Matt is just the dearest, dearest little boy, it's unbearable isn't it.. he reminds me of my divine youngest son, Ed who battled stomach cancer for eight and a half heart wrenching months..he was only 22..his journey defines me..x
In 2001, I lost my best friend to leukaemia. He suffered so much. His family suffered so much. All these years later, it still hurts. He was 11 years old, just a baby. I was 11 as well. He was there one day, and then the next day he wasn’t. It honestly made me question things, including making me angry towards the God I believed in at the time. It just is not fair. These little darlings have barely lived, yet they’ve suffered more than most adults have. I miss you Joel, I still watch South Park and think of how much you would have enjoyed watching new episodes. You’d have been 35 this year, but you never had a chance to leave childhood. RIP.
@@chelciewentzel8191. 😭I hurt from lung 🫁 cancer , he slow, painful death. I wish I could’ve been able to give my heart to someone or my pancreas or my liver or my kidneys but once you’re diagnosed with any cancer, you are unable to donate.,,
I agree that even a child should have a say so on treatment decisions and stopping all treatment with guidance from parents and mental health support ❤
I really do agree. But I can't imagine having to honor my child's decision to stop treatment. I've lost 2 sons one to a car accident one to drugs 27 years later. I absolutely pray for the strength of these parents. God Bless you all
My son had oesophageal cancer and truly believed he would be cured.. however one day he said “Mum am I dying?” I replied “What have you been told?” He said “NO Mum! Am I dying?” I replied “Yes..but not today “ He died a few days later but he used the time to tell us he loved us and what he wanted to happen to his possessions.
What a mature daughter and she was so beautiful. I’m so sad she passed away… I would have loved to see what she would have looked like as an adult. Prayers to her parents. The young man doing the video diary what an insightful young man and love that he sees the positive side of things and blessings. Prayers for him and his family. Ege what a fortunate boy to be able to have his family bring him to a leading cancer center. So young, so brave. Prayers for his family.
Wow, as a parent I have no idea, no idea at all how these parents coped with the thought that they were most likely gonna outlive their child, my heart goes out to them all. So sad for Jori who obviously was determined to survive and did her utmost but sadly, ultimately in vain, I salute her determination and trust she's pain free at last. Rest in peace. I hope that the treatments for the two boys has more success and I wish them and their loved ones well for their future.
Im an adult oncology nurse and my poor adult patients are affected so much by chemo. I can't even imagine seeing in person what these kids go through 😢 My child is a brain cancer survivor but thank GOD she never had to have chemo.
The best childhood cancer documentary l ever saw was the one about Michael Kluff and Theresa Pickett in The fifth Estate's _Fighting Back._ lt was done 45 years ago, and l watched it then. l never forgot it, for 43 years until l FOUND IT on YT. Apparently it won many awards. lt opened the door for other wonderful documentaries such as this one. :)
OMG, you're reading my mind, I've found it recently too and I can't stop watching, though it hurts every time. They are all alive to me, through all these years...
@@russianCaprisse ~ l was STUNNED when l found it, as l didn't know the name, or that it was The Fifth Estate ...but l _knew_ the story, and l remember Theresa, because thats my name, and because of what the narrator said about her ''veins springing leaks like leaky pipes''. ...So l just punched in ''Childhood leukemia docs'' and the scene looked right. You are right about it being hard to watch ....even as a young teen it effected me by being scared that the same would happen to me. . Now ...l just keep hoping when l watch ..the story would turn out different. Thank you for commenting back. l gather you might be Canadian, as it was filmed here.
My grandson passed away of mediastinal sarcoma at the age of 23. From diagnosis to his passing, it was a little over 7 months. He had a little 1 yr old daughter. We miss him terribly.
Juan, the 10 year old boy, broke my heart. NO KID should ever be diagnosed with cancer. My heart breaks for the kids, their families & their friends. In May 2000 I too was diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma at age 27. They told me I'd never see 28. The chemo is absolutely grueling and would probably make a grown man drop to his knees. They had my loved ones come say goodbye to me & told my parents to make funeral plans. Today I'm 51 years old with 2 children & 2 grandchildren. I wish the same for all these children.
So very thankful to hear that your body was somehow able to beat those odds and beat that cancer!!!😊 I, too, am a cancer survivor. Stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. You are so right when you said the cancer treatments are gruelling! Yes, it was just absolutely Brutal. In fact, I didn't know you could be that extremely sick and not actually Die. I developed Sepsis from the highly toxic chemo treatments. It's so heartbreaking to think that sweet, innocent little kids also endure the pure torture of cancer treatments. 💔
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 All the best to you and your family ma'am - good health, happiness and long life! My grandma (thankfully) broke her leg in 2002 at the age of 65 and as she underwent routine medical checkups for her operation, the drs discovered a lung tumor. It was surgically removed since it only caught a relatively small part of the lung tissue so no further chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy (if it was even available at the time?) was needed. I was only 13 years old at the time and I'm grateful to God that he had spared my grandma's life at the time and allowed me to have my grandma for 21 more years, well into my own adulthood. She passed away last February at the age of 86 in her sleep.
@@teodozja.todzia1097 The imagination of a child runs wilder than the truth you speak! Children aer MUCH wiser than people assume, they WILL find out from someone eventually either by overhearing a conversation or because of what they see. It's best that it comes from their doctor and parent's mouths first!
Such a touching & tearful documentary. It’s so sad that childhood cancer gets the least funding,with this awful disease . These children deserve to grow up, graduate high school, college & have a family of their own. Not to suffer & to wonder if they’re going to live see another day . Sweet Jory didn’t deserve, this fate. And hopefully Matthew & Ege,eventually beat cancer! And are living a healthy, & prosperous life.
It’s all heartbreaking. The parent’s love and desperation to hold onto their most precious human being. The tragedy of the children’s lives being destroyed by their disease and having to know
When Jori went in for her 2nd surgery in MS I could tell it most likely wouldn’t end well. She was so weak but soooo brave. All of these kids were! Cancer is heavy in my family and I lost my dad to AML and because he had some confusion due to the cancer I had to decide to put him on comfort measures which was awful! He died the same day. He had been diagnosed with cancer for less than 2 months and was hospitalized for treatment when he died. It was his first hospitalization and the only one. No one is promised another day, hour, minute, or second. Even though children are young you don’t want to keep their diagnosis from them because chances are they know that something is very wrong. I promised my parents that when their time came I would follow their wishes. I worked in healthcare and I’ve seen what treatments can do and when you should try to treat vs stop. I know this video is about 20 years old and I hope the 2 boys in this video are doing well.
My god, I had a flashback and had to cry real hard. In 1997 I was 16 and been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer. The bone of my whole left leg and the knee had to be removed, because the cancer was everywhere. No more sports, no hockey, nothing. But although the tumor was about 40cm long, it hadn`t yet spread into the lung, which was like a miracle and gave me a slim chance to survive. Agonizing chemotherapy went on for a year, in the end it had to be stopped, because I would have died from another cycle, while having a sepsis. I was almost over the edge and definitely wanted to die at that point. I was at the St.Anna child hospital in Vienna and surrounded by small children, babies, who suffered, cried, screamed and sometimes died. The entrance I called the "Gate to hell", it made me vomit and sweat to even go back to that evil place after a few days home between treatments. Happy ending? Not really. Although I survived and never had a relapse, my "normal" life pretty much ended during the course of this year and a half in hell. Now I am 45, suffer from deep depression, anxiety, and terrible chronic pain. More than once I asked myself, if it wouldn't have been better, if I died in 1998 to find peace. I know that must sound so cruel to the ones, whose children die, but the cancer broke me physically and mentally and strangely it got worse, the older I got. It's like, the cancer left, but left behind a hidden package of sorrow, fatigue, fear and pain somewhere in my brain. I send my heart out to all the little warriors out there and their poor parents.
I pray that your depression and cloak of anxiety and distress which resides within is lifted. Give it up, let it go. It doesn't belong to you. Jesus will take it. Do it and thank God as you ask. 🙏🙏
A beautiful and compelling documentary. Sadly, despite years of grueling treatment Matt Strickland died in November 2002. Wishing peace and love to his family. ❤
I agree that if the treatment is just making them sick and not lowering their numbers they should have the right to end treatments and live the rest of their lives the way they want to regardless if they are children or adults. My aunt made the decision to stop treatment because it was just making her sick and not getting rid of the cancer she wasn’t living she was just existing. Children battling cancer should have a say in their treatment and what happens just like an adult
I lost 3 people with cancer my mom my sister and my aunt of course the treatment makes you very sick is the side effects of the medications after all the results always good my sister lives 20 years she lives a fully life compared to my mom she died shortly because she stop treatment some people just not patience enough you need to encourage them and my aunts live 8 years we encourage her to take it easy and she did the first 2 years was very thought but the results was good could you imagine if we was like do whatever you feel that’s your body they will not have chance to enjoy life at all my sister go back to work she went in vacation with friends have fun she even go in mission in the Caribbean to help people she have chance to see her niece getting married having kids my aunt have chance to enjoyed her grand kids travel places if i tell you they didn’t suffer I’m lying they did but they didn’t regret because the time they had was fun they didn’t have pain the cancer just came back and the die peacefully,sorry for my bad English.
I lost 3 people with cancer my mom my sister and my aunt of course the treatment makes you very sick is the side effects of the medications after all the results always good my sister lives 20 years she lives a fully life compared to my mom she died shortly because she stop treatment some people just not patience enough you need to encourage them and my aunts live 8 years we encourage her to take it easy and she did the first 2 years was very thought but the results was good could you imagine if we was like do whatever you feel that’s your body they will not have chance to enjoy life at all my sister go back to work she went in vacation with friends have fun she even go in mission in the Caribbean to help people she have chance to see her niece getting married having kids my aunt have chance to enjoyed her grand kids travel places if i tell you they didn’t suffer I’m lying they did but they didn’t regret because the time they had was fun they didn’t have pain the cancer just came back and the die peacefully,sorry for my bad English.
That Matt could accept his illness and wouldn’t change his life because he feels his life has been good and he’s gotten closer to God just taught this old lady a lesson or two.
As a bereaved parent, I want to yell at the acreen- “Stop torturing your kids- spend every minute enjoying them and giving them the best quality of life possible and when it’s time for them to go, do your job and let them because you will regret so much when you look back at what could have been for them instead of treatments and pain 🖤
Met many young children going through treatment. Been part of the group no one wants to be in. When they can no longer endure what pains we can not take away and say no more. It’s no more. They know. Oddly, whether you like it or not, toddlers know. It’s something you can not ignore when they are telling you. That point it’s us not wanting to let go. ❤❤❤❤ 💛 💛 💛 💛
As an adult oncology nurse, and the mom of a brain cancer warrior in remission, I can't even FATHOM having to care for these kiddos. Adults is so hard and I take those emotions home with me every day. I dont think I could handle caring for the peds. My own daughter's diagnosis is what pushed me into oncology nursing, and we are now coworkers. Her prognosis is great, but i couldn't imagine otherwise.
God bless these child and parental earth-angels. My heart aches that there is so much suffering in this beautiful, dark world. Peace and eternal Love….💜✝☮✝💜
My thing with that lady that's from, I think turkey and not telling her son, if she thinks her son doesn't know she's absolutely crazy. I say that because literally the name of the hospital is MD cancer center. He's around cancer patients, little kids talk. You can hear the words you can hear doctors and nurses around you. I mean doesn't she realize that?
I think she tries to avoid the word cancer, because she couldnt face the truth. Its easier to talk about microbes than preparing yourself for the death of your child.
She is trying to protect him would u not do the same I would hate to think that my child was terrified instead let him have his questions and his own understanding children need to be aloud to be innocent no child should have to think about the possibility of dying at such an age 😢
@@patsyhay9592I agree he’s 7 as a mum I don’t know what I’d do, but I would want to protect my child from the fear. It scares adults so can only imagine how much fear a child would have. It’s nothing to do with Islamic culture it’s to do with loving your children. No child should have to go through cancer. It hurts my heart they do. 💙💙💙😢😢
He obviously loved the lad, which is gorgeous. But, seemed the most resistant to listening to the poor boys wishes on the basis of his own faith. The whole situation though, freaking heartbreaking and I do think the step-dad genuinely loved Matt, was just caught up in his own religious beliefs.
It’s so heartbreaking to see kids and their parents and family going through this 😢 I thought I could hear the Doctor’s voice breaking at 10:05 because he knew this wasn’t good news and that the was removing hope. This may have also been due to his personal experience with the loss of his child 10:55. How very sad for all involved x
prayers for all people going thru something like this 💔 nobody deserves to go thru this stuff i swear. i just wish sicknesses never ever even existed at all whatsoever😕 i do just want to say i’m always sending my love, prayers and hugs and hoping for a miracle for all because they deserve nothing but the absolute best ❤
It is not right for those parents to not let their 7 year old son know that he has cancer. It is his body and he should be able to know what is going on.
Beautiful children I pray that you all have speedy recovery and God will you be able to get better. May Allah bless you all with strength speedy recovery and very healthy long life amen 🙏 may Allah makes easy for your parents and keep them strong insha Allah. Lots of prayers and love ❤️
Does the little boy from Turkey really not know he has cancer? Surely he’s interacted with other kids who have cancer and have said the word, right? 16:33
My granddaughter died this morning after fighting cancer for the better part of 3 years!! she had tumors on her kidney's and due to the strength fo the different types of chemo solutions, she went from 110 pounds down to 55 pounds this past year so they stopped the chemo { that is the doctors stopped it} And the cancer went rampant destroying what was left of her liver!!! She underwent surgery and the doctors got rid of some of the tumors but due to such a huge weight loss her body started shutting down, first she couldn;t stand up , then she just couldn't move because the pain was so severe then she couldn't feel her legs they were numb! she would eat but it went right theough her!! So this morning at 5:30am her heart rate was so slow and then it just stopped!! She had been such a trooper since she was little and had many rounds of chemo that would last a year and then cancer would show up again and this repeated it's self almost every other year until this year! She was had just had her 32 birthday!!! I know now she is in a better place and out of pain so that's how I am trying to handle this whole new chapter of life!!! I will never forget her and she will live on in my heart!! I miss you my dear sweet granddaughter!!! And I will love you forever!!! Grandma Vicky XOXO
This seems like an older doc. Perhaps the 90s or early 2000s? There have been so many advances in cancer since then, due to clinical trials and research. Many of these children may have survived today, particularly the ones with leukemia. Hopefully they won't face cancer in the next life.
I know these parents are in a terrible predicament, but trying to keep their children alive is prolonging their suffering. I'm sure the children just want to keep fighting for their parents. I would have given up a long time ago.
My daughter got cancer age 17 years she went through a lot 10 months of cemo that was not nessery doctors made a mistake the tumour was dead she is now 44 and suffers scar tssses but she is alive thank god ❤❤
May Allah bless you with speedy recovery and healthy long life amen 🙏. Lots of prayers and hugs you are so strong handsome boy please stay strong lots of love and prayers 🤗❤️🥰
Yes it is a very hard decision for a child to make but I think if they want to stop treatment then they should be able to especially if it's not working. Obviously no parent wants to lose their child but they should respect their child's wishes.
That poor kid not knowing he has cancer. Being told he has "microbes" in his body is so irresponsible. Shame on them. They're in denial. Thats why they didn't tell him.
What is with these selfish parents, lying to your kid about cancer. And torturing your daughter when clearly she’s had enough! When I was 7 I knew my mother was having an affair! If they are terminal, Just love them, let them tell you what they want!
Matt's step dad kinda orriated me. It was about him wanting to make tge choice eith Matt's mom then he finally said and (Matt's dads name) not sure how to spell it. When they was talking he called his dad another father no he is his dad you are a father figure. Then to be the only 1 that isnt willijg to let Matt make the choice and decide on what he wants to do an say oh its gonna be a talk between me an his mon and his dad. No you dont have a bite in this fight. This is between 3 ppl and the doctor thats the person going threw it and his 2 parents. You are there ro support the mom ss her husband and Matt as his step father but thats it. Yes it is hard to let go. But the pain tgese kids deal with is unbearable. I wanted my mom and both sets of grandparents fight cancer it is horrible. I know 7 ppl that have had cancer an only 1 is living. It is sad to watch somone go from being a happy fun loving soul to someone who loves in constant pain and aickness. I deal with cronic health issies being on life support the echmo diaylisis chest tubes tge trach and it was brutal. Im grown. I dont know how i pulled threw but i love everyday in so much pain. If tgere was a way i coukd let go i would but i got 2 lids an a grandbaby now. But these babies literally dont understand this sickness. We as adukts hardly do.
Hello good morning,thank you for video,I contribute to Saint Jude charities in California,good like our Catholic church,St.Marys cathedral,Cheyenne,Wyo. God bless , CynthiaLuke
Apocalipse 21:4-Ele enxugará de seus olhos toda lágrima; e não haverá mais morte, nem haverá mais pranto, nem lamento, nem dor; porque já as primeiras coisas são passadas.
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All these children have such unbelievably strength, I can understand cancer in adults but it is so very wrong for it to happen to children.💔 Noreen Readett Australia 🦘
If children. are very sick with cancer or any diease at a sernt age of 9 up it schould be there dissuge. to live or die not the parnets cause who wants to be poked or prod with needles or manchine Thay know thaylll be in a loveing place with the Lord where there is know pain or discomfert ❤❤❤❤Let them go home live out there life than in a hosiptal
Matt is just the dearest, dearest little boy, it's unbearable isn't it.. he reminds me of my divine youngest son, Ed who battled stomach cancer for eight and a half heart wrenching months..he was only 22..his journey defines me..x
prayers❤
Bless you
God I'm so sorry!
So sorry for your loss as I couldn’t imagine anything worse than loosing a child. 😢
Sorry for your loss. You’ll be reunited one day x❤
The young boy and his dog … beautiful and heartbreaking. What a wise young person he is.
these kids become wise beyond their age, its sad really that their young minds have to process these difficulties
In 2001, I lost my best friend to leukaemia. He suffered so much. His family suffered so much. All these years later, it still hurts. He was 11 years old, just a baby. I was 11 as well. He was there one day, and then the next day he wasn’t. It honestly made me question things, including making me angry towards the God I believed in at the time. It just is not fair. These little darlings have barely lived, yet they’ve suffered more than most adults have. I miss you Joel, I still watch South Park and think of how much you would have enjoyed watching new episodes. You’d have been 35 this year, but you never had a chance to leave childhood. RIP.
@@_letstartariot i’m so sorry to hear that 😕 i’m praying for you
Sorry to hear that. It's terribly unfair.
Problem is, at what age do you give your child all the info and choice to make his own decision about treatment? It is ust scary to think about.
@ it’s honestly so heartbreaking 💔
@@chelciewentzel8191. 😭I hurt from lung 🫁 cancer , he slow, painful death. I wish I could’ve been able to give my heart to someone or my pancreas or my liver or my kidneys but once you’re diagnosed with any cancer, you are unable to donate.,,
I agree that even a child should have a say so on treatment decisions and stopping all treatment with guidance from parents and mental health support ❤
100% agree with you! You've got to ask them how they're feeling, at the end of the day they are the ones physically going through it
I really do agree. But I can't imagine having to honor my child's decision to stop treatment. I've lost 2 sons one to a car accident one to drugs 27 years later. I absolutely pray for the strength of these parents. God Bless you all
To joriy i never got the chance to meet u but I wish I had you have had more strength than I ever knew
Rest in peace
Then the child has to be told fully what they're dealing with so they can make that decision.
My son had oesophageal cancer and truly believed he would be cured.. however one day he said “Mum am I dying?”
I replied “What have you been told?”
He said “NO Mum! Am I dying?”
I replied “Yes..but not today “
He died a few days later but he used the time to tell us he loved us and what he wanted to happen to his possessions.
Your post just touched my heart so deeply.💜 I'm so very sorry you lost your precious son. May I ask his age?
I'm so deeply sorry
Matt is an adult in a child's body. Exceptional young man.
What a mature daughter and she was so beautiful. I’m so sad she passed away… I would have loved to see what she would have looked like as an adult. Prayers to her parents. The young man doing the video diary what an insightful young man and love that he sees the positive side of things and blessings. Prayers for him and his family. Ege what a fortunate boy to be able to have his family bring him to a leading cancer center. So young, so brave. Prayers for his family.
Wow, as a parent I have no idea, no idea at all how these parents coped with the thought that they were most likely gonna outlive their child, my heart goes out to them all. So sad for Jori who obviously was determined to survive and did her utmost but sadly, ultimately in vain, I salute her determination and trust she's pain free at last. Rest in peace. I hope that the treatments for the two boys has more success and I wish them and their loved ones well for their future.
Cancer treatment is too much even for most adults. These children facing a deadly disease and these treatments are brave
Im an adult oncology nurse and my poor adult patients are affected so much by chemo. I can't even imagine seeing in person what these kids go through 😢 My child is a brain cancer survivor but thank GOD she never had to have chemo.
Matt was wise beyond his years... 💔
The best childhood cancer documentary l ever saw was the one about Michael Kluff and Theresa Pickett in The fifth Estate's _Fighting Back._ lt was done 45 years ago, and l watched it then. l never forgot it, for 43 years until l FOUND IT on YT. Apparently it won many awards. lt opened the door for other wonderful documentaries such as this one. :)
OMG, you're reading my mind, I've found it recently too and I can't stop watching, though it hurts every time. They are all alive to me, through all these years...
@@russianCaprisse ~ l was STUNNED when l found it, as l didn't know the name, or that it was The Fifth Estate ...but l _knew_ the story, and l remember Theresa, because thats my name, and because of what the narrator said about her ''veins springing leaks like leaky pipes''. ...So l just punched in ''Childhood leukemia docs'' and the scene looked right. You are right about it being hard to watch ....even as a young teen it effected me by being scared that the same would happen to me. . Now ...l just keep hoping when l watch ..the story would turn out different. Thank you for commenting back. l gather you might be Canadian, as it was filmed here.
My grandson passed away of mediastinal sarcoma at the age of 23. From diagnosis to his passing, it was a little over 7 months. He had a little 1 yr old daughter. We miss him terribly.
I am so very sorry for you loss. ❤
I'm so deeply sorry
You think you have life problems until you see what these families go through. Really humbling ❤
Juan, the 10 year old boy, broke my heart. NO KID should ever be diagnosed with cancer. My heart breaks for the kids, their families & their friends. In May 2000 I too was diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma at age 27. They told me I'd never see 28. The chemo is absolutely grueling and would probably make a grown man drop to his knees. They had my loved ones come say goodbye to me & told my parents to make funeral plans. Today I'm 51 years old with 2 children & 2 grandchildren. I wish the same for all these children.
So very thankful to hear that your body was somehow able to beat those odds and beat that cancer!!!😊 I, too, am a cancer survivor. Stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. You are so right when you said the cancer treatments are gruelling! Yes, it was just absolutely Brutal. In fact, I didn't know you could be that extremely sick and not actually Die. I developed Sepsis from the highly toxic chemo treatments. It's so heartbreaking to think that sweet, innocent little kids also endure the pure torture of cancer treatments. 💔
May God bless you and your family with the best of health and long life!
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All the best to you and your family ma'am - good health, happiness and long life! My grandma (thankfully) broke her leg in 2002 at the age of 65 and as she underwent routine medical checkups for her operation, the drs discovered a lung tumor. It was surgically removed since it only caught a relatively small part of the lung tissue so no further chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy (if it was even available at the time?) was needed. I was only 13 years old at the time and I'm grateful to God that he had spared my grandma's life at the time and allowed me to have my grandma for 21 more years, well into my own adulthood. She passed away last February at the age of 86 in her sleep.
The young boy with the dog….oh my, he touched my heart. Prayers to all children battling cancer and their families🙏🏻
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They are all so sweet
He was absolutely adorable!
I cannot imagine not telling a child they have cancer, at 7. What is that accomplishing, other than deceit and distrust!
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It's bitter to find words for that bettysmith...I pray that task does not befall you...
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@@teodozja.todzia1097 The imagination of a child runs wilder than the truth you speak! Children aer MUCH wiser than people assume, they WILL find out from someone eventually either by overhearing a conversation or because of what they see. It's best that it comes from their doctor and parent's mouths first!
Very sad that as parents the try to do all we can, but at the same time, the child is the one feeling the pain. its a hard place to be for both
Such a touching & tearful documentary. It’s so sad that childhood cancer gets the least funding,with this awful disease . These children deserve to grow up, graduate high school, college & have a family of their own. Not to suffer & to wonder if they’re going to live see another day . Sweet Jory didn’t deserve, this fate. And hopefully Matthew & Ege,eventually beat cancer! And are living a healthy, & prosperous life.
Matthew Strickland departed this earthly life to be in the arms of our heavenly Father on Nov. 18, 2002
Matt is a lovely kid and very knowledgeable 😢
Yes he is❤😊
Beautiful. Out of the mouth of babes. I really feel for children with cancer. They teach us a lot.
It’s all heartbreaking. The parent’s love and desperation to hold onto their most precious human being. The tragedy of the children’s lives being destroyed by their disease and having to know
When Jori went in for her 2nd surgery in MS I could tell it most likely wouldn’t end well. She was so weak but soooo brave. All of these kids were! Cancer is heavy in my family and I lost my dad to AML and because he had some confusion due to the cancer I had to decide to put him on comfort measures which was awful! He died the same day. He had been diagnosed with cancer for less than 2 months and was hospitalized for treatment when he died. It was his first hospitalization and the only one.
No one is promised another day, hour, minute, or second. Even though children are young you don’t want to keep their diagnosis from them because chances are they know that something is very wrong. I promised my parents that when their time came I would follow their wishes. I worked in healthcare and I’ve seen what treatments can do and when you should try to treat vs stop. I know this video is about 20 years old and I hope the 2 boys in this video are doing well.
My god, I had a flashback and had to cry real hard. In 1997 I was 16 and been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer. The bone of my whole left leg and the knee had to be removed, because the cancer was everywhere. No more sports, no hockey, nothing. But although the tumor was about 40cm long, it hadn`t yet spread into the lung, which was like a miracle and gave me a slim chance to survive.
Agonizing chemotherapy went on for a year, in the end it had to be stopped, because I would have died from another cycle, while having a sepsis. I was almost over the edge and definitely wanted to die at that point.
I was at the St.Anna child hospital in Vienna and surrounded by small children, babies, who suffered, cried, screamed and sometimes died. The entrance I called the "Gate to hell", it made me vomit and sweat to even go back to that evil place after a few days home between treatments.
Happy ending? Not really.
Although I survived and never had a relapse, my "normal" life pretty much ended during the course of this year and a half in hell. Now I am 45, suffer from deep depression, anxiety, and terrible chronic pain. More than once I asked myself, if it wouldn't have been better, if I died in 1998 to find peace. I know that must sound so cruel to the ones, whose children die, but the cancer broke me physically and mentally and strangely it got worse, the older I got. It's like, the cancer left, but left behind a hidden package of sorrow, fatigue, fear and pain somewhere in my brain.
I send my heart out to all the little warriors out there and their poor parents.
I pray that your depression and cloak of anxiety and distress which resides within is lifted. Give it up, let it go. It doesn't belong to you. Jesus will take it. Do it and thank God as you ask. 🙏🙏
I lost 2 classmates in 2 different school to brain and brain stem cancer when I was growing up these kids that go through this are brave
A beautiful and compelling documentary. Sadly, despite years of grueling treatment Matt Strickland died in November 2002. Wishing peace and love to his family. ❤
I agree that if the treatment is just making them sick and not lowering their numbers they should have the right to end treatments and live the rest of their lives the way they want to regardless if they are children or adults. My aunt made the decision to stop treatment because it was just making her sick and not getting rid of the cancer she wasn’t living she was just existing. Children battling cancer should have a say in their treatment and what happens just like an adult
I lost 3 people with cancer my mom my sister and my aunt of course the treatment makes you very sick is the side effects of the medications after all the results always good my sister lives 20 years she lives a fully life compared to my mom she died shortly because she stop treatment some people just not patience enough you need to encourage them and my aunts live 8 years we encourage her to take it easy and she did the first 2 years was very thought but the results was good could you imagine if we was like do whatever you feel that’s your body they will not have chance to enjoy life at all my sister go back to work she went in vacation with friends have fun she even go in mission in the Caribbean to help people she have chance to see her niece getting married having kids my aunt have chance to enjoyed her grand kids travel places if i tell you they didn’t suffer I’m lying they did but they didn’t regret because the time they had was fun they didn’t have pain the cancer just came back and the die peacefully,sorry for my bad English.
I lost 3 people with cancer my mom my sister and my aunt of course the treatment makes you very sick is the side effects of the medications after all the results always good my sister lives 20 years she lives a fully life compared to my mom she died shortly because she stop treatment some people just not patience enough you need to encourage them and my aunts live 8 years we encourage her to take it easy and she did the first 2 years was very thought but the results was good could you imagine if we was like do whatever you feel that’s your body they will not have chance to enjoy life at all my sister go back to work she went in vacation with friends have fun she even go in mission in the Caribbean to help people she have chance to see her niece getting married having kids my aunt have chance to enjoyed her grand kids travel places if i tell you they didn’t suffer I’m lying they did but they didn’t regret because the time they had was fun they didn’t have pain the cancer just came back and the die peacefully,sorry for my bad English.
Prayers for the families. Greetings from the USA. Hope for better health for all of you. God bless you all.
That Matt could accept his illness and wouldn’t change his life because he feels his life has been good and he’s gotten closer to God just taught this old lady a lesson or two.
As a bereaved parent, I want to yell at the acreen- “Stop torturing your kids- spend every minute enjoying them and giving them the best quality of life possible and when it’s time for them to go, do your job and let them because you will regret so much when you look back at what could have been for them instead of treatments and pain 🖤
Thank You for saying that!
Met many young children going through treatment. Been part of the group no one wants to be in. When they can no longer endure what pains we can not take away and say no more.
It’s no more. They know. Oddly, whether you like it or not, toddlers know. It’s something you can not ignore when they are telling you. That point it’s us not wanting to let go. ❤❤❤❤ 💛 💛 💛 💛
Unbelievably heartbreaking 💔.
Sending hope/lite/prayers n hugs to all those precious brave children ❤️💜🇨🇦
As an adult oncology nurse, and the mom of a brain cancer warrior in remission, I can't even FATHOM having to care for these kiddos. Adults is so hard and I take those emotions home with me every day. I dont think I could handle caring for the peds. My own daughter's diagnosis is what pushed me into oncology nursing, and we are now coworkers. Her prognosis is great, but i couldn't imagine otherwise.
God bless these child and parental earth-angels. My heart aches that there is so much suffering in this beautiful, dark world. Peace and eternal Love….💜✝☮✝💜
That little boy has been here before😢😢 Jori god bless her she fought the fight 🙏🙏🙏
My thing with that lady that's from, I think turkey and not telling her son, if she thinks her son doesn't know she's absolutely crazy. I say that because literally the name of the hospital is MD cancer center. He's around cancer patients, little kids talk. You can hear the words you can hear doctors and nurses around you. I mean doesn't she realize that?
Wishful thinking...
I think she tries to avoid the word cancer, because she couldnt face the truth. Its easier to talk about microbes than preparing yourself for the death of your child.
She is trying to protect him would u not do the same I would hate to think that my child was terrified instead let him have his questions and his own understanding children need to be aloud to be innocent no child should have to think about the possibility of dying at such an age 😢
This is cultural. In the Islamic world, people know, but don't admit it. It is their way of coping, don't judge.
@@patsyhay9592I agree he’s 7 as a mum I don’t know what I’d do, but I would want to protect my child from the fear. It scares adults so can only imagine how much fear a child would have. It’s nothing to do with Islamic culture it’s to do with loving your children. No child should have to go through cancer. It hurts my heart they do. 💙💙💙😢😢
Omg 0:48 seconds in & this beautiful sweet angel has stolen my heartttt.❤ God bless you little gentleman.🙏🏻
🥺Most amazing smile I've ever seen.🥲
🫂❤️🙏🏻🫂❤️🙏🏻
O man. God bless them. I'm going through my cancer journey. To fight or let go. God bless all
As a cancer survivor I would say that it's very worth the suffering if there's real hope of remission. Wishing you all the very best!💜
"I know that Sue and I as parents, and even Monty." Uh, Monty is Matt's father, not you! That rubbed me the wrong way....
He obviously loved the lad, which is gorgeous. But, seemed the most resistant to listening to the poor boys wishes on the basis of his own faith. The whole situation though, freaking heartbreaking and I do think the step-dad genuinely loved Matt, was just caught up in his own religious beliefs.
Children with a terminal illness are so painfully grown up. They look death in the face every day. We need to learn to never condescend to them.
Jori Zemel. We all remember her. ❤
Matt is a truly amazing kid/young man
It’s so heartbreaking to see kids and their parents and family going through this 😢 I thought I could hear the Doctor’s voice breaking at 10:05 because he knew this wasn’t good news and that the was removing hope. This may have also been due to his personal experience with the loss of his child 10:55. How very sad for all involved x
Thank you for sharing this story.
prayers for all people going thru something like this 💔 nobody deserves to go thru this stuff i swear. i just wish sicknesses never ever even existed at all whatsoever😕 i do just want to say i’m always sending my love, prayers and hugs and hoping for a miracle for all because they deserve nothing but the absolute best ❤
Children are more aware of things going on around them and what they feel, be honest and tell the truth 😊
I love this boy Matt and what a lovely child and I am so glad he has his gorgeous dog Buddy.
It is not right for those parents to not let their 7 year old son know that he has cancer. It is his body and he should be able to know what is going on.
How young is too young - or would you tell a two or three year old that he's dying? There are things children can't handle; they're not mini adults.
Beautiful children I pray that you all have speedy recovery and God will you be able to get better. May Allah bless you all with strength speedy recovery and very healthy long life amen 🙏 may Allah makes easy for your parents and keep them strong insha Allah. Lots of prayers and love ❤️
These Children are so brave
So young .
But I belive Jori in heaven with jesus may Jori R.I.P🌹🌳💝🇬🇧
Does the little boy from Turkey really not know he has cancer? Surely he’s interacted with other kids who have cancer and have said the word, right? 16:33
Great to see a child these days reading a book ❤
My granddaughter died this morning after fighting cancer for the better part of 3 years!! she had tumors on her kidney's and due to the strength fo the different types of chemo solutions, she went from 110 pounds down to 55 pounds this past year so they stopped the chemo { that is the doctors stopped it} And the cancer went rampant destroying what was left of her liver!!! She underwent surgery and the doctors got rid of some of the tumors but due to such a huge weight loss her body started shutting down, first she couldn;t stand up , then she just couldn't move because the pain was so severe then she couldn't feel her legs they were numb! she would eat but it went right theough her!! So this morning at 5:30am her heart rate was so slow and then it just stopped!! She had been such a trooper since she was little and had many rounds of chemo that would last a year and then cancer would show up again and this repeated it's self almost every other year until this year! She was had just had her 32 birthday!!! I know now she is in a better place and out of pain so that's how I am trying to handle this whole new chapter of life!!! I will never forget her and she will live on in my heart!! I miss you my dear sweet granddaughter!!! And I will love you forever!!! Grandma Vicky XOXO
Cancer doesn’t care who it affects.
This seems like an older doc. Perhaps the 90s or early 2000s? There have been so many advances in cancer since then, due to clinical trials and research. Many of these children may have survived today, particularly the ones with leukemia. Hopefully they won't face cancer in the next life.
From doing a little search, Matt passed away in 2002. Havnt been able to find anything about Ege
We weren't given the choice when we came in this world. Please allow us to be able to make the choice when and how we would like to leave.
My little man was placed on hospice 😢😢😢 what am I going to do when he is gone 😢 😔 😪 😞 😫
Praying for you and your sweet boy.
Praying for you and your sweet boy.
Take the love you have for him and spread it around.. it helps
Praying for you sweetheart love always grandma Donna
WHAT A WONDERFUL KID MATT IS GOD BLESS HIM..HES STOLEN MY HEART SENDING ALL MY LOVE XXX😊❤
My mother lost her two year old brother and 11 year old cousin to bone cancer they had the same type of cancer.
South African Doctor. They are some of the best
Heartbreaking 💔 😢
I know these parents are in a terrible predicament, but trying to keep their children alive is prolonging their suffering. I'm sure the children just want to keep fighting for their parents. I would have given up a long time ago.
So sad
It upseting seeing kids suffering with cancer it hearbreaking it not right 😢😢😢
My daughter got cancer age 17 years she went through a lot 10 months of cemo that was not nessery doctors made a mistake the tumour was dead she is now 44 and suffers scar tssses but she is alive thank god ❤❤
Praying for everyone in the hospitals, full healing 🙏 wwg1wga 💕
May Allah bless you with speedy recovery and healthy long life amen 🙏. Lots of prayers and hugs you are so strong handsome boy please stay strong lots of love and prayers 🤗❤️🥰
Yes it is a very hard decision for a child to make but I think if they want to stop treatment then they should be able to especially if it's not working. Obviously no parent wants to lose their child but they should respect their child's wishes.
No privacy, such a.LOUD ward, phones loud, staff loud, patients loud, A ward, no privacy, no peace if sick and vomiting, headache!
Tantas emoções nesse vídeo. Famílias. Só agradeço a Deus e peço que Deus abençoe a todos ❤❤
Healthy kids are a blessings. A dying child is...a tragedy...
That poor kid not knowing he has cancer. Being told he has "microbes" in his body is so irresponsible. Shame on them. They're in denial. Thats why they didn't tell him.
My grandson died at the age of 1 year and 1 week he had an extremely rare form of cancer
I'm so deeply sorry. Heartbreaking. Is there any update?
What is with these selfish parents, lying to your kid about cancer. And torturing your daughter when clearly she’s had enough! When I was 7 I knew my mother was having an affair! If they are terminal, Just love them, let them tell you what they want!
Matt's step dad kinda orriated me. It was about him wanting to make tge choice eith Matt's mom then he finally said and (Matt's dads name) not sure how to spell it. When they was talking he called his dad another father no he is his dad you are a father figure. Then to be the only 1 that isnt willijg to let Matt make the choice and decide on what he wants to do an say oh its gonna be a talk between me an his mon and his dad. No you dont have a bite in this fight. This is between 3 ppl and the doctor thats the person going threw it and his 2 parents. You are there ro support the mom ss her husband and Matt as his step father but thats it. Yes it is hard to let go. But the pain tgese kids deal with is unbearable. I wanted my mom and both sets of grandparents fight cancer it is horrible. I know 7 ppl that have had cancer an only 1 is living. It is sad to watch somone go from being a happy fun loving soul to someone who loves in constant pain and aickness. I deal with cronic health issies being on life support the echmo diaylisis chest tubes tge trach and it was brutal. Im grown. I dont know how i pulled threw but i love everyday in so much pain. If tgere was a way i coukd let go i would but i got 2 lids an a grandbaby now. But these babies literally dont understand this sickness. We as adukts hardly do.
God Bless Anyone who has to go through this but these children😢❤
Hiding things from a child never works. The child could end up mad at parents for not telling them.
May God heal all children with cancer, for in Jesus Christ's Name, I ask and pray. Amen 🙏🙏🙏
I wouldn't tell a 7 year old he or she has cancer
Why? They know more than parents think.
🙄 that's messed up, kids need to have honest parents. Even the doctors recommend they know.
Keeping secrets is selfish
She said thats what makes him feel useful.. talking about her dad being more serious about her situation and pacing back and fourth lmfao
Hello good morning,thank you for video,I contribute to Saint Jude charities in California,good like our Catholic church,St.Marys cathedral,Cheyenne,Wyo. God bless , CynthiaLuke
God bless this person
Apocalipse 21:4-Ele enxugará de seus olhos toda lágrima; e não haverá mais morte, nem haverá mais pranto, nem lamento, nem dor; porque já as primeiras coisas são passadas.
I can’t find any information or updates about Matt. Does anybody know how he’s doing?
Sadly, he passed away Nov 18, 2002.
@@linmayzie1 so sad. It sounded like the radiation might work
I did cryoablation and it worked. Dr Jason Williams in Cabo was my dr
They have three sons! What the hell?
So what
Very sad moment bunches children have terrible cancer for long time already serious about that story inside the hospital then bunches doctor's give bunches treatment for cancer for bunches children inside the hospital God bless amen Jesus Christ make bunches children feel better cancer inside the body's:
Good luck bunches children have cancer inside the body's hopefully treatment for cancer feel better soon possible hopefully God bless amen Jesus Christ ☦️☦️🎗️🙏😇😭
This my first time seeing this beautiful story RUclips video News of bunches children have cancer inside the body's inside the hospital 🏥
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story RUclips video of bunches children have cancer inside the body's inside the hospital 🏥
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I never have cancer before never my life serious about that story:
God bless amen Jesus Christ 🙏☦️☦️✝️
God bless amen Jesus Christ everybody's else
Young lady die after surgery tumor and cancer rest in peace
Rest in peace everybody's else with Jesus Christ up there heaven
What year was this filmed? X
Jori died in 2001 so around that time
I love these babies
Please tell me these kids are still alive.
All these children have such unbelievably strength, I can understand cancer in adults but it is so very wrong for it to happen to children.💔 Noreen Readett Australia 🦘
Tuesdays with Morrie.
Rip Jori 💔
If children. are very sick with cancer or any diease at a sernt age of 9 up it schould be there dissuge. to live or die not the parnets cause who wants to be poked or prod with needles or manchine Thay know thaylll be in a loveing place with the Lord where there is know pain or discomfert ❤❤❤❤Let them go home live out there life than in a hosiptal
I had ablation and it worked