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Declan is always happy, and no matter what he is always a brave little guy. He will tell you he isn’t sick and that he is okay. Declan’s favorite things are his sister, dad and mom, and paw patrol.

My son Declan was diagnosed with stage three kidney cancer before turning two, August of 2019 to be exact. Our journey has been scary and had a lot of tears and long hospital stays.

Declan kept vomiting randomly a lot. What I thought was him getting car sick, then led a doctor to think it was a virus. I noticed his “virus” wasn’t going away. I kept taking Declan to a hospital time and time again only for this doctor to basically say I was crazy and that this sickness would pass…little did she know he had a tumor bigger than a softball on his left kidney.

While my sister was watching him, I got a call from my sister telling me to come back quickly. My son was unresponsive. She called 911 and I beat the ambulance there. I rushed my son to an emergency room downtown in Baltimore. The doctors didn’t know what to think. Until one man wanted to do an ultrasound. Because of him, we picked up the huge tumor that an x-ray previously didn’t show.

We headed into surgery that next morning. Declan lost his entire left kidney. The surgeon informed me that this was kidney cancer, and his tumor had spillage twice. So we needed chemotherapy and radiation. Thankfully, it did not spread from what the pathology report showed.

As a parent, never give up. If you feel something is truly off with your child, keep pushing for answers.

Our family has missed out on a lot of time together. The kids have missed out on the most together. This journey has taught me to never give up. My now two-year-old has given me the greatest gift of all, strength.

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