7 year old boy from my area (Updated 4-9-12) I don't know this family at all but they live just 6 miles south of me where I went to school. He's In a fight for his life. http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/gage-driver-diffuse-pontine-glioma-nov-11-2011 Be strong young feller. My prayers are with ya!! Update- Good turned to terrible. Anyone that has facebook should be able to read this. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fighting-For-Gage/313682508677831 For those who don't have fb you can read here. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/gagedriver Like I said on the 1st part of this post this family lives 6 miles from me and I don't know the family much at all but to say this hasn't effected me would be a lie. To say I have just a lump In my throat over this would be total BS. Life Isn't fair for this little guy. It really hurts and tares me up reading and hearing this. They say there's a reason for everything but damn I'm having a tough time understanding this one. If this were my child I really can't see me making It through life. Barring a miracle his time Is very short on this earth. It's just not right. Just thought I'd share this with you all. Hug your kids folks every chance you get. You just never ever know what tomorrow brings.
Certainly puts things in perspective. Being a bit down about my hunting season makes me feel ashamed. Prayers for him and his family.
Jesus Christ has Risen Today! Alleluia! With this in mind as much as we are struggling with this journey our precious is on, we find comfort in knowing that because Christ died for us so we will live. Gage is having more frequent pain, but the medicine is doing a good job at keeping him comfortable. We cherish every moment he is awake and every moment he is sleeping. He told me during the night t...hat he kept dreaming about big bright people and animals. I asked him if it looked like Heaven, he said I think so mom, but I'm not ready to go there yet. I told him that it was okay, it was Jesus way of showing him how wonderful Heaven is so that when he is ready he won't be scared. Wishing all of you a Blessed Easter. With Love, TrinaSee More One of his mom's posts on his facebook page. I couldn't read anymore. I just couldn't do it. I have a seven year old boy myself and I would be lost in life if I didn't have him.
It's instances like this that really test my faith. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.
Absolutely. It's unfathomable that something like this occurs all too often to children. Fitz's explanation in one of my other threads is as close to a justification or explanation I've encountered: Prayers are with that poor boy and his family.
Prayer's sent for the family and Gage. I'm sitting here trying to fathom what it wuld be like to be in his parents shoes. I have an 11 mo old turning 1 on saturday and just couldn't imagine going through what they are going through. God has a plan and everything will work out according to his will, sometimes it is hard to understand what that is, but He is still in control. On thing I can say for sure is once Gage sees his Savior, he wouldn't trade places with any of us, and I look forward to seeing him and a lot more that have gone before one day.
This is heartbreaking. I can not stop tears from running down my cheeks. My life is so easy compared to what these people are going thru. I have a 6 and 9 yo and the thought of watching my child go thru this is unbearable. Lord please take this precious child in your hands.
Prayers sent to the little guy and his family. I know this situation all too well. When I was 12 one of my best friends little brother was diagnosed with Bone Marrow Cancer, he was also my little brothers best friend. Dean barely made it past his seventh birthday before his family had to say their last goodbye. When my brother turned 7 he couldn't attend the party, but his parents brought him out briefly to bring my brother a present and to say hi. Dean's passing tore my little brother up in a way that he has never recovered from, it also had a huge effect on me. My brother and I talked for the first time in years about the impact it had on him and me, what prompted it was Dean's older brother Keith who I lost touch with shortly after High School recently passed in his sleep at 39. I wish I understood why this happens but I'm not sure I ever will understand. It is so unfair when anyone gets Cancer, let alone someone just starting their journey in life. I pray things get better and he pulls through, seeing someone that age pass is beyond terrible
