AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
According to the American Cancer Society, 9,620 in the U.S. under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer this year alone. A four-year-old boy from Augusta is one of them.
No parent wants to hear the words, “Your child has cancer.”
“It is a very out-of-body feeling to be told that,” said Emily Rednour of Augusta.
In June, Rednour received news her son, Rowen, had medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor in children.
“I just remember the doctor trying to make eye contact with me saying, “Listen, it is operable. They can take it out. It’s going to be okay. Some kids don’t get it taken out,” she said.
Two days later, he was undergoing surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital to remove a mass from his brain.
While that seven-hour brain surgery came with a lot of risks, Rowen came out of it with no impairments.
But, that began a long road ahead for this family of seven.
The family has relocated to Boston full-time as Rowan receives radiation five days a week.
The couple is selling their Augusta home, and the kids are being homeschooled.
“It is hard as a mom to watch that, just losing their friends. Everybody moves on, but you’re still kind of stuck in a nightmare.”
Rowen will complete his 30th and final radiation session on Monday. Then, he’ll undergo 48 weeks of chemotherapy.
“He motivates us to stay positive because he’s been positive,” Rednour said.
The family was all set to move into an apartment in Brighton, Massachusetts, but they’re on a few waiting lists for assistance and still waiting for answers.
Until then, they will continue their hotel stay.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family with living expenses.
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