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

Friday, March 16, 2012

Moment of Appreciation

Hello everyone,
What an emotion filled last couple of days. Yesterday was the beginning of the healing process for us and the many friends and families that have been devastated by the passing of our Warrior to the next phase of life. Bidding good bye to our wonderful boy has been such an excruciating experience. It has been a tsunami of emotions that has totally flooded the inner crevices of our mind and soul. It has caused a mass exodus of
emotions to empty from our souls during the process.     We are very proud that our boy has had the ability to touch so many people. In fact, the 200 plus people that came to give their respects to AA was truly humbling. It was amazing and we were so touched by the experience. We also want to thank the people that donated the 25+ beautiful floral arrangements as gifts of honor to AA. There were so many people that were truly touched by our experience, struggles, devotion and love for each other. We are very appreciative for the wonderful service we received from Farenga & Sons Funeral Home. The service we received from Gus, Tommy & the rest of the staff was truly outstanding and we recommend them for moments such as this. We also want to thank the many supporters that we have had via text message, e-mail, mail, blog comments and phone calls while also thanking Jack Resnick & Sons, Friends of Karen, Our Lady of Fatima RC Church, including Fr. Jack, Fr. Mahoney & Sister Patricia for the wonderful help they provided us along with & St. Michael's Cemetery. We would also like to thank those that have cooked for us this week and helped us around our home during such a hard experience. On a final note, we really want to say thank you to those friends and family that traveled from California, Florida, Pennsylvania and other places, we truly appreciate the sacrifice you made to be with us. We would also like to let everyone know that we love you all and to please continue to follow the blog as we try to share with you our path to healing. We will also going to keep AA's blog going as we try to be a positive influence for other families that are going through an experience similar to ours or for those that may go through something similar in the future.
Thank you and good night.
Roi & Michelle

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