Seth's Story
written by mom Dawn
Seth was born on May 15, 1997, after a long
night of labor. Until July 25, 2007, he was a normal healthy child.
Seth is your typical boy. He plays football and basketball. He
loves to hunt, ride four wheelers, and is a member of the 4-H Shooting Club
where he won First Place in competition.
Seth was sick a few days in June of 2007 and the entire month of July. He
was sick with his stomach. Seth had nausea, stomach cramping, etc. He had
lost about 10 pounds at that time. A local doctor diagnosed him with a
stomach bacteria and began a strong round of antibiotics. He was unable to
tolerate the medicine and things got worse. Seth just couldn't eat.
On the morning of Wednesday, July 25, 2007, the decision was made to take him to
University Hospital in Jackson, MS. The Emergency Room doctor immediately
stated he did not believe it was his stomach. On the drive to the hospital
the worse you can imagine is a stomach ulcer, maybe Seth would have to be
scoped. Never in a million years when the diagnosis of Leukemia came back
that day, did we ever imagine.
The normal WBC counts is between 5000 - 10000, Seth's count that day was
259,000. He was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). T-Cell diagnosis is rare in that
only 15% of ALL cases are T-Cell.
Our family would love to hear from other children who have been diagnosed
with the same type of leukemia. Currently we have only been able
to speak with two other families whose children have been diagnosed with
T-Cell. Our lives have been changed forever. We found our Heavenly Father
all over again and learned to pray unlike ever before.
Seth had a month long stay in Blair E. Batson Hospital in Jackson, MS. It
was the beginning of his treatment. He has been able to come home and go
back and forth for treatments each month.
Our Seth loves the mountains of Tennessee. We took a much needed trip in
November 2007 to the mountains. We felt so close to God. Prayers have been
answered for Seth. We can feel the support from all around the world.
Deer Hunting is a favorite hobby of Seth's. While home for Thanksgiving he
was able to get a six point buck. Then a few weeks later he was able to get
an 8 point. Now that did put a smile on his face.
The local newspaper, Clarion Ledger, had an article on Seth and his best
friend, Hawk, on Sunday, December 30, 2007. Hawk was 5 years old when
he was diagnosed with ALL. He and Seth are best friends. We can't believe
how both children, who are best friends, the same age, from the same small
community, have both been diagnosed with this horrible monster. We feel that
Hawk went through his fight so he could be a survivor and friend for Seth to
gain his strength.
Seth is our only child and has been our world since his birth. Please pray
for our boy, he has the fight of his life ahead of him. But with the prayers
and love of his family, friends, and complete strangers, we feel Seth will
be cured.
Thank you for all of your prayers, gifts, cards, etc. And thank you
for taking time to visit this website to put smiles on our children's
faces!
Abilities:
See: Yes.
Hear: Yes.
Talk: Yes.
Walk: Yes.
Read: Yes.
Use hands: Yes.
Siblings:
none
Child's Interests:
Seth likes deer hunting, 4-wheeler riding, target shooting,
movies, music (loves Journey, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, etc). Seth loves
the Tennessee College Football Team, loves Peyton Manning and also John Cena.
He would love to meet Hannah Montana, enjoys watching High School Musical...and
any type of hunting videos. He enjoys playing the Wii and Playstation II and
III. He misses his sports.
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