Throughout all of this we haven't told Davin much of what is going on. He knew that he had something in is tummy and that it was making him sick. Whenever he gets sick Chad has always explained it to him as good guys and bad guys. And the med. we give him makes the good guys stronger to fight the bad guys. Well Davin is really into Star Wars right now so I have been thinking of a way to tell him what is going on in a way that he would understand it. So this is how I explained it to him:
Davin has really bad guys in his tummy (the cancer cells). They are the dark lords of the sith, so the emperor, and Darth Vader and general grievous. And these bad guys are making a big city in his tummy (the benign parts of the tumor). We are going to send in the Jedi (the chemo drugs) to kill the bad guys. Davin has chosen some like Luke, Mace Windu, Obi Wan, and Yoda. We have told him that the doctors are going to send the Jedi in through his bump (the port) and they are going to kill the bad guys. While the good guys and bad guys fight he can feel a little sick and sleepy, but mommy and daddy can give him med. to help him feel a little better. After the Jedi go and kill all of the bad guys the doctors have to go in and get the rest of the city that wasn't destroyed in the fight (which will be the ending surgery).
Davin liked the story and was really excited to get the Jedi in so that they could kill The Emperor. The one part he wasn't so excited about was taking out the city at the end. We have talked a lot about it and convinced him that it is easier to take it out then have the Jedi destroy it all. I think that this story has helped Davin understand what we are doing and how important it is. Hopefully it will also help him fight off the cancer cells and help his body while he is going through everything in the next few weeks.
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