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![[socute.jpg]](socute.jpg) Elgin-Alexander
Kirk Fraser
April
10, 2004 - May 19, 2007
Elgin was diagnosed at nine months of
age (January 2005) with Stage IV high
risk Neuroblastoma. He underwent 8
rounds of chemotherapy, resection of the
mass (removing 98% of the tumor), stem
cell transplant, 12 days of radiation to
the abdomen and then he was randomized
to a clinical trial treatment which
was his seventh different chemo
drug. The doctors said that he was the
youngest child to receive the amount of
treatments that he received and that
they don’t normally hit adults as hard
as they did Elgin. After all of this, he
made it to remission.
Elgin relapsed January 19, 2007. He was
started on more chemotherapy the next
day and was scheduled for 6
rounds. After round three he had his
follow up scans to see how things were
progressing. They were not. Elgin's
tumor had grown significantly and chemo
was not going to cut it. In fact nothing
was going to help him. March 2007, Elgin
was given two months. So we began to
plan palliative care.
Elgin passed away peacefully and
comfortably at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday,
May 19, 2007 at the tender age of 3
years at his home with his parents and 8
month old sister by his side.
Elgin had a very public battle being on
the CHEO telethon for two years and then
of course being named "The Ottawa
Senator's biggest little fan". He has
touched so many lives and has taught so
many people courage,
strength, inspiration and passion. I,
his mother thank him for teaching me
true love, to always find the positive
side of things that seem to be going
wrong, the importance of acceptance -
not to stress over the little things in
life, selflessness and to live each day
to the fullest - fill it with the things
you love the most and the people that
mean the most to you.
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