Donald M. - Quilt Finished in 2008
Born: December 12, 2005
Illness: Wilms Tumor
A Thank You From Donald's Family!
April 23, 2008
I just recieved Don's quilt and let me just say how beautiful it is. It has brightened my day. Donnie LOVES his quilt he kept saying "FOR MEEE?!!!" He will defintely be wrapped up in a blanket of love. So many people put there love into this I wish I could thank them all individually.
Thank you, And God Bless
Jessica and Donald
Donald's Story
Written by Donald's mom in 2007
Donnie was born on a Monday morning in December he is our third son and just like our other boys he was perfect!! Don was a normal little boy growing like a weed but just like our other boys he got sick a lot with the general colds but nothing ever serious.
In January we had noticed his tummy was getting bigger but didn't think anything of it until March I finally took him to the doctor and the doctor told me nothing was wrong, even without touching his belly!!! But thats besides the point.
In May we went in for a regular check up and I was not going to mention his belly when we were almost done and the doctor said "you know I noticed his belly" I said don't worry the other doctor told me there was nothing wrong, but she insisted to check him out anyway. She felt his liver was enlarged had 2 additional doctors check him out and 2 of the 3 doctors prescribed an ultrasound, so the next day we went for our ultrasound and... they sent us home only to tell us that our son was diagnosed with a Wilms tumor. We were at the Children's hospital the next morning by 9:30 am were they confirmed by a catscan. Surgery was performed and they removed his right kidney along with the tumor and some lymphnodes and also place a port connected to his vein to be able to recieve his chemo.
Donald recieved 7 treatments of radiation after surgery and began 25 weeks of chemo treatments. He has been doing pretty good, there are some side effects to the chemo he recieved, he had a slight drop foot problem, but I think it has slowly gone away. His hair fell out of coarse! But he likes it when people kiss his bald head anyway.
