Love for Caleb
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Sweet Caleb is truly something special. To know him is to love him. He is 10 years old and is number 3 of 4 kids. He is a spelling bee champ (on the down-low. He didn't even tell his family he was entering), a pro in all things sports, a computer whiz, and the list goes on and on. He's an incredible brother, friend, and cousin. He has a huge heart and would do anything for anyone. Right now, he needs our prayers and our help.
Caleb started having headaches on and off and pain in his head and neck when he jumped on the trampoline and played. His family thought that he may have hit his head at some point while wrestling around with his siblings and cousins, resulting in a “goose egg” on the back of his head. When the "goose egg" and headaches weren't going away his family started to be more concerned. Last Thursday morning, he threw up his breakfast out of nowhere. He doesn't often get sick, so this series of events prompted his family to call their doctor.
Caleb's dad serves full time in the Airforce and they are currently living on base. Their doctor sent them to the ER on base The ER doctor decided the symptoms were odd enough to do a CT scan. After the scan, he asked if a nurse could stay with Caleb while he talked with his parents in another room. Their hearts dropped. They had found a mass on Caleb’s brain.
His parents held it together as best they could and explained to Caleb that they needed better pictures and he would need to go and have an MRI done. After the MRI, the doctors thought they had a diagnosis but said that Caleb needed to be transferred immediately to a pediatric hospital so he could see specialists. Because he was considered urgent, they went by ambulance.
After numerous more tests, bloodwork, another MRI, and consults with the Neuro and Pediatric teams, they finally confirmed that Caleb has a tumor in the bone on the back of his head.
The specialists came up with a surgical plan and the tumor will be removed on Monday, July 13th.
From there, the doctors will need to do pathology and decide if any further action needs to be taken.
It seems like this is rare but treatable. For that, his family is so grateful. The surgery is not going to be an easy one and recovery will be tricky.
His family is having to travel back and forth from their home to the pediatric hospital in the next state over. Only one parent is allowed to stay with him in the hospital because of Covid19, so the other is having to pay for lodging.
We're hoping to be able to ease their burden so that Caleb's family can just focus on getting him through this and not have to worry about finances.
Any little bit will help and I know Caleb's family will be incredibly grateful.
Please send all the love and prayers you can for sweet Caleb!
Caleb started having headaches on and off and pain in his head and neck when he jumped on the trampoline and played. His family thought that he may have hit his head at some point while wrestling around with his siblings and cousins, resulting in a “goose egg” on the back of his head. When the "goose egg" and headaches weren't going away his family started to be more concerned. Last Thursday morning, he threw up his breakfast out of nowhere. He doesn't often get sick, so this series of events prompted his family to call their doctor.
Caleb's dad serves full time in the Airforce and they are currently living on base. Their doctor sent them to the ER on base The ER doctor decided the symptoms were odd enough to do a CT scan. After the scan, he asked if a nurse could stay with Caleb while he talked with his parents in another room. Their hearts dropped. They had found a mass on Caleb’s brain.
His parents held it together as best they could and explained to Caleb that they needed better pictures and he would need to go and have an MRI done. After the MRI, the doctors thought they had a diagnosis but said that Caleb needed to be transferred immediately to a pediatric hospital so he could see specialists. Because he was considered urgent, they went by ambulance.
After numerous more tests, bloodwork, another MRI, and consults with the Neuro and Pediatric teams, they finally confirmed that Caleb has a tumor in the bone on the back of his head.
The specialists came up with a surgical plan and the tumor will be removed on Monday, July 13th.
From there, the doctors will need to do pathology and decide if any further action needs to be taken.
It seems like this is rare but treatable. For that, his family is so grateful. The surgery is not going to be an easy one and recovery will be tricky.
His family is having to travel back and forth from their home to the pediatric hospital in the next state over. Only one parent is allowed to stay with him in the hospital because of Covid19, so the other is having to pay for lodging.
We're hoping to be able to ease their burden so that Caleb's family can just focus on getting him through this and not have to worry about finances.
Any little bit will help and I know Caleb's family will be incredibly grateful.
Please send all the love and prayers you can for sweet Caleb!
Organizer and beneficiary
Chelsea Campbell Grubbs
Organizer
Eagle Mountain, UT
Brittany Francom
Beneficiary