Halfway in the treatments

Today was the 16th radiotherapy treatment. Vincent has regressed a lot since the beginning of the treatments. On the 3rd day, he injured his ankle, which prevented him from walking. Since, we took Vincent to see an osteopath who quickly took care of the injury, however, Vincent's balance never came back. He therefore must move around in a wheelchair, or with mum or dad to help him with his balance.

His neurological symptoms have also gotten worse. They are: paralysis and numbness of the left side of the face, left eye crooked, left eyelid cannot close, left ear not working, numbness of right side of body, trembling, balance and coordination affected moderately.

Vincent's moral is good. He is very positive, although his situation has done nothing but get worse. He is now more stable, and some of the trembling has receeded. The worse part for him has been the lack of sleep due to the Decadron, a steroid medication that he needs to take to keep the swelling of his brain under control. We are now in the very slow process of weening him off the Decadron, and hopefully, he will soon be able to function without it.

This is a very tough and serious illness that Vincent is going through. He is being VERY brave and has shown great strength of character. He is quite a fighter, but still needs encouragements. We ask you to please leave notes or commentaries, just a small hello or a funny anecdote from your day. We spend time everyday to read the commentaries, and it bring a bit of sunshine to his heart. His radiotherapy treatments are everyday of the week between 11:15 and 11:45AM, Montreal time. Please, set your watch or cell phone alarm for that time, and take a few minutes to send Vincent good thoughts, to help him get through this. It never stops to impress him how many people think about him, and it give him a lot of strength.

Thank you so much for taking a few minutes of your day for Vincent.