So much has taken place!

Hello all,
We apologize for the delay in posting.
So much has taken place since the last time we have
posted.
A Benefit for Chase was held in Norwalk this past
Sunday, and over $1600.00 was raised! Thank you to all
who helped with this event. Chase had so much fun.
Chase will be attending the Sprint Car races this
weekend in Attica and Fremont Ohio. We will have "Race
For Chase" T-shirts available to all who want to
purchase one.
Chase will also be in Michigan on June 16th with Mom
and Dad to watch the Nascar drivers qualify and attend
a special luncheon. It is very possible that he will
meet some of the drivers!
Chase and his Mom and Dad will be going to Bristol
TN. to the Nascar Race at the end of Aug to meet Jeff
Gordon for his special wish, with the Make-A-Wish
foundation! He is pumped!
Chase and his Mom have been traveling to Cleveland
for his appts and receiving his chemo treatments.
Every Monday morning the Nurses need to access his
"port" by inserting a needle into his chest wich is
connected to tubing so that he can receive his chemo.
Chase is not handling this well at all. The Nurses
told us that kids gradually get used to this procedure
as time goes on, but Chase gets so upset, crying and
kicking and screaming. He begs and pleads for them not
to do this. It is absolutely heartbreaking to watch
him go through this. It scares him so much. I went up
yesterday with my friend Linda to give Jessica a
break, and the nurse who was trying to do this
procedure literally ran out of the room in tears
because of how upset and shaken up Chase was by all of
this. They also had me leave the room, as I could not
bear to watch him plead and beg me to make them stop
hurting him. As a Grandparent you want to protect your
Grandkids from anyone hurting them, but yet I know he
needs this medicine... you are so torn about what to
do. The stress all of this has caused Chase and
Jessica, and the whole family is too much to bear at
times. I have watched this killer disease turn a
beautiful little boy with such a zest for life, into a
sometimes withdrawn, scared, under-weight, sickly
little guy who needs sun-glasses even at night if the
lights are too bright, who hugs you one minute, then
screams at you the next.
I received a call in the middle of the night last
Wednesday from Cleveland from my Nephew, John Adams,
he went up there to stay with Chase and Jessica
because they were all going to attend an Indians
baseball game the next day. In the middle of the night
Jessica woke up thinking she was having a heart
attack, she couldn't catch her breath and was gasping
for air, so John called the EMS and they came and took
Jessica to the hospital Emergency room. The Doctors
said she is having panic attacks due to all of the
stress she is under. She has had them more frequently
in the last week. It is not easy being a young Mother
and having a child with Cancer, for that matter it
isn't easy having a child who is sick, no matter what
your age is. Jessica and Chase deal with this, day
after day. I know I couldn't handle everything that
has been put upon her shoulders, she is definately
Chase's rock, and he is hers.
It is sometimes so easy for us to sit back and say
this or that about how if it was us, we would do it
this way, or try this, or you should have done that.
But I just want to say how proud I am to know Jessica,
and be her Mom. She is there for Chase and with Chase
most of the time, except for the few times Linda and I
can give her a break, so that she can stay home once
in awhile. I ask that you please keep Chase and his
family in your prayers, they need all of the love and
support they can get right now.
Sincerely,
Jane Hemmer-Chase's Grandmother