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[WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana *Update*
#14369621 - 04/28/11 09:15 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana April 28, 2011 - kxly.com
To call what the Hyde family has been through a "parent's worst nightmare" sounds like a horrible cliche. But, it's hard to imagine what else you could call it. Their two-year old son Cash was diagnosed last year with a stage 4 brain tumor; he nearly died more times than they can count.
He was miserable from the chemotherapy coursing through his body until his dad made a controversial decision to give cannabis to his young son.
June 21, 2008 is a day Mike and Kalli Hyde will never forget. It was the they brought their second son into the world. Mike describes the little boy they call Cashy as a healthy baby boy, born in Missoula. Never could they have imagined the journey little Cashy's life would take.
"He was just your average happy little kid," said Mike. "Then, he started to get to get sick." That was shortly before Cashy's second birthday.
"He started being very tired, sleeping a lot, cranky, he started throwing up," Mike explained. "We took him to the doctor and the doctor would tell us he had mono."
For six weeks, it was the same diagnosis over and over. But, Mike refused to accept what doctors were telling him. He knew, like any parent would, that something was terribly wrong.
"I was like, 'he's dying in my arms, we need to take him somewhere else'. So, we took him to the ER. That's when they did a CAT scan and found the 4.5 cm tumor on his brain."
Within hours of arriving at the ER, the Hydes were on their way to Salt Lake City. At Primary Childrens Hospital, they got the devastating news: brain surgery revealed a PNET tumor, wrapped around Cashy's optic nerve.
"When we arrived in Salt Lake in May, Cashy was so sick, his eye was starting to get pushed out," Mike explained. "He was sleeping 16-18 hours a day, he was vomiting. He was pretty much as sick as you can get without being on your deathbed."
Doctors cut into Cashy's brain, but were only able to remove 10 percent of the tumor. The Hydes could only hope aggressive treatment could the rest. Doctors recommended three rounds of chemotherapy followed by stem cell rescue, then three rounds of high-dose chemo after that. It's a difficult treatment plan for anyone; imagine what it did to a two-year old kid.
"The first night of chemo, we did 10 hours worth of seizures down in the ICU," said Mike. "The doctors told us then, he could have brain damage from these seizures, we don't know where it's going to be in the morning."
Cashy survived that night, then spent his second birthday in a hospital bed, swollen and sick from the medication intended to save his life. Doctors were uncertain if he would make it to his third birthday.
"It's overwhelming, I guess, to say the least," Mike said. "We had a lot of scary things happen. In June, he got a blood infection, went into septic shock, went into the ICU, ended up coding and they had to resuscitate him. I was standing like two feet away, I had to watch the whole thing... "There were a lot of days we were told we weren't going to beat it, you're not giong to take him home, he is going to die. Those are the days you have to really believe."
They believed and they prayed. High-dose chemo was killing Cashy's cancer, but it was making him sicker than ever. He was taking 120 milligrams a day of five different drugs to make him comfortable. That, Mike said, wasn't helping to ease Cashy's pain.
"By the end of September, he had gone 40 days without eating, he was vomiting 9-10 times a day, he couldn't lift his head off his pillow, he was laying their shivering," Mike remembered, saying he would have given anything to trade place with his son. "The doctors came in and I said, is there anything I can do for Cash?"
The doctors had no answers, so Mike found his own. It was relief for Cashy in the form of cannabis oil. It's illegal to possess without authorization from a medical professional. It's something doctors wouldn't even discuss. Mike got authorization to give Cashy the oil and, without telling them why, told the doctors to wean Cashy off the anti-nausea cocktail. Inserted through Cashy's feeding tube, a tiny amount of oil replaced all those drugs. The result, Mike said, was almost immediate.
"You're watching a kid who hasn't had the will to eat in 4 months, 5 months, actually take a bite of something," Mike remembered. "He hadn't eaten a thing in 40 days - and, it was really incredible to watch him take a bit of a piece of cheese. It shows that he wants to live."
Cashy did his last round of high-dose chemo with no anti-nausea drugs. Mike said the doctors were amazed; he never told them why.
"I wanted to tell them - hey, he's on cannabis oil - but I didn't want them to take it away from him."
KXLY4 wanted to know about side effects, about the dangers of giving kids as young as Cashy medical marijuana. But, despite the fact it's not illegal in Washington or in Cashy's home state of Montana, we couldn't get a single doctor to talk to us about it on camera. We finally ended up at a THC clinic in East Spokane. There, we met Shari Allen is a nurse practitioner from Oregon who comes to Spokane every few weeks to evaluate potential patients and sign off on medical marijuana permits.
"What I try to do here at this office is create an atmosphere that is truly medical. Because I do believe that cannabis is a medicine - and, we're trying to use it as a medicine."
As someone who's spent many years working with pain management, Allen believes in the power of this drug and its benefits for cancer patients. She signs off on up to 50 patients a day. But, she wouldn't say whether she's ever signed off on a patient as young as Cashy.
"It is not common - and, I'm not going to say whether I've authorized for a child."
That's a typical answer, as doctors are concerned about federal law and company policies. Mike Hyde, though, doesn't care about the controversy or the political battle over this drug. He cares that his son survived and is convinced not only did the cannabis help Cashy feel better, it prevented long-term damage to his organs. For Mike, the proof is in his vibrant two-year old boy.
"Its very controversial, it's very scary. But, there's nothing more scary than losing your child."
A few weeks ago, Cashy was back in Salt Lake City for scans and found out he's cancer-free. He's back home in Missoula, back with his family and back to teasing his big brother Colty. In a couple of months, he'll spend his third birthday like every kid should - with the fight of his life behind him.
Throughout their ordeal, Cashy's family got tremendous support from their community. Now, they're paying it forward. The Cash Hyde Foundation raises money and provides things like "reggae runners" to childrens hospitals. Reggae runners are toddler cars outfitted with IV poles, so kids undergoing treatment can get out of their rooms and have a little fun.
For more on how to help the foundation about Cashy's journey, click here.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: veggie]
#14369638 - 04/28/11 09:18 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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OMFG What a child abuser. Trying to save his child's life with... MARIJUANA!?!?!?!
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: Remix]
#14369697 - 04/28/11 09:32 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I thought that was a really positive article, and its good to hear that he is in remission.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: The Vapor]
#14369732 - 04/28/11 09:38 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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The Vapor said: I thought that was a really positive article, and its good to hear that he is in remission.
it is. Its really sad that people have a problem with treating a child with a very safe super hard to OD on medicine made directly from nature and if grown outdoors with minimum pesticides can be produced with little environmental impact.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: veggie]
#14369734 - 04/28/11 09:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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this story says in your face DEA fail!
as time passes people are learning that they been fooled with marijuana fear.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: The Vapor]
#14369751 - 04/28/11 09:41 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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The Vapor said: I thought that was a really positive article, and its good to hear that he is in remission.
I agree. I was being facetious.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: veggie]
#14369814 - 04/28/11 09:51 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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What a touching news story. I hope this article reaches the readers who have been tricked into thinking cannabis is somehow the devil.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: SuperD]
#14369953 - 04/28/11 10:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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When I saw the title, I was expecting something completely different. But this is awesome, something I'm super excited to see is happening.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: bholzer]
#14370062 - 04/28/11 10:32 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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im making oil out of white widow this year. and this is exactly why. i will have some real medicine for anyone who needs it that comes along my path. I am a firm believer that cannabis with high CBD's do kill cancer cells. i want to KNOW from seeing for myself. and i want the word to spread like wild fire. that is what it will take to free the plant from the ignorance that is holding it down.
fuck yeah, great article. thank you.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: bholzer]
#14370099 - 04/28/11 10:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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One of the most touching stories, thank you
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: bholzer]
#14370135 - 04/28/11 10:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good show ol' boy! Quite right.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: batman returns]
#14370190 - 04/28/11 10:55 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Awsome story. I read the whole thing waiting for the kid to get dragged out of his hospital bed in handcuffs. I'm sooo glad that didn't happen.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: darkczar]
#14371256 - 04/29/11 05:28 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have a son very close to that age. This story brought tears to my eyes to think what would happen in my state...
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: Maharishi_2_U]
#14371553 - 04/29/11 07:50 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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That had me crying. I can't imagine having to watch your baby go through that. He saved his son's life. He's a true hero.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: veggie]
#14371630 - 04/29/11 08:14 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Better rescue that kid from that marijuana drug fiend and administer something safe Pfizer made instead. Phew! Close call.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: German Kahuna]
#14371751 - 04/29/11 08:59 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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article was legit
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: plustax]
#14372118 - 04/29/11 11:09 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Meanwhile... oklahoma wants to give you life in prison (a prolonged death sentence) for making this life saving oil.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: Black_Sunset]
#14372198 - 04/29/11 11:29 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Black_Sunset said: One of the most touching stories, thank you 
I know right, wow
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: ShroomDoom]
#14372320 - 04/29/11 12:03 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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ShroomDoom said: Meanwhile... oklahoma wants to give you life in prison (a prolonged death sentence) for making this life saving oil.
Oklahoma is one ass-backwards place man. I wouldn't even drive through it if it was in my way, I'd go around.
This article was extremely inspiring. I'm going to link it to people I know IRL.
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Re: [WA] Dad Gives Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Medical Marijuana [Re: Maverick]
#14372498 - 04/29/11 12:52 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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CRUCIFY HIM!!!!
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