This is Drake:
Drake Earl hasn't had an easy life. When
he was two years old, doctors found an arachnoid cyst on his brain. He
had surgery when to implant a shunt that drains fluid from his cyst into
his abdomen.
Last week, Drake's mother Mallory noticed Drake was yawning a lot - a classic sign that the boy is trying to relieve pressure in his brain. When Drake started getting massive headaches it became obvious to Mallory that Drake's shunt was malfunctioning. It wasn't long before Drake began vomiting and getting dizzy, his brain was filling with fluid.
The family rushed from South Dakota to St. Paul to see one of the few doctors who can perform such a difficult surgery. Drake spent the last 7 days recovering and he's doing well. While in the hospital Mallory would hop on theCHIVE to get her mind off things and she found herself writing me an email which I received last night. Mallory asked for a small favor:
Last week, Drake's mother Mallory noticed Drake was yawning a lot - a classic sign that the boy is trying to relieve pressure in his brain. When Drake started getting massive headaches it became obvious to Mallory that Drake's shunt was malfunctioning. It wasn't long before Drake began vomiting and getting dizzy, his brain was filling with fluid.
The family rushed from South Dakota to St. Paul to see one of the few doctors who can perform such a difficult surgery. Drake spent the last 7 days recovering and he's doing well. While in the hospital Mallory would hop on theCHIVE to get her mind off things and she found herself writing me an email which I received last night. Mallory asked for a small favor:
"… Drake is in the hospital recovering and I don't ask for much. The last 6 years have been rough for Drake but he has such a positive attitude about it all. I want to do something special for him and I was wondering if we could ask theCHIVE for a small favor? Drake loves Star Wars and he'd be ecstatic to see a Star Wars themed post. You don't have to mention Drake or anything. I just know a Star Wars post on theCHIVE would make him smile, he's a loyal little Chiver and you've been helping me keep calm through this very difficult time.Drake, this post is for you, buddy...
At the very least, thank you very much for reading this. - Mallory."
- On his way from South Dakota to St. Paul for surgery. Drake’s head was under a lot of pressure the entire time.
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- The Chive goes on to say:
- Drake is recovering well and feeling much better. And now for the good stuff. Star Wars!
- And they've done a whole post for Drake to help him feel even better; you can view it here.
- Star Wars References is meant to point out how all of Western Civilization now revolves around making some sort of connection to Star Wars. And now everytime I see a Star Wars Reference I'm going to wish I had a way to send it to Drake.
- I can't do that, but I can think good thoughts about him and go home and hug my own kids. Even the older ones, who will resent me for it.
And I'll wish I could make one of these for them, too; I didn't do this. The Chive did:
6 comments:
Awesome. You've helped make one deserving little kid very happy. I'm happy too, just knowing there are people like you who care so much.
That's pretty cool. I've never heard of the Chive before, so I will have to check them out.
stooopid subscribe box unchecked :(
That's awesome. I hope he pulls through.
Poor kid. I hope he gets better. I used to think that Star Wars was for adults. But the perspective I have on it now is that it was always MG.
What a great post. How special that you spotlighted Drake.
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