amount of work into the project. Thank you to everyone that helped and supported the event. We truly appreciate it and love you all.

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel.  ~Author Unknown

4 comments:

  1. Been thinking, praying, and sharing his story. He has a piece of my heart:) Found his story on Inspiration Through Art (my son is always on that site). You are all in my thoughts and prayers!

    Nikki

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  2. Hi, I found your story through the Babble blog and will be praying for your little warrior. I have 2 young boys of my own and will be hugging them a little tighter tonight. Your faith in your son and in the Lord are truly inspirational and I will keep your beautiful boy and your family in my prayers.

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  3. Serge Bielanko & FamilyMarch 12, 2012 at 7:41 PM

    Thinking about you a lot, Andrew Aidan. Really glad you have your awesome family all around you. Sending big good vibes your way!

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  4. Michelle y Roi;
    Hace poco me entere de la enfermedad de su bebe y no saben cuanto siento por lo que estan pasando y de corazon les digo que mis oraciones estan con Uds y su pequeno campeon, Dios es grande y el sabra recompensar su fe y fortaleza y el amor y union de toda su familia. Dios los bendiga,

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