the numbers are really heartbreaking
brain tumors are the number one cancer
killer of children 19 and younger there
are more than a hundred and forty
different types of brain tumors there is
no cure treatment is extremely limited
on Saturday there is a 5k race and walk
to raise awareness to raise money
joining me with their story is Melissa
cake and her son Logan Logan was
diagnosed with an extremely rare brain
tumor tell me about that I mean it's one
that's that hasn't even been recognized
as of yet correct yeah he has had over
three diagnosis from three different
hospitals they still don't know what it
is or what it was it's gone now so when
was the diagnosis September 9th or 2017
I'm sorry 2017 and and what's happened
between then and now it's been a crazy
year tell me what yeah you tell me
you're you're the man five surgeries 33
proton treatment and how many months of
chemo six months of chemo and and what's
the diagnosis now for you Logan
the tumors out oh right yeah and the
scans are clear yes I'm for you I mean
this has been a really tough battle how
old are you 11 years old what has helped
you get through this I mean I mean this
I'm sure it's just made you grow up so
fast mm-hmm what's helped you get
through it
um family friends yeah and the tumor
affected your vision tell me a little
bit about that what are you able to see
and not see uh sort of it's just blurry
in the top it's a little better in the
bottom so shadow shapes mom do they
think that there's anything they can do
for that I know that they think it's
ocular nerve damage caused by the
pressure of the tumor that was and there
was the size of a baseball and it had
been in there a year and a half and we
had no idea cuz he really had no
symptoms of it so how did you discover
it what were his vision started to go
blurry at school so we took him in for
an eye appointment thinking he just
needed glasses and here you are and here
you are with that I mean in the vision
thing I mean as a parent I mean I mean
you're thinking wow my kid is here and
he's you know talking and doing great
and now they're the scan is clear I mean
I'm sure that's the thing that you
focusing on yeah and we can get over
everything else he's learning
brilliantly
yeah there's esight technology out there
that we're working with to try and give
him some extra so and I remember when I
first found out about Logan you know it
was through through the hashtag Logan
strong and that is exactly what you are
so let's talk about this event this
weekend because this is really to raise
money and awareness I mean when when a
child is diagnosed it's something like a
hundred thousand dollars out of pocket
when it's a brain tumor oh yeah when
when all is said and done of all the
things all the co-pays all of everything
that you need we've been fortunate to
have friends and family to help out but
I can't imagine if we didn't have
insurance or if we didn't have stellar
insurance and how we would have been
impacted by it and there's a lot of
people that don't and that's where this
awareness and money comes in if you
could tell if you could encourage people
to come out this Saturday and do this
walk with you are you gonna do are you
gonna do a whole walk yeah I'll try
you'll do it I know you are I mean you
are I mean you are my hero and a machine
I love it so what would you say to
people to get them to come out and help
support you I know you want to raise
awareness for other kids this is
happening to you know have you had a
chance to talk to a lot of other kids in
the same situation a few yeah what do
you say to them to help get them through
well I'm sort of met kids that are about
in the same point as me just recovering
so I just want to hug him he's just the
cutest you're just the cutest all right
we really appreciate you guys coming in
and talking about this and you know the
whole purpose of them sharing their
story today is because we want to get
you out to this walk on Saturday and if
you're interested in signing up for the
brain tumor walk in 5k race it is this
Saturday we're going to have a link to
the website I also want to say hello to
my friend Russ forests very close friend
who very recently also was diagnosed
with a brain tumor and it came as a
surprise it can happen at any age yeah
and and this is again a great
opportunity to come out and and learn
more about this and support this great
cause all right Vic back to you