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Peace

By: Joey Mendez|Posted in: Blog, Latest Update|December 23, 2015

At 10:25 this morning, Nick Mendez passed away, surrounded by his family. My mother, father, and I were all with him, as his memory will always be with us. He passed peacefully, heavily sedated, as he slept. …

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Numb

By: Joey Mendez|Posted in: Blog|October 12, 2015

On Friday, Nick’s oncologist informed us that the osteosarcoma has metastasized to his lungs. This is consistent with the typical path of this tumor. He has no symptoms, and we shouldn’t expect symptoms for some …

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Vegas Recap

By: Joey Mendez|Posted in: Blog|September 22, 2015

What a weekend! We flew out of Palo Alto in a private plane and were in Vegas two hours later, where a car met us to take us to the Encore. The Encore is the …

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The Corner

By: Joey Mendez|Posted in: Blog, Latest Update|September 15, 2015

When my brother underwent his most recent surgery to remove some necrotic bone and tissue that was causing infections, the surgeons biopsied two other areas. The first place they biopsied was a spot on his …

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Trojan Horse

By: Mike Mendez|Posted in: Blog|August 28, 2015

After countless bacterial and fungal infections, clinic visits, scans and hospitalizations, Nick decided to undergo a surgical procedure to remove dead and infected bone, clean up the opening he has in his cheek and take …

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14 Days Later

By: Joey Mendez|Posted in: Blog|August 10, 2015

Many of you that are also Facebook friends with my brother are aware that he’s battling cancer for the fourth time.  As of this morning, he has been in the hospital with an infection for …

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Fungus Among Us

By: Mike Mendez|Posted in: Blog|August 8, 2015

After 13 days in the hospital we received news today that Nick was infected with a fungus called Acremonium. Of course, this type of fungus rarely causes disease in humans. If there is anything we …

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Little Things: Big Towels

By: Mike Mendez|Posted in: Blog, Hospitals|July 31, 2015

I remember awhile back writing about how hospitals should really get into the hospitality business. I can handle the basic stuff: kid with cancer, current hospital visit due to serious infection of unknown origin, sleeping …

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Lucky Number 13

By: Mike Mendez|Posted in: Blog, Treatments|July 13, 2015

On Sunday July 12th we were looking forward to getting out of the hospital. We did everything possible to clear the methotrexate (MTX) and get to discharge criteria level: less than .10. Nick walked around, …

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Sunrise

By: Mike Mendez|Posted in: Blog|July 12, 2015

I woke up very early this morning and it occurs to me that we have a tendency to bury our feelings in the midst of great challenges. After all, dads are supposed to be tough …

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