Draykes Little Corner

Drayke's Little Corner

Hi thanks for visiting our little corner. This is our son Drayke, born August 19, 1999. He was diagnosed with Childhood Leukemia (A.L.L) in July 2002. It has been very difficult watching our little guy fight this terrible disease, but by the grace of God his cancer is in remission and has one more year of treatment to go. August 2005 and the port will be removed and we get our son back, a little older and wiser, but our son nonetheless.

Drayke has started kindergarten this year and is very excited to be back among his peers. There is still the possibility of him becoming sick due to his lowered immune system (a side effect of the chemotherapy), but we are taking it one day at a time. He still goes into the clinic for the dreaded spinal taps and to get blood drawn. I think it bothers us more than him. He is very brave and the hospital to him is now just a routine event. As routine as the color coded pills he has to take every night.

I have been unemployed, not by choice, since April 2004. We've pulled through when we lost Gramma to skin cancer and we pulled through when Drayke became ill. So we'll pull through when the repo man comes at night in his little repo beanie and drives off with my truck ...or when the cingular wireless bozos hi jack our cell phones...we'll pull through. The unfortunate part to losing it all, is when we lose the Cobra Insurance that we have for Drayke, his hospital insurance is gone. We are a family of no health coverage and it takes all we have just to keep Drayke covered. As far as paying for his medicines, tht's a different story. Unfortunately, Cobra gets repossessed to when the payment doesn't come in on time. They don't care, does anyone anymore? They told us it would get easier, honestly, this happens to be the toughest time and no ones seems to be there anymore. Strange how life's pettiness can destroy the little bit of faith in those you think are there for you. Where am I going with this? Who knows. It's just there. Cancer has a domino effect on a family, it doesn't end, it never ends. It can destroy the very soul of the ones fighting to keep things together after the fact if that makes any sense. Life begins to not make sense after awhile. You just keep on going like a zombie with blinders on. Trust me, it catches up with you when you least expect it. The fear of not being able to take of our Drayke or Brayden brings chills down the spine. Support. You know, it's needed more than ever at this point. Can't handle it alone anymore.

{People are always asking, " what can we do to help?" )

Anything and everything. Drayke is now the forgotten child that used to go to tutortime...no one Im sure remembers him running down those halls with his cap and his baseball glove...His laughter, his smiles. So to all the angles that stepped into my life back then and are now nowhere to be seen...I thank you...for the love you promised his heart. I lied when I said that I didnt care whether or not people kept in touch. It sucks. It hurts. Alot of you were family to make up for the ones that we dont have. Its kinda like being left at the mall with a picture of all of you and a lollipop.

Anyways,
This has been an interesting journey...we are entering the final chapter The wrath of Chemotherapy! Do not fear our little hero has superpowers that transend all the pain and hurt financial man can throw at us. Im glad Drayke is on our side!

Daddy
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