Brooks' Story

On December 28, 2009, Brooks Call was diagnosed with acute Myeloid leukemia (AML), also known as acute myelogenous leukemia. AML is a very aggressive cancer that starts in the bone marrow and keeps the blood cells from maturing the way they should. Brooks is 13 years old and is the son of Greg and Lisa Call. He has two younger brothers, Ethan and Nic.

Along with our prayers, well wishes, and positive thoughts for Brooks, what can we do to help Brooks and his family? Our goal is to allow all family and friends to assist Greg and Lisa with any funding we can donate for the many expenses that will be involved in keeping Brooks going strong. Not only would we like to contribute to help with the mounting medical bills, but also for gas, babysitting, food while staying with Brooks at the hospital, and many other expenses.

Please look at the "Please Help Brooks" section on how-to-donate. We have made it very easy for all family and friends to help out – where ever you are! Please donate, and pass along this notice to all of your family and friends. Have them go to this blog to find out more information on how to donate and get updates on Brooks!

http://brookscall.blogspot.com/
Thanks, from all Brooks’ Family!

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Special visitors

Brooks has been able to have some really friendly visitors while he has been in the hospital. This is a picture of one of the therapy dogs that Brooks likes to hang with. I think Brooks really likes this dog because it wants to cuddle and be held. I think the dog weighs more than Brooks! Brooks has done well the past few days. He started running a little fever yesterday, but his body was able to fight it off on its own, which is super cool! He is going a little stir crazy sitting in the hospital. Lisa and Greg were able to get the webcam to work so that Brooks could see and hear all of the craziness going on at home with Ethan and Nic. It has helped so much to have the webcam and the laptop! I honestly can't thank people enough for being so generous! It is such a blessing that Brooks is able to go to a hospital where so many people volunteer and bring in just a little bit of the outside world so that patients like Brooks can have a brighter day!
-Kristi



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3 comments:

  1. Kurt and Shelli BarnumMarch 17, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    That is a big dog!! Hey Brooks, I will be posting some pics on our blog of all the "little" boys together. Kevin, Nikki, and Ryan were at our house last night, so we got a few pics of the boys together. We missed you guys!

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  2. DebbieMarch 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM

    Hey Brooks, that dog looks like it could pass as a bear! At least on the trail it would. Hope you are feeling stronger everyday!

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  3. Call Family-SeattleApril 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    Whoa, big dog! He looks like alot of fun to cuddle with

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