Grief can be described in best terms as being is like the ocean.. waves of water.
Small ripples that lap at your toes,
Then ones that rock you just a bit at your knees as you walk as little in,
The bigger ones that topple over your head hit your stomach when it smacks against you
and wash over you knocking you a bit turning you upside down ,
But then there is a mothers grief which can only be described as 2 types of waves:
tidal and tsunami size ones...
imagine that and that is how a mother feels who has lost her child.
Alex Rodriguez is a wife and mother of 3 boys and life long resident of Mill Valley, CA.
She lost her 2nd born son Steven (19) to a very rare brain cancer on 10/17/13. One of 30 documented of adult AT/RT. One of 5 documented cases side effects of chemotherapy called neutropenic gastritis. He was diagnosed May 15, 2013. After suffering uncontrolled headaches for a period of a few weeks and being misdiagnosed as - Wisdom Teeth, Whip lash, dehydration, Poor Diet, and being told by a doctor after doing a neurology exam (sans CT/MRI) "Good news is you don't have a brain tumor".. It was found that he indeed did have a 7cm brain tumor located on his right frontal lobe. After Emergency Craniotomy partial resection , and 121 Days of Inpatient Care of aggressive Chemotherapy ( exploding his tumor) and radiation- his hard fought battle was lost. But not without displaying courage and positiveness and a thirst for life. He was Given 2 options to return home if he had enough.. he continued to fight and would never give up .. as in his words - Even though it "sucked" …he was happy to just be alive. This is my journey as a grieving mother. Steven is survived by Alex, his father, Rafael and 2 brothers Michael (22) and Matthew (13)
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