Mason Arik: Voices of Autumn

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Voices of Autumn

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows." - Helen Keller.

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
~Stanley Horowitz

Autumn is alive in the branches of our front tree; it is peaceful, joyous, an awaken to October. As Mason once wrote in a school paper," Autumn is the leaves crunching".

2 comments:

Deanna said...: Beautiful pictures of your awesome tree! Thank you for the postscripts, Helen Keller has always been a favorite of mine. But today I especially like Mason's quote!

Hugs and prayers,
Deanna; October 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Anonymous said...: After reading this I realized that my kids are not familiar with the crunch, so we walked to school today, and I made sure they crunched.; October 7, 2011 at 9:36 AM

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About Mason Arik

To continue Mason's dream and his memory, we dedicate this blog to him. He has been diagnosed with Diffuse Pontine Glioma (Brain Tumor) (04/22/10). He courageously battled his cancer for 11 1/2 months. On March 29th, 2011, it was snowing in Heaven. He is and will be missed forever. We will continue to write and share the strength and courage that Mason has taught us as well as the many other lives he has touched, near and far. Links are listed below to provide additional information regarding DIPG.

Discovery of Tumor-Dx April 22, 2010

Beginning in March of 2010, Mason complained of severe headaches, mostly at night. Then the headaches went from 2-3 times a month (over a 2 month period) to every night and more severe, by the 3rd night I contacted his pediatrician. I was told to give him Excedrin Migraine.

But by the next day we were walking to school and he had double vision- Thanks to the school nurse, we scheduled an appointment that day with Sabates eye care. After his eye was dilated they noticed his eyes were shifting. An immediate MRI was scheduled.

After the most agonizing MRI, we went home awaiting the results. That's when we were told it was a tumor (pontine glioma) We waited to visit the doctor before researching the internet. So imagine the shock to hear this is the worst locations to find a tumor, inside the brain stem. (inoperable and unfortunately very serious)