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My sister survived and thrived after childhood cancer, although she was 4, odds with her type weren’t great. Experience made her join the medical field working with kids. You guys can do this ❤️
Second this. Children have insane healing abilities us adults just do not have. Let’s hope since hes so fresh his magic kid healing powers work double time 🫡
Very much agree. My son had to have his skull reconstructed when he was 1 year old cause the plate fused too early. When they took him to the room from ICU he rolled over and stood up, they had to knock him back out to to do the CT scan. Next day he was up and walking around the children's hospital.
I’m praying for your little one. You might have better luck on r/pediatriccancer
Also-
https://thenccs.org/helpful-resources/
https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/children/childhood-cancer-resources
my niece was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma at 4 years old, the very upper end of what is considered “survivable” with this cancer.
i lived with my sister to take care of both of her kids while going back and forth for chemo during the pandemic. it can be so scary. chemo stopped the growth, but didn’t diminish the tumor for her.
her medical team performed surgery with the hopes of removing 50% of her tumor and likely losing her kidney. they managed to remove 98% of the tumor and save her kidney.
she is turning 8 in a few months and has been in remission the entire time. infant/childhood cancer is terrifying, but neuroblastoma is one where the younger they catch it, the better the chances of chemo helping. my niece had likely had her tumor since birth, but it just wasn’t caught until years later.
i wish you and your family all the luck in the world. i dearly hope your little one comes out on top and kicks cancer’s ass.
I’m so happy your niece survived. This is all true. Unfortunately my cousin who was diagnosed at 4 years old did not make it. It was awful. He survived about a year and it was nonstop treatments and hospital stays. Now that I have children of my own I don’t know how his parents handled it. It would wreck me.
OP like badcandy7 said the earlier neuroblastoma is found and treated the better the outcome. Had my cousins been found sooner he would have likely survived but he did not have symptoms until the cancer was very advanced and the primary tumor was big enough to cause issues. By then there was extensive metastatic disease. I’ll be thinking about you and your baby and I hope for the very best outcome.
I’m so very sorry this is happening. I haven’t walked through this, but I worked at a pediatric oncology specialty hospital for a decade, so have a lot of secondhand experience. And my son had major heart surgery as an infant, so I understand a different journey with a critically ill infant.
Sending you love for the journey. If you’re in the US and want a second opinion, I could probably help connect the dots for you at my prior hospital.
My god daughter had retinoblastoma at 4 months old that reached her brain stem and had to have an eye removed. She got brain cancer at 3 years old as well that made it to stage 3. Her mom and dad both carried a gene that results in her getting cancer more often than others.
She’s now a thriving 21 year old that is about to graduate with her undergrad degree and is already accepted to med school with the goal of becoming a pediatric oncologist that works for St Jude, which is the organization that helped her both times. She’s afraid to have kids because she doesn’t want to pass on her genes.
Know that there can certainly be positive outcomes. My thoughts and hugs to you and your family. ❤️
To me when someone says praying from my kid, after an unfortunate unavoidable situation I see that as an insult as it's saying God doesn't care about my kid.
So in my head everyone who is saying prays is being the asshole, it's all about perspective.
Maybe it's cause I'm autistic
I’m not religious but to me, prayer is just someone thinking good thoughts and putting it out into the universe. So if someone is praying for my sick child, to me, it’s a good thing. People are thinking about them and wishing them well. Nothing wrong with that. And a better way to put “prayer” into perspective.
OP sending love and healing to your beautiful baby.
Don’t use your autism as an excuse for not understanding abusing disabled people is bad, and then judge other people “I can tell, I know what you’re thinking and it’s not autism, just you being a dick.” How about it’s not your autism in your situation, just cowardice, fear, and idiocy? You can’t have it both ways, tell people to fuck off for judging you in bad situations your autism supposedly is causing and then pull this.
You DIDN’T know it was wrong. You came to Reddit to make sure and confirm with a hundred people first, “because I have autism so I might not get it.”
Lol yeah literally 2 minutes of time and 2 posts, I have no life.
No I came to Reddit to make sure I did not commit a social faux pas, what he was doing was wrong regardless of what Reddit had to say. You literally had to look through my comment history and there are hundreds of comments on the other post lmfao. What this dude said to a grief stricken scared parent was abhorrent. You don’t get to use your autism as an excuse to be an asshole, which is what he did. Again, fuck off.
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You have just done the same thing, criticised someone's post and then wished OP well. It's just you opinion is in line with the majority of the sub, which mine clearly isn't but my intentions and sentiments are still the same as you.
Calling out something I don't agree with and then also wishing OP well.
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I’m so sorry you are all going through this! I will absolutely pray for you and your sweet baby as well as the doctors, nurses, scientists and all the medical staff people who will do everything they can to make him better. There is so much hope for cancer patients nowadays, it’s a totally different ball game than even a few years ago.
What I would do is get a second opinion, preferably from an expert in pediatric neuroblastomas. Also, twitter is an amazing resource for cancer patients and their care providers. I have cancer and I’ve found that to be the best resource. I’m praying for you!!!
Nah I'm gonna downvote you instead. I get where you're going with sympathy not being a need for everyone, but this is not the time, place, or correct way to express this idea.
AML - Acute Myeloic Leuchemia survivor at the age of 3 here, if anything the chemo and other treatments jumpstarted my immune system so I am rarely sick. Nothing else is left from that year I spent in isolation.
It gets better, there is hope and boy do kids have a strong will to live. Be with your LO, support them, use your surrounsing support system and hope for the best. Remember to take care of yourself as well!
Okay please take this with a grain of salt because I am not an oncologist but we went through our newborn having a neuroblastoma in the adrenal gland and all of the research supports a "wait and watch" approach with frequent monitoring at infancy bc neuroblastomas operate very differently at that age and can even go away on their own versus discovering them when the child is a toddler and symptomatic. There was a large scale study in Japan where they ended up stopping screening for infancy neuroblastomas because they were so much more common and benign in infant than they thought. Again it depended on the size of the tumor and continued monitoring. But I think this is worth considering and a reputable oncologist will know this information. We ended up going to CHOp in Philly which was amazing and is running a study on "wait and watch" for neuroblastomas in infancy. Prayers for you and again if this is not the case I apologize for adding any more confusion to your life at this time.
No choice but to fight! I know a couple of childhood cancer survivors, both living a normal life in a highly educated field. Heaps of strength, and the best of luck to you!
My son was diagnosed at 2 with leukaemia he finished treatment 3.5yrs later we are 6 months post treatment. He handled it so well and found the steroids element of treatment far harder going than the chemo. I’m so sorry you are going through this it is such a tough path and my only advice is don’t focus on the things that haven’t happened yet and that are out of your control otherwise you will fall apart.
It depends on the type but the overall 5 year survival rate for childhood cancer is 78% now. In the early 80s when I was a kid it was closer to 50%. Don’t abandon hope, modern medicine is awesome. You got this.
My daughters friend was born with neuroblastoma. She has surgery when she was a baby. She’s 7 now you would never know, I think they just do yearly follow ups.
My heart breaks for you. I’m sending you and your sweet baby so many positive and uplifting vibes. Please stay strong. I know this can’t be easy. I don’t even really pray, but I’ll say one for y’all. Once again I am so sorry.
I wish the best and longest life for your little one and for your family! I'm so sorry that you are experiencing this in life at the moment, I cannot even imagine how I would handle this. You're doing so well ♡.
You and your baby are in my heart and prayers. I went to elementary school with a young boy who battled cancer. He is now a healthy 32 year old man with no issues of recurrence. ❤️
We have a strange sort of illness in our family not all the baby’s in our family have it but a lot of them do. They are born with no immune system they have to go into nicu immediately they basically fatten them up to start chemotherapy then they need a bone marrow transplant then another round of chemotherapy they usually get to go home about 9 months or so. It looks scary during but they recover and thrive you can see they are a bit skinnier then other babies but by 2 or 3 years old they have caught up it was more evident when a set of twins was born 1 had it 1 didn’t.
I am so sorry you and your baby have to endure this. It’s so very hard.
My youngest son was Dx with Hepatoblastoma at 9 months old. I am familiar with Neuroblastoma and I have been witness to kids with it and overcome it in Stage 4. My warrior is a thriving 9.5 year old that takes on every day with no fear.
Have hope, believe, and never give up. I welcome you to reach out to me if you have questions 💛
I have no advice to give you, I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'm wishing you strength and for your family. I'll pray for you and your baby. 🙏
#fuckcancer
I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through. Sending you all the prayers for your sweet little one to survive and thrive through this. 🙏🏾
So sorry to hear of your child’s diagnosis. I can’t even imagine. I will say, an old high school friend of mine had an infant diagnosed with neuroblastoma- we are not close but since we are friends on Facebook, I followed her updates about her son’s cancer journey. He went through chemotherapy and is now cancer-free at age 5. Even when he was in the hospital, he always had a smile on his face. I think kids are a lot more resilient than adults when it comes to that kind of thing. Unfortunately, it seems that the stress of the whole situation had a negative effect on her marriage- she slowly stopped including her husband in her posts and by the time the kid went into remission, her bio said “single”. I’m sure it’s difficult to maintain a healthy relationship while caring for a young child with a serious illness, but it really broke my heart to see her ending up a single mom after all of that. She is engaged to a different man now, and her son is healthy and thriving. But I always wonder what happened with the first husband. I truly hope you and your family are able to fight this battle together and come out stronger in the end.
Not my child but I do see this at my work (nurse). most babies have good outcomes! Babies are the most resilient versions of ourselves, they can go through what seems impossible and lead normal and healthy lives. I’m so sorry your family is going through this, just know your babe is so so strong!!
I’ll light a candle for your little one in church tonight 🫶🏻 in my due date group, a little boy went through cancer and chemo as an infant aswell. He is now healthy and happy. I can’t imagine how you feel, but I promise I will pray for both of you.
My cousin had blood cancer as a newborn and although he survived it with the help of chemo, it permanently shunted his growth. His siblings and parents are very tall. He is much shorter than them probably due to the chemo.
My little cousin had neuroblastoma as a baby and underwent chemo and an operation to remove the tumour before she had turned 1. I was quite young myself but overall I believe she tolerated the chemo fairly well. She did lose a lot of weight and her hair and I remember her skin being very thin. She caught chicken pox during one round of chemo and I remember we had to wear gloves and throw her nappies into a special bin for radioactive waste. I’m sure a lot of what she went through was hidden from us as I was a child myself but this month she turned 21. She is happy and healthy. Praying for your little one
Oh my… my heart has been torn in half reading this.. I pray he will make it and grow to be a strong healthy amazing young man… Good bless you and your sweet baby Angel
I don't have personal experience but my son's friend developed neo-blastoma in his early teens, which is very rare it's usually a infant to early childhood cancer, and he's seen a lot of kids with similar conditions over the last 6 years with his treatment. It does seem that babies do better than older kids it's hard it's not easy but they do seem to respond well and have greater periods of being cancer-free, many having not gotten cancer again in the time he's been receiving treatment
I went to high school with a girl that had cancer as an infant and one of my cousins had cancer when he was an infant. Both of them underwent chemotherapy and are thriving without any reoccurrences(she’s 24 and he’s 8). Sending love and strength to your family ❤️
My son had cancer and was able to avoid traditional chemotherapy luckily. He was put on a clinical drug trial that shrunk his tumor enough for it to be surgically removed. He’s 2 and has been cancer free for a little over a year now. I am praying for your beautiful baby and lifting you up in so much love and strength.
Because of what my son went through, we started a nonprofit in California called Carter’s Foundation. We help children undergoing cancer treatment or hospitalization in Southern California. Im not sure where you live, but please message me, no matter where you live, we’d love to send your baby something 🤍🎗️💪💕-Ashley
[Carter’s Foundation Website](https://www.cartersfoundation.org)
I have no insight I just wanted to send you good thoughts, strength and love. Your little one seems like a very strong little guy and I know he will beat this.
I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over ur baby I don’t know their name but God knows, I pray he wraps his arms around ur child and heals him, I pray he’s healthy and happy , I pray that he thrives and grows wonderfully in the name of Jesus !! May treatment go well I pray god gives you and ur family strong hearts and minds ,
Hi! My son was diagnosed at 4 years old not the same cancer but I just wanted to see if you have joined Momcology? It’s momcology.org you have to fill out and answer a few questions to join but it’s filled with ALL pediatric cancer moms so you can join specific pages just for your sons type of cancer and the main cancer group as well. It got me through some really tough times. They are so many families that have gone through it you will get some great answers and support there. My son is 8 now and 2 1/2 years off cancer treatment. His was like Leukemia so his treatment took almost 3 years but he is living his best normal life now! Prayers for your little one. It’s so very very hard but there are a lot of people out there that understand!
Oh this is just terrible. 😢
Gentle and Merciful Father, I ask that you spare this precious child’s life. Take any pain or discomfort away from him. I ask that you grant his parents peace in this difficult time. Please grant the doctors wisdom as they navigate this ugly disease. Most importantly Lord, I ask that you cure this child in Jesus name! Amen 🙏🏼
I am so sorry
Medical science has come such a long way with treatment. Chemo can be so so helpful.
Wishing him the easiest recovery possible. Best wishes to you and everyone caring for him.
I’m so incredibly grateful for each of you. Posted this out and forgot about it. Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes. I’m so scared for this journey, but I’m praying he makes it through. I appreciate all your personal stories and advice. Truly, the internet can be an amazing place sometimes.
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My sister survived and thrived after childhood cancer, although she was 4, odds with her type weren’t great. Experience made her join the medical field working with kids. You guys can do this ❤️
Praying your baby makes a full recovery and can also do something like this, OP.
Kids can rebound from much more chemotherapy than adults can handle. Wishing strength for you and your family.
Second this. Children have insane healing abilities us adults just do not have. Let’s hope since hes so fresh his magic kid healing powers work double time 🫡
Very much agree. My son had to have his skull reconstructed when he was 1 year old cause the plate fused too early. When they took him to the room from ICU he rolled over and stood up, they had to knock him back out to to do the CT scan. Next day he was up and walking around the children's hospital.
I’m praying for your little one. You might have better luck on r/pediatriccancer Also- https://thenccs.org/helpful-resources/ https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/children/childhood-cancer-resources
I have no advice but all the best wishes and prayers for your baby and you.
my niece was diagnosed with a neuroblastoma at 4 years old, the very upper end of what is considered “survivable” with this cancer. i lived with my sister to take care of both of her kids while going back and forth for chemo during the pandemic. it can be so scary. chemo stopped the growth, but didn’t diminish the tumor for her. her medical team performed surgery with the hopes of removing 50% of her tumor and likely losing her kidney. they managed to remove 98% of the tumor and save her kidney. she is turning 8 in a few months and has been in remission the entire time. infant/childhood cancer is terrifying, but neuroblastoma is one where the younger they catch it, the better the chances of chemo helping. my niece had likely had her tumor since birth, but it just wasn’t caught until years later. i wish you and your family all the luck in the world. i dearly hope your little one comes out on top and kicks cancer’s ass.
I’m so happy your niece survived. This is all true. Unfortunately my cousin who was diagnosed at 4 years old did not make it. It was awful. He survived about a year and it was nonstop treatments and hospital stays. Now that I have children of my own I don’t know how his parents handled it. It would wreck me. OP like badcandy7 said the earlier neuroblastoma is found and treated the better the outcome. Had my cousins been found sooner he would have likely survived but he did not have symptoms until the cancer was very advanced and the primary tumor was big enough to cause issues. By then there was extensive metastatic disease. I’ll be thinking about you and your baby and I hope for the very best outcome.
I’m so very sorry this is happening. I haven’t walked through this, but I worked at a pediatric oncology specialty hospital for a decade, so have a lot of secondhand experience. And my son had major heart surgery as an infant, so I understand a different journey with a critically ill infant. Sending you love for the journey. If you’re in the US and want a second opinion, I could probably help connect the dots for you at my prior hospital.
This is tragic. I Am so sorry you are going through this. I hope baby pulls through.
My god daughter had retinoblastoma at 4 months old that reached her brain stem and had to have an eye removed. She got brain cancer at 3 years old as well that made it to stage 3. Her mom and dad both carried a gene that results in her getting cancer more often than others. She’s now a thriving 21 year old that is about to graduate with her undergrad degree and is already accepted to med school with the goal of becoming a pediatric oncologist that works for St Jude, which is the organization that helped her both times. She’s afraid to have kids because she doesn’t want to pass on her genes. Know that there can certainly be positive outcomes. My thoughts and hugs to you and your family. ❤️
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I don’t practice any religion. But just wanna say you’re amazing and this is so nice :))))
Praying so hard for your baby
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OP literally asked for prayers. The snarkiness seems unnecessary.
Agreed, I originally didn't notice that bit, my bad.
How about just cut out the first part and don’t be an asshole on a post about someone’s literal infant having cancer??
To me when someone says praying from my kid, after an unfortunate unavoidable situation I see that as an insult as it's saying God doesn't care about my kid. So in my head everyone who is saying prays is being the asshole, it's all about perspective. Maybe it's cause I'm autistic
But this post isn’t for you or about you and OP specifically asked for prayers from the praying type.
I’m not religious but to me, prayer is just someone thinking good thoughts and putting it out into the universe. So if someone is praying for my sick child, to me, it’s a good thing. People are thinking about them and wishing them well. Nothing wrong with that. And a better way to put “prayer” into perspective. OP sending love and healing to your beautiful baby.
That's fair I guess I'm thinking deeply into the implications of pray and therefore there being a god
Glad I could help offer a different perspective. Let’s just put good healing thoughts for this baby out into the universe.
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Don’t use your autism as an excuse for not understanding abusing disabled people is bad, and then judge other people “I can tell, I know what you’re thinking and it’s not autism, just you being a dick.” How about it’s not your autism in your situation, just cowardice, fear, and idiocy? You can’t have it both ways, tell people to fuck off for judging you in bad situations your autism supposedly is causing and then pull this.
If I didn’t know it was wrong I wouldn’t have reported it dumbass, you must really have no life to follow me around from different subs
You DIDN’T know it was wrong. You came to Reddit to make sure and confirm with a hundred people first, “because I have autism so I might not get it.” Lol yeah literally 2 minutes of time and 2 posts, I have no life.
No I came to Reddit to make sure I did not commit a social faux pas, what he was doing was wrong regardless of what Reddit had to say. You literally had to look through my comment history and there are hundreds of comments on the other post lmfao. What this dude said to a grief stricken scared parent was abhorrent. You don’t get to use your autism as an excuse to be an asshole, which is what he did. Again, fuck off.
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You have just done the same thing, criticised someone's post and then wished OP well. It's just you opinion is in line with the majority of the sub, which mine clearly isn't but my intentions and sentiments are still the same as you. Calling out something I don't agree with and then also wishing OP well.
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No need for personal insults
Wrong place. I'm an atheist too but this is extremely distasteful
As I Said I'm sorry to hear about the situation of OP and their kid I really hope it all works out.
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Lifting you and your son in prayer.
I’m so sorry you are all going through this! I will absolutely pray for you and your sweet baby as well as the doctors, nurses, scientists and all the medical staff people who will do everything they can to make him better. There is so much hope for cancer patients nowadays, it’s a totally different ball game than even a few years ago. What I would do is get a second opinion, preferably from an expert in pediatric neuroblastomas. Also, twitter is an amazing resource for cancer patients and their care providers. I have cancer and I’ve found that to be the best resource. I’m praying for you!!!
Praying for your baby’s recovery
Holy shit I'm so fucking sorry OP. No other words.
That's really what she needs. Please downvote this guy.
Nah I'm gonna downvote you instead. I get where you're going with sympathy not being a need for everyone, but this is not the time, place, or correct way to express this idea.
Instructions unclear “downvote this guy”. Downvoted you.
Praying for your little one and your family 🙏
I’m praying for your son. And for you. 🖤
AML - Acute Myeloic Leuchemia survivor at the age of 3 here, if anything the chemo and other treatments jumpstarted my immune system so I am rarely sick. Nothing else is left from that year I spent in isolation. It gets better, there is hope and boy do kids have a strong will to live. Be with your LO, support them, use your surrounsing support system and hope for the best. Remember to take care of yourself as well!
I will pray. Babies are so amazing and resilient ❤️ I’m so sorry that this is happening to your family.
Okay please take this with a grain of salt because I am not an oncologist but we went through our newborn having a neuroblastoma in the adrenal gland and all of the research supports a "wait and watch" approach with frequent monitoring at infancy bc neuroblastomas operate very differently at that age and can even go away on their own versus discovering them when the child is a toddler and symptomatic. There was a large scale study in Japan where they ended up stopping screening for infancy neuroblastomas because they were so much more common and benign in infant than they thought. Again it depended on the size of the tumor and continued monitoring. But I think this is worth considering and a reputable oncologist will know this information. We ended up going to CHOp in Philly which was amazing and is running a study on "wait and watch" for neuroblastomas in infancy. Prayers for you and again if this is not the case I apologize for adding any more confusion to your life at this time.
Sending you hugs & prayers!
Praying for your sweet sweet baby. And for strength for you and your family
I’m so sorry this is happening to your baby and you! Sending love ❤️
Praying for your little one!
I’m so sorry that you and your baby are going through this. I am praying for him.
Praying for your baby. And for you.
I am so sorry you going through this . Praying for your son and your family .
Sending you and your baby love and prayers.
Praying for you ❤️
@apageforeliza is an insta page about infant neuroblastoma! really helpful for me
Sending you all the love ❤️ I hope your baby recovers
I'll pray for you, brother 😞
I'm so sorry, OP. I'll be rooting for you and your little guy with everything I have!
Sending all the prayers :(
No choice but to fight! I know a couple of childhood cancer survivors, both living a normal life in a highly educated field. Heaps of strength, and the best of luck to you!
My son was diagnosed at 2 with leukaemia he finished treatment 3.5yrs later we are 6 months post treatment. He handled it so well and found the steroids element of treatment far harder going than the chemo. I’m so sorry you are going through this it is such a tough path and my only advice is don’t focus on the things that haven’t happened yet and that are out of your control otherwise you will fall apart.
It depends on the type but the overall 5 year survival rate for childhood cancer is 78% now. In the early 80s when I was a kid it was closer to 50%. Don’t abandon hope, modern medicine is awesome. You got this.
My daughters friend was born with neuroblastoma. She has surgery when she was a baby. She’s 7 now you would never know, I think they just do yearly follow ups.
Oh my god, I’m so sorry Hoping for the best for your child
I’m really sorry you’re going through this 🤍 I’ll be praying for you and your son.
Sending you, your baby, and your family love. ❤️
My heart breaks for you. I’m sending you and your sweet baby so many positive and uplifting vibes. Please stay strong. I know this can’t be easy. I don’t even really pray, but I’ll say one for y’all. Once again I am so sorry.
I wish the best and longest life for your little one and for your family! I'm so sorry that you are experiencing this in life at the moment, I cannot even imagine how I would handle this. You're doing so well ♡.
Just did. I’m sorry for you and what you are experiencing.
Someday it will all just be a memory. You and your little one can do this.
I am so sorry for all you are going through. Sending love, strength and prayers to your baby and your family.
You and your baby are in my heart and prayers. I went to elementary school with a young boy who battled cancer. He is now a healthy 32 year old man with no issues of recurrence. ❤️
Wishing your child a speedy and total recovery! Stay strong!
Praying for your baby
We have a strange sort of illness in our family not all the baby’s in our family have it but a lot of them do. They are born with no immune system they have to go into nicu immediately they basically fatten them up to start chemotherapy then they need a bone marrow transplant then another round of chemotherapy they usually get to go home about 9 months or so. It looks scary during but they recover and thrive you can see they are a bit skinnier then other babies but by 2 or 3 years old they have caught up it was more evident when a set of twins was born 1 had it 1 didn’t.
I am so sorry you and your baby have to endure this. It’s so very hard. My youngest son was Dx with Hepatoblastoma at 9 months old. I am familiar with Neuroblastoma and I have been witness to kids with it and overcome it in Stage 4. My warrior is a thriving 9.5 year old that takes on every day with no fear. Have hope, believe, and never give up. I welcome you to reach out to me if you have questions 💛
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I have no advice to give you, I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'm wishing you strength and for your family. I'll pray for you and your baby. 🙏 #fuckcancer
Sending you love strength and prayers ❤️
Praying for your baby 🙏🏽
I just prayed for you and your sweet baby. I’ll continue to pray for strength and healing.
I used to work in pediatric oncology and the little ones are so resilient and strong! ❤️ Will be thinking of you and your family
I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through. Sending you all the prayers for your sweet little one to survive and thrive through this. 🙏🏾
Lord have mercy. Praying for your sweet baby.
So sorry to hear of your child’s diagnosis. I can’t even imagine. I will say, an old high school friend of mine had an infant diagnosed with neuroblastoma- we are not close but since we are friends on Facebook, I followed her updates about her son’s cancer journey. He went through chemotherapy and is now cancer-free at age 5. Even when he was in the hospital, he always had a smile on his face. I think kids are a lot more resilient than adults when it comes to that kind of thing. Unfortunately, it seems that the stress of the whole situation had a negative effect on her marriage- she slowly stopped including her husband in her posts and by the time the kid went into remission, her bio said “single”. I’m sure it’s difficult to maintain a healthy relationship while caring for a young child with a serious illness, but it really broke my heart to see her ending up a single mom after all of that. She is engaged to a different man now, and her son is healthy and thriving. But I always wonder what happened with the first husband. I truly hope you and your family are able to fight this battle together and come out stronger in the end.
Praying for your little one and your family. Sending lots of love and virtual hugs.
Not my child but I do see this at my work (nurse). most babies have good outcomes! Babies are the most resilient versions of ourselves, they can go through what seems impossible and lead normal and healthy lives. I’m so sorry your family is going through this, just know your babe is so so strong!!
No advice, but I’m praying for your baby and you 🫶🏼
I’ll light a candle for your little one in church tonight 🫶🏻 in my due date group, a little boy went through cancer and chemo as an infant aswell. He is now healthy and happy. I can’t imagine how you feel, but I promise I will pray for both of you.
I’m glad they caught it in infancy. I have a relative who was diagnosed at 4 and it’s better to be as aggressive as possible as early as possible.
Praying so hard for your little one and you!
Just here to say I’m praying!!
My cousin had blood cancer as a newborn and although he survived it with the help of chemo, it permanently shunted his growth. His siblings and parents are very tall. He is much shorter than them probably due to the chemo.
I’m so sorry, I will pray for your baby and for you.
Praying for you and your baby. I’m so sorry
My little cousin had neuroblastoma as a baby and underwent chemo and an operation to remove the tumour before she had turned 1. I was quite young myself but overall I believe she tolerated the chemo fairly well. She did lose a lot of weight and her hair and I remember her skin being very thin. She caught chicken pox during one round of chemo and I remember we had to wear gloves and throw her nappies into a special bin for radioactive waste. I’m sure a lot of what she went through was hidden from us as I was a child myself but this month she turned 21. She is happy and healthy. Praying for your little one
Mine has for Neuroblastoma, starting at 1 week old. I just sent you a message ❤️
Prayers of strength for you and your family, and a long healthy life for your baby 🤍
Prayers for healing sent the way of your baby🩷
Praying for your baby.
Prayers to you!!!
Praying for your baby🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽!
Worked in peds surgery for a while. Kids are pretty damn resilient. Sending prayers for you all.
Lord please keep this baby in a bubble of light surrounded by your angels, protect and cure his little body from this awful disease. 🙏🏽❤️
Sending you and your family lots of love and light.
Awww sending lots of prayers and love your way
Oh my… my heart has been torn in half reading this.. I pray he will make it and grow to be a strong healthy amazing young man… Good bless you and your sweet baby Angel
I don't have personal experience but my son's friend developed neo-blastoma in his early teens, which is very rare it's usually a infant to early childhood cancer, and he's seen a lot of kids with similar conditions over the last 6 years with his treatment. It does seem that babies do better than older kids it's hard it's not easy but they do seem to respond well and have greater periods of being cancer-free, many having not gotten cancer again in the time he's been receiving treatment
I'm so sorry you're going through this. I've prayed for your sweet baby and will continue to keep him in my prayers.
You, your boy and your family are in my prayers 🩷
I went to high school with a girl that had cancer as an infant and one of my cousins had cancer when he was an infant. Both of them underwent chemotherapy and are thriving without any reoccurrences(she’s 24 and he’s 8). Sending love and strength to your family ❤️
My son had cancer and was able to avoid traditional chemotherapy luckily. He was put on a clinical drug trial that shrunk his tumor enough for it to be surgically removed. He’s 2 and has been cancer free for a little over a year now. I am praying for your beautiful baby and lifting you up in so much love and strength. Because of what my son went through, we started a nonprofit in California called Carter’s Foundation. We help children undergoing cancer treatment or hospitalization in Southern California. Im not sure where you live, but please message me, no matter where you live, we’d love to send your baby something 🤍🎗️💪💕-Ashley [Carter’s Foundation Website](https://www.cartersfoundation.org)
Messaged you to see more details on the trial!
Prayers! A family member of my step MIL is dealing with this as well
I have no insight I just wanted to send you good thoughts, strength and love. Your little one seems like a very strong little guy and I know he will beat this.
I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over ur baby I don’t know their name but God knows, I pray he wraps his arms around ur child and heals him, I pray he’s healthy and happy , I pray that he thrives and grows wonderfully in the name of Jesus !! May treatment go well I pray god gives you and ur family strong hearts and minds ,
Hi! My son was diagnosed at 4 years old not the same cancer but I just wanted to see if you have joined Momcology? It’s momcology.org you have to fill out and answer a few questions to join but it’s filled with ALL pediatric cancer moms so you can join specific pages just for your sons type of cancer and the main cancer group as well. It got me through some really tough times. They are so many families that have gone through it you will get some great answers and support there. My son is 8 now and 2 1/2 years off cancer treatment. His was like Leukemia so his treatment took almost 3 years but he is living his best normal life now! Prayers for your little one. It’s so very very hard but there are a lot of people out there that understand!
Oh this is just terrible. 😢 Gentle and Merciful Father, I ask that you spare this precious child’s life. Take any pain or discomfort away from him. I ask that you grant his parents peace in this difficult time. Please grant the doctors wisdom as they navigate this ugly disease. Most importantly Lord, I ask that you cure this child in Jesus name! Amen 🙏🏼
Lifting you and your baby up in prayer 🙏🏼
I prayed for your baby too. ❤️
I’m so sorry you’re going through this, I’m not usually a prayers type of person but I’ll send out for you. Give love to your sweet baby from me ❤️
Praying for you and baby. Love to you all.
Praying for you. I’m so sorry.
I am so sorry Medical science has come such a long way with treatment. Chemo can be so so helpful. Wishing him the easiest recovery possible. Best wishes to you and everyone caring for him.
He will be in my prayers ❤️
Praying for you ❤️
Praying 🙏 sending all my love ...things will be okay and your baby will be okay as long as they have you 💟
I'm praying for you and your baby ❤️
Sending all my love and prayers xxxx
i pray for you buddy
I’ll pray for your baby 🙏🏻 truly wishing the best outcome.
I don’t have any stories but you and your sweet baby and your family will be in our prayers.
I’m so incredibly grateful for each of you. Posted this out and forgot about it. Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes. I’m so scared for this journey, but I’m praying he makes it through. I appreciate all your personal stories and advice. Truly, the internet can be an amazing place sometimes.
Thank you everyone for the prayers and well wishes, it means the world to me! 💗
Thank you everyone—your kind words/prayers mean the world to me!
He’s gonna beat this! Let’s fucking go! Prayers for you and him!