Jake’s Story… Our entire world was turned upside down 14 months ago when we learned that our healthy, athletic, 15 year old son Jake had a hemorrhaging brain tumor.  Leading up to that life changing day, Jake had only complained of persistent headaches for just a few weeks for which he was given antibiotics by his pediatrician.. When the headaches didn’t resolve, we decided to take Jake back to the doctor and insist on an MRI. A couple of days later on a  typical Saturday afternoon, we stopped at the MRI clinic on the way to Jake’s Fremd High School basketball game. The season had just started and Jake was voted team captain by his peers. He was very excited to play that day and was humoring his mother by agreeing to the MRI in order to get me to stop worrying. Continue reading →