A bit of sad news. . . .

Hello all,
Mimi here, Chase's Maternal Grandmother. Wow, so much
to share with you about the weekend, don't even know
where to begin.
Saturday night around 10pm, I was entertaining
friends in my backyard, when I received a call from my
daughter Jess, (short for Jessica) that Chase had a
high temperature and she was taking him to Bellevue
Hospital and would be picking me up along the way.
I climbed in the front seat and we took off speeding
through Clyde! We were met there by Chase's Mawmaw,
Robin Dwight. Chase was so hot, from such a high
fever, that you could hardly touch him! His temp was
almost 104 degrees! I climbed in the back seat and
held him all the way to the hospital. He was burning
up with such a high fever. They immediately started iv
fluids to hydrate him. Chase was hallucinating and
shaking violently with chills and fever. We were all
so worried and scared for him. Aunt Jeanette,
Mawmaw,myself, his Mother, and Chase's Dad Jeremy were
all there. At first, they were going to run him to
Cleveland Clinic via ambulance, until his symptoms
worsened, and it was agreed that he should be Life
Flighted by helicopter. During this time he was
hallucinating, shaking violently with chills. Nurses
and EMT's, and Aunt Jeanette worked on chase by
sponging him down with cool water to get his fever
down. His fever went up and down, and up and down.
During this time His Mother Jessica had an anxiety
attack and had to be placed in a wheel-chair, where
she totally flipped out and was hyper-ventilating.
Jessica was so upset about Chase, I ran from Chase's
room back to Jessica. As a Mother, I was torn from
being with my Grandson, but yet I needed to be with my
Daughter too. I ran back and forth between both of
them. It was one of the most heartbreaking times of
my entire life! To look at my Grandson who was turning
an ash grey and not responding to any kind of stimuli,
to my Daughter who was crying out and gasping for her
breath because she was so shaken up about her son, was
the most scariest time of my life.
I apologize for being so graphic, but this is exactly
how it was!
Chase was life-flighted by helicopter to the
Cleveland Clinic. His Mom, Dad, myself and Grandpa
Rusty made it there by car as fast as we could get
there. We were met there by Mawmaw Robin, and Randy
Burrough's. His Father Chad, Uncle Matt, and Grandpa
Scott Berger showed up a few minutes later. We all
took turns going into Chase's room to make sure he was
all-right. His color returned to normal, and all of
his vital signs were good. Chase was doing good so his
Father Chad decided to stay with him for the night,
and we all went home.
Chase spiked a temp and was hallucinating again on
Sunday night, not as severe as the night before, but
it was bad enough to scare the crap out of all of us.
At this time Doctors were still unsure what is causung
this. They have since decided that his port-a-cath is
infected with bacteria and he will undergoing surgery
to have it removed for a few days, he will also have a
spinal tap done just to rule out Spinal Meningitis.
So much for my little guy to have to endure.
Chase didn't ask for this dreaded disease, he didn't
ask for the 36 radiation treatments, to his eye, he
didn't ask for the surgery,to remove his tumor, he
didn't ask to be so sick that all he does is hug the
toilet vomiting violently, he didn't ask to wear
sun-glasses because the light causes him to hide his
eyes and he needs to wear sun-glasses even while he is
indoors if the light are too bright. Chase didn't ask
for any of this. He is only five years old! He is so
pale and thin, he has no hair because of the chemo.
The chemo makes him sick, but yet he needs to have it
or he could die. He is poked and prodded on a weekly ,
if not a daily basis. And through it all, he is still
a five year old, who just wants to be a kid, ride his
four-wheeler and play.
I ask anyone who reads this, to just take a moment
and pray for Chase, pray that he beats this dreaded
disease, pray that he can live a normal life, pray
that his family can know what it is like to be able to
stay home, and do the things that you and I take for
granted. It has been said that God never gives us more
than we can handle, This family has certainly has
handled their share.
Sincerely,
Jane Hemmer
(Chase's Mimi)


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