Brenten P.
Minnesota
Birth Date -    December 7, 2010

Main Diagnosis - Wilm's Tumor (second recurrence)

THEME:     "Cars"
Brenten's Story

When Brenten was six months old we where first learned he had Wilms tumor when his stomach was bloated and we where sent to Children's Hospital. His tumor didn't respond to chemo and his right kidney  removed. Two weeks after he turned one he had his last chemo treatment and we where told he was cancer free. It was the best day of our lives. We went for his normal check up this February and were told there was growth in a tumor on his remaining kidney. The next morning Brenten had an Mri. That afternoon we were informed that his cancer had come back. The following week he had surgery to place a port and started chemo again. After six weeks of chemo he will have surgery to see if they are able to remove his tumor without damaging his kidney. After surgery he will go through 22 more weeks of chemo. We are devistated. He was a healthy 4 year old boy and we never thought we would hear that nasty c word again. We where wrong.