All day long I me mine, I me mine, I me mine:
A young cancer patient is putting out a call for help after someone broke into his family's home and stole his brand new puppy.What's worse, investigators believe whoever did it knows the family and the fact that the little boy is sick.
Ryan Morgan was first diagnosed with neuroblastoma four years ago, and he has been fighting his cancer on-and-off ever since.
Ryan turned 10 in July, and his parents gave him a miniature dachshund for his birthday to help him keep his spirits up.
"Whenever I went to the hospital or something, I would always think of her, and it would make me happier," he said. "I really like her. She's cute."
Ryan and his family were stunned when they returned to their Barrow county home two weeks ago to find that someone had broken in and stolen the puppy named "Dixie" from inside her crate.
"Who would steal a dog when you see pictures of a boy who has cancer," Ryan said. "I don't know why."
Ten years old and still as egocentric as a toddler. Hopefully when he's 90 he'll look back at this shamefacedly and offer the world an apology.
Posted by floridacracker at September 24, 2008 11:01 PMWTF.. that's all. WTF ?
Posted by: csason at September 25, 2008 07:26 AMWhatcha wfting there, Owen?
Posted by: Donnah at September 25, 2008 08:58 AMPretty crummy for somebody to steal his puppy, cancer or no cancer.
I've always said, (and gotten into big trouble for it) that there's nothing like cancer for turning a kid into minor royalty.
Still, I hope he does get his dog back and that she's all right.
Please don't begrudge these kids a little bit of attention or occasional selfishness. Would you be willing to swap places with one of them? The suffering they have to endure is incredible. As the mother of a 13yo with bone cancer, I have watched my son endure unimaginable pain, several operations, debilitating nausea and vomiting, and be paralysed for weeks from the chest down. He has spent 97 days in the past 5 months in hospital. His whole life, and ours, has been turned upside down. Our dreams for him, and his for himself, have been shattered. Our son is unlikely to have children, has lost some of his hearing due to the chemo, may still develop a heart condition and kidney problems. He has been alienated from his friends, is at risk of leukaemia and other cancers from the chemo, and even the radiation treatment he is soon to have is going to make it more likely that his bone cancer will return at some stage. A little bit of attention and some special treatment from local celebrities does bring some sunshine into his life, but nowhere near makes up for all he has lost or is yet to lose. Give us the choice between meeting a celebrity or two - who is often only meeting cancer kids for publicity purposes - and not having cancer in the first place, and there's no question what most people would choose.
Posted by: bh at September 27, 2008 11:17 PMbh,
I don't think Donnah, nor anyone was begrudging
anyone a little attention. I lost a daughter to illness..It is never easy, and my condolences to you and your family dealing with this..I certainly hope and pray things get better.
If anything Donnah has a place in her heart for puppies and sick kids..
The real sicko is whoever stole this kids puppy.
ALL kids are the center of their world..she wasn't being 'serious'.
When my little girl got sick, everything changed, and it never went back, in fact, it got worse.
Posted by: csason at September 28, 2008 07:10 AM