My Diary
The above picture was taken around four weeks ago, during a trip to the seaside in Wales. It was a gloriously sunny day, a happy day free of the worries and stresses of the previous two years. A day on which you could truly believe that everything would now be fine and that we had all turned a corner away from this terrible disease.
Now, I am not one for corny metaphors or analogies, but to me there is something about the sea and its vastness, something about it’s apparent infinity that suggests anything is possible. Our love for Jacob is like the sea, limitless and infinite and we will do anything for him. However, unlike the endless sea on that day trip to Wales, there is now a line on the horizon, a meeting point where things are slowly coming together to conspire against that which we treasure most. This line moves closer each day and is no respecter of shock, anguish, or our fears for the future.
If left untreated, Jacob’s cancer will not abate and if we simply close our eyes and pretend that everything will be okay, or dwell for too long on the dilemma of putting him through further painful treatment versus maintaining quality of life for Jacob...... then it may be too late, we need a plan and we need to act swiftly!
So, our plan will involve Jacob receiving a chemotherapy combination recommended by a Professor of Oncology with whom I spoke several days ago, and who is the leading authority on UK based treatment for neuroblastoma. This treatment has shown some good results in controlling tumour growth, but we have been told this is not a ‘curative’ option and that it may actually do nothing, such is the aggressive nature of Jacob’s cancer. Therefore, we are now also in discussions with a Consultant in the USA, about the possibility of Jacob being enrolled in a new trial treatment for neuroblastoma.
If things go to plan, Jacob will begin chemotherapy in the next week or so and will continue through to next February. During this treatment we hope to lay the foundations for a subsequent full scale attack on Jacob’s cancer and will travel to the USA to fully explore our options.
Finally, myself and Nicky would like to thank everyone for their kind words and continued prayers during the last week. We cannot put into words how much this means to us. We also wish to thank our fundraisers for their continued efforts, as without you we would have no hope of treating Jacob.
Bye for now.
Saturday, 18 October 2008
‘Child Of The Sea’
