Collier11
9/13/2009, 09:03 PM
I got this off of another board but I felt it was worth sharing
"After I mildly criticized Bob & staff for their decisions against BYU, I hear this story from my parents yesterday. There's a little boy, 9 months old, in a small OK town who has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Last year, only 130 individuals in the world had this type of cancer. The cancer was first discovered as a softball size tumor on his kidney. The mother has been updating a blog about his illness, which I am referencing throughout this post.
On Wednesday, the mom and son went to Children's and learned that the cancer has spread to his lungs and brain. Afterwards, the little boy had to have some type of procedure done, I think getting his chemo, but I can't remember exactly. The doctors asked the mom to wait outside because the little boy screams and cries and it's pretty hard to take. The mom went into the hallway and started "having a major pity party". A few minutes went by, and she heard a door open. She looks up and sees Bob Stoops walking towards her. Bob sat and talked with her for over 30 minutes until she could go back in the room and see her son. She wrote on her blog that she's an OSU graduate and a huge OSU fan, but the visit from Bob was so meaningful to her she couldn't even put it into words. Keep in mind, this was on Wednesday night, after practice, after a loss, after losing two All-Americans, after being the subject of a ton of criticism."
"After I mildly criticized Bob & staff for their decisions against BYU, I hear this story from my parents yesterday. There's a little boy, 9 months old, in a small OK town who has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Last year, only 130 individuals in the world had this type of cancer. The cancer was first discovered as a softball size tumor on his kidney. The mother has been updating a blog about his illness, which I am referencing throughout this post.
On Wednesday, the mom and son went to Children's and learned that the cancer has spread to his lungs and brain. Afterwards, the little boy had to have some type of procedure done, I think getting his chemo, but I can't remember exactly. The doctors asked the mom to wait outside because the little boy screams and cries and it's pretty hard to take. The mom went into the hallway and started "having a major pity party". A few minutes went by, and she heard a door open. She looks up and sees Bob Stoops walking towards her. Bob sat and talked with her for over 30 minutes until she could go back in the room and see her son. She wrote on her blog that she's an OSU graduate and a huge OSU fan, but the visit from Bob was so meaningful to her she couldn't even put it into words. Keep in mind, this was on Wednesday night, after practice, after a loss, after losing two All-Americans, after being the subject of a ton of criticism."