07/12/2010
by Michael Wells It’s absolutely amazing; on the outside our Brady is an intelligent, handsome, precocious, personable toddler; however, on the inside our baby is a very very sick child. Today around 11:00am I received a phone call from Sherrie, telling me; Brady peripheral white blood has 71% cancerous blasts cells. This is the worst news in my entire life. Tomorrow morning we are going ahead with the bone marrow biopsy which in all likelihood will show even a greater amount of cancer in Brady’s bone marrow. If the cancer is greater than 75% there will be no additional procedures. It’s time to go home. Tomorrow we are going home with our Brady. We plan to cram as many “things” into the next couple of weeks as Brady’s health will allow. We are planning to go to a petting zoo, take a ride on a tractor, attend a Gymboree session, go to a movie, and stop by Brady’s Day Care Center. We will go for as many walks as our legs will allow and we will build memories that will last a lifetime. Brady’s medical teams at CHOP and most of all at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital / Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital have been just amazing. Dr. Drachtman or Dr. D as Brady likes to call him is one of the best Pediatric Hematology / Oncologist in the world and we will always love you and every one of your team members. You did your absolute best and now it’s time to gather our belongings and go home. Our thank you’s will never express the appreciation for everyone who has supported us through the last 9 exhausting months. Please forgive me if I a miss a day or two writing journal entries but it’s time to focus my all on Brady. Your hugs, thoughts and prayers have been a true blessing and are welcomed more than ever.“8 Years Later—Still No Cure for Pediatric Cancer” is a series of posts revisiting the journal kept by Sherrie and Michael Wells during the cancer diagnosis and treatment of their son, Brady Michael. Hopefully these entires will provide an understanding of the journey families face when dealing with these horrific diseases and of the important work the Hugs for Brady Foundation does.