United Concept Solutions was contacted by cadens mother. She needed to help Caden get through his therapy and pay for his medical bills. Here is Cadens story:

At six-and-a-half years old, Caden of Fall Creek, Wisconsin is learning something that separates him from the rest of his classmates at his school he is learning Braille. My teacher calls me a Superhero at Braille, because I get 100% on every spelling test Caden says proudly. Shortly before his second birthday, Cadens parents Tracy and Thane noticed a deviation in Cadens right eye. They brought him in to see an ophthalmologist, but the standard method of treatment just seemed to make the deviation worse. Caden was quickly pushed up the list to receive an MRI at the University of Minnesota. What the MRI revealed came as a shock to everyone.

 

The MRI revealed a brain tumor located behind Cadens eyes, along his optic nerves, known as a bilateral optic glioma. Due to the location of the tumor, removing it surgically was not an option, and following his second birthday Caden started chemotherapy treatment. Throughout the course of his treatment, different forms of chemotherapy and medications have been tried to reduce the tumor growth. However, Cadens brain tumor has proven to be a special case.

However, with Cadens tumor progressing, Dr. Moertel and the brain tumor team at the University of Minnesota had to look beyond the microscope and into the molecules in Cadens tumor. Last summer, with the help of research funded by Childrens Cancer Research Fund, Caden started a new treatment plan, including a new medication that specifically targets the mutation in Cadens tumor.

When they started this new plan, the brain tumor had such a reduction in size, that Dr. Moertel literally jumped out of his chair when viewing the results! Tracy says. Caden is a pioneering patient, being the youngest patient nationally to receive this care, and the first patient ever treated with this medication for this kind of tumor. Although Caden has not missed a significant amount of school as a result of his treatment, the side effects of his illness and treatment have left their marks. Caden has been declared legally blind as a result of the brain tumor, and since it is unclear if his vision will improve or worsen, he is learning both Braille and print in school. Obviously, since there are kids like Caden that react opposite to what is expected to treatment, there needs to be continued research on childhood cancer and treating it, she says. Cadens tumor right now is stable, but in the past it has fluctuated, so we are just taking every day as it comes and being grateful as a family, Tracy says.

I contacted UCS to help my son that was Surviving a Brain Tumor to help pay his medical bills and the website that was created for him exceeded my expectations, thanks UCS you guys rock!