Nico's Story
"How?" you ask. I would like to share my experience with you. I constantly was having headaches and vomiting. I went to lots of doctors. They thought I was lactose intolerant. I stopped eating dairy products all together. My mom wrote a letter to the doctors. It was very important. They ordered a CAT-SCAN.
On December 5, 2000, I went to Sunrise Hospital. Two days later, I had my surgery. I said goodbye to my family. That was hard to do. My doctor was Dr. Anson. Well, there were lots of them, but he was my main doctor. I put the mask on and then I was out cold. My doctors told what happened to my parents. The tumor was so big they had to cut it up with a knife, but they had to be careful not to cut my brain.
On Christmas Eve, I was able to go home. It felt great to be going home. On Christmas, my brother and I got lots of presents. Then Frankie got a cash register. When he played with it, he pressed a button and it made a noise that sounded like a horse. I made my first noise, it was laughter. After that, he kept pressing it. I kept laughing and laughing.” Over the years, I had to learn to talk again. I had to learn to move all of my body parts again. I went to therapy over the years. I was home schooled for a year. I get better every day. |