After days of pain, swelling and uncertainty, 15-year-old Will Roberts finally received a piece of good news.
After days of pain, swelling and uncertainty, 15-year-old Will Roberts finally received a piece of good news.
Doctors discovered more than two liters of fluid around his lungs and abdomen and successfully removed it. The procedure brought much-needed relief — and allowed Will to receive his second dose of the experimental DeltaRex-G treatment.
His family called it a “small victory.” Will celebrated with something simple: an electrolyte popsicle.
According to father Jason Roberts, when Will was still alive, the two of them always had a habit of sitting together on weekend mornings, drinking coffee and talking. This morning, he returned to his son’s resting place at 5 a.m., carrying two cups of hot coffee just like in the old days.
Without crying or lamenting, Jason quietly sat down on the dew-covered grass, placed the smaller cup of coffee beside the stone, and softly told his son about the simple things happening at home. The silence in the cold mist and the sight of two steaming cups of coffee created a deeply moving image of a father’s love for his son.
Before getting up to leave, Jason quietly placed an important personal belonging of his own on the stone — a silent decision, but one with a sacred meaning that would connect father and son forever…
