New Info on Grayson

As you all know, Grayson was in remission from Non-Hodgkins lymphoma after he finished chemo and radiation last September. Grayson was going in for 3 month check-ups regularly and was cancer free as of the last testing in the spring.

When Grayson was at Denver Health, one of the doctors asked if we were sure that the cancer hadn't returned and I remember being so mad at that doctor for even mentioning the cancer when we were trying to deal with his brain injuries. The doctor had said that there was cloudiness in his lungs and I thought that it was easily explained by potential pneumonia from being on the respirator, a common complication.

On Tuesday, I spoke with the coroner and they confirmed that the cancer had returned. There was lymphoma in his lower left lobe of the lung and atypical cells in his bone marrow and medialstinum (the area that separates the lungs). Grayson's oncologist had told us that if the cancer were to return, it would likely be in the first year. The prognosis for this type of second line cancer is not good, with a 50% survival, and would require more aggressive chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.

There are so many events surrounding Grayson's accident that lead me to believe that it was Grayson's time to leave us, though it is so hard to imagine why. Why was such a bright, young, vibrant spirit taken from us? I will never understand this while I am here. What I have come to believe is that the Divine showed mercy and let Grayson leave us "high on life" as so many of you said, rather than having a long battle with cancer that would have likely changed his zeal for life and that he may not have survived. This is my view and take it or leave it, but it comforts me to know that there is reason behind this terrible tragedy.