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B4 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y D e c e m b e r 3, 2003 Vigil dedicated to victims of violence Parents want to tell story of brave son The C A W Local 707 Women's Committee will hold its 4th annual Candle Light Vigil to remember the Montreal Massacre on Saturday Dec. 6 -- a day dedicated annually to the elimination of vio lence. It w ill be held at the Galaxy Club. 475 North Service Rd. E., from 5-6 p.m. A candle will be symbolically lit to remember each of the 14 young women who were killed at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and others who have lost their lives due to violence. Joanne Preston, the new executive director of Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services of Halton (S A V IS ) w ill be the guest speaker. Donations of used men's, women's and chil dren's winter coats w ill be collected for the Good Shepherd Centre in Hamilton. For more information, please 905 845-2511, Rita Thompson, ext 3412 or Deb Lefebre ext. 2154. from the treatment, followed by a second 21 days of chemotherapy. Markham has signed on as the first annual corpo " If the two scans that will be taken show that the rate donor. cancer has responded, then a line will have to be Daniel first asked for donations instead of pres (surgically) inserted for the six months of intensive ents at last year's birthday party " so no other child chemotherapy." would have to go through this," said his mother. Daniel will not be able to attend school while On July 25, after 18 months of treatment and he's being treated. spending about a year in and out of hospital, the " I talked to the kids at his school and twice today family celebrated, again asking for donations for (last Wednesday) they sent get well notes and e-mail Daniel's party. The two parties raised $822. addresses for Daniel." When they first scheduled this year's birthday He was first diagnosed in December 2001, when party, Daniel's parents thought their son was beat flu-like symptoms developed into headaches, loss of ing the cancer that had plagued his young life. equilibrium, vomiting and double vision. After a " He had a M R I scan in August after his last visit to an optician, they learned Daniel had cranial treatment in July and we were told he was clear," swelling. A follow-up M R I confirmed he had said Marguerita. " He just had a follow-up scan and medullablastoma. a malignant at first we were told it also was clear. tumour in his brain. " He'll be well into his When the doctor took a second look, Medullablastoma can occur in fourth and fifth he realized the cancer had come children, mosdy boys aged three to back." she said adding a second look necklaces when he's eight. at the August scan also showed signs Daniel underwent surgery in May finished. He has already of cancer. " We could have caught it 2002 to remove the tumour, an started a new necklace. earlier. exhaustive 12-hour procedure that " The cancer is inoperable," noted It's one bead for every virtually eliminated his ability to Marguerita. " He faces 42 days of speak, eat. talk, walk and dress him procedure and chemotherapy and then two more self - things he had to learn again. treatment." scans will be taken. If the cancer Seven days later, spinal fluid was dis responds, he'll undergo six months of · Charlie Cardoso covered leaking from the surgical intensive chemotherapy and a stem wound, hence his incision had to be stitched again. cell transplant. If the cancer does not respond after For this procedure. Daniel had to be brave and stay the 42 days, we'll be looking at palliative care." awake throughout the painful procedure. His chemotherapy started last Thursday. He " I had to leave the room," said Marguerita. "That also had a lumbar puncture to make sure there are was the only time I couldn't stay with him. They had no free-floating cancer cells. The medullablastoma given him a sedative, but once they started sewing is located between the two ventricles of his brain, he woke up. They had to hold him down and I could however no tumours were found on his spine. hear him scream." " He'll be well into his fourth and fifth necklaces The surgery was followed by six weeks of radi when he's finished." said his father. " He has already ation treatments. He came home from the hospital started a new necklace. It's one bead for every pro weighing a fragile 19 pounds -- he had lost 30 cedure and treatment." pounds. He will receive 21 days of chemotherapy, be Just prior to the surgery. Daniel asked his moth given a seven-day reprieve for his body to recover er, "What did I do to deserve this?" " It took six weeks for him to learn how to speak again and when he did finally make a sound it was a great big belly laugh." said Margarita last summer. " We knew it was just the beginning." Daniel's hair grew back in brown Is - he lost it due to the chemotherapy and collected at least 100 hats - and his An Accredited Co-educational ability to talk, eat walk. run. dress him Private High Schoolfrom Grade 9-12 self and learn also returned. Before the surgery, his IQ was measured at 134, and Daniel had drawn much praise from his teachers, classmates and the principal. After what had been believed to be his last treatment in July, the Cardosos were told it would be years - up to 15 years · Well-structured and continuously modified before Daniel would be declared cancer programs to cater to the needs of the everfree. Little did they expect the cancer to changing technological world relapse so soon - if ever. · Our programs are designed to prepare " Kids are dying at an alarming rate," students who want to pursue an said Marguerita "About one fifth of them relapse. academic/professional career such as "When Daniel was first diagnosed Medicine, Engineering in one stream and and treated, he was given an 80-90 per Accounting, Law in the other stream cent chance of survival, but he relapsed · Maximum of 10 students per class within a month after finishing his last treatment. · No need for private tutors, your child's needs " I would hate to see the statistics for will be abundantly met the kids who are high risk," she said. " Cancer used to be an adult disease." Also, w e provide: said Charlie, "but it's becoming every · Weekend credit courses in most one's disease." subjects during each semester " It's affecting children at an alarming rate," Marguerita added. · Summer Credit courses - two sessions, " We want to tell Daniel's story to cre two new credits ate awareness," concluded Charlie. · University preparatory programs The family is committed to raising including Calculus, Chemistry, Physics funds for pediatric brain cancer research and Economics currently under way at the Hospital for · Private tuition in most subjects-High Sick Children, and anybody wanting to School and University help Daniel raise money can call the Cardoso fartiily at 905-469-8260. At his birthday party last Sunday, illu 2902 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON sionist Aaron Patterson donated his time Tel: 905 829 2212 for the event and made a donation of his Email: rovalschoolofontario@bellnet.ca own. 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