Blaise is quiet and shy when he’s uncomfortable, but can quickly become the center of attention with his dry humor. He makes himself laugh with his own silliness. He also thinks his littlest brother is incredibly funny. He loves legos, video games, football, playing with his friends, and antagonizing his brothers.
On Saturday, 5/4/19, Blaise was outside playing with friends when he had sudden stomach pain and grew very pale. His brothers had been sick so we assumed he had caught what they had. On 5/6/19 as we drove to the pharmacy for medication, every bump caused him pain. At that point, we decided to take him to be seen at an urgent care where we were advised to go to the ER for possible appendicitis imaging. The CT revealed a 9cm tumor on his left kidney. The tumor had ruptured causing the pain.
Blaise’s official diagnosis date is 5/9/19, the day his tumor and kidney were removed. The pathology reported no signs of metastasis also making this the date he went into remission.
The doctors chose to wait for the bleeding to stop before doing a radical nephrectomy on 5/9/19. He was given a
Blaise has grown up a lot through this process and it has helped him find his voice. It has required that he be less timid and speak up for himself. We are very proud of the young man he is growing into as a result of this horrible diagnosis.
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