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Ethan Jostad earned his angel wings August 8, 2011

I have been following Ethans journey with Stage IV Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma since August 2009. Earlier this year Ethan was declared NED. Unfortunately, he only was in remission for 3 months. On June 21, 2011, the scans showed that the cancer was back and had spread throughout Ethans body. Ethan fought all the way to the end. Ethan will be greatly missed. Ethan is the true definition of what a hero is too me.

Did you know?

Did you know?

• One in every 330 Americans develops cancer before the age of twenty.
• On the average, 36 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer everyday in the United States.
• On the average, one in every four elementary schools has a child with cancer. The average high school has two students who are current or former cancer patients.
• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the United States.
• Childhood cancers affect more potential patient-years of life than any other cancer except breast and lung cancer.
• The causes of most childhood cancers are unknown. At present, childhood cancer cannot be prevented.
• Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class, or geographic region. In the United States, the incidence of cancer among adolescents and young adults is increasing at a greater rate than any other age group, except those over 65 years.
• Despite these facts, childhood cancer research is vastly and consistently underfunded

I have lost count to the children that have died from cancer whos journeys I have followed. 


 Rhabdomyosarcoma is one of the types of cancer that children get and the survival rate is not good at all. Every child that I have followed their story has eventually relapsed and died. The chemo treatments and radiation that they have to go through is very intense and makes them deathly ill. 

Ethan is the most recent little friend of mine who will soon be leaving earth and meeting his heavenly father. I dont understand how people can intentionally ignore and avoid educating themself and getting the word out. One child dying from this disease is one child too many.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanjostad/journal
Ethan is the definition of what a hero and a fighter truly is. We need to find a cure for childhood cancer!

Spending time with my daughters

Nothing means more to me than spending time with all 3 of my daughters. My oldest is visiting before she leaves to go to Afghanistan. Its been quite awhile since spending time with all 3 of them at the same time. How I treasure this time. I wish I could pause it forever.

 

Starting Over

After trying to salvage my last Blogger acct, I realized it would be easier to just open up a new acct. So here it is. My first post. 

Its July 29, friday afternoon. My 8 yr old son is camping with his dad and his dads family. My 2 younger daughters are visiting. Tomorrow their older sister flies in to spend some time with us before she gets ready to be deployed to Afghanistan. I do my best to stay positive and strong for Brittany, and her sisters. But it is hard when your daughter is getting ready to go into the "war zone". All I can do is give it to God.