Published on April 15, 2018 in Share Your Story
If he survived surgery to debulk tumor he would need treatment with Chemotherapy afterward. Bud pulled through the surgery unfortunately he never was able to recover enough to get to the next step. He was a fighter but told us six months before his illness he was tired. He told us when you get to be his age we would understand. He passed away from aspiration pnemonuia three weeks after surgery. We believe if this was ten yeas earlier it may have been different. The younger you are the more you can fight and survive this. Our hope is that treament and therapy will extend many peoples lives.
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