January 4, 2012

Hello to our family, friends and new friends!

Happy New Year Everyone! Wow 2012 is already here and moving on. We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas with your families and friends. We certainly did. Sheridan and Roman really enjoyed Christmas this year. Unfortunately, Sheridan caught a tummy virus on Xmas eve and was puking for 48 hrs. But, Santa still arrived and left such fun presents this year for the kiddos. They are definitely getting older now and Santa isn’t leaving what he used to leave like Fisher Price this and Polly Pocket that! Santa was a bit more techy this year. And, of course Santa ate cookies and drank eggnog that was left for him! 

We had a wonderful time visiting friends and going to dinners and just having plain simple fun over the holidays. We went to dinner with Aunt Sissy and Uncle Chet and cousins’ Patrick, Noah and Ciara on New Year’s Eve and rang in 2012 with them playing games and having fun! Then on New Year’s Day, Mom cooked yummy city chicken with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes for good luck in 2012!

2012 is a big year for us. Roman will reach his 5 year diagnosis anniversary on April 25th. That is a huge milestone for him. One that we are going to celebrate somehow… I don’t know how just yet, but we are going to celebrate it very loudly and it will be the most fun rest assured! That will definitely be one day that Roman’s life will be celebrated for the miracle that it truly is! 

Unfortunately, there are some of our closest friends that are battling the NB beast 24/7 non- stop. My heart aches for these moms as I feel I am close to them even though we have never even met. I know they know all of us NB families stick together in both the good and bad. I just wish these two families could catch a break. Denise and Sue, my cancer mom strength is yours from now on and will not stop for both of your amazing boys: Nicholas OUR SHINING STAR and Daniel “D”. I feel sick for them as they have to watch their boys endure horrific treatments after relapses. Both of whom were on an NED path just like Roman and who I have followed for a long long time. My heart is heavy for these families. All I have to offer them is my strength and my prayers and support and a friendly ear if they need it, they know where I am. Love you both!

I hope that 2012 is good to all of you, our Roman supporters. Without all of you and your prayers..
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Welcome to the Rescue Roman website.
I am a happy, adorable 6 year old little boy. With the exception of having a peanut allergy, I've been perfectly healthy until my swollen right eye led doctors to discover I have cancer. I was diagnosed in April 2007 with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, High Risk, N-Myc non-amplified.

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Two Feather's Prayer
Hear me, four quarters of the world-- a relative I am!
Give me the strength to walk the soft earth.
Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand,
that I may be like you.
With your power only can I face the winds.
Great Spirit...all over the earth the faces of living things are all alike.
With tenderness have these come up out of the ground.
Look upon these faces of children without number
and with children in their arms,
that they may face the winds
and walk the good road to the day of quiet.
This is my prayer hear me!
 
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