This is Jake's Story...
Jake is a 20-year-old twin who has been diagnosed with stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma, a very rare form of cancer. Going through a vigorous daily radiation treatment and weekly Chemo treatments make him extremely tired, weak and sometimes nauseous.
Jake is otherwise a normal teenage kid. He likes playing computer games, paintball, swimming and golfing. He loves hanging out with his four brothers, 4 wheeling, camping, and ruining his mom's laundry baskets while making home videos. He hopes to someday become a computer programmer.
This blog was started to keep his family and friends updated on his status.
Addendum: Jake became cured of cancer, free of pain and everything this world brings on September 29, 2010. He continues his journey in Heaven. He is doing awesome! Hope you're doing the same!
His family thanks you for your generosity in donations, love and service. God has shown us many tender mercies!
Thanks for being one of them!
For the first time, Jake went to chemo without me! I was ready to go, but John and Austin wanted to go with him, then go for pizza after. It was our anniversary and I had a bunch of stuff to do, so I was grateful for the extra time off. His blood counts were pretty low so we got to take a trip in and do a blood transfusion after radiation therapy on Wednesday. We are figuring out what
"normal" is, and I think Jake is comfortable handling this on his own sometimes.
Jake just did his labs on Friday. All of his counts were up! No more Neupagen shots this week!
Happy Dance!
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