Jake Owen Raborn

12/31/01 - 10/05/06

Welcome to Jake's web page. Jake was diagnosed June 1, 2004 with Hepatoblastoma(Liver Cancer) - Stage IV. Jake underwent 857 days of treatment. He received 20 rounds of chemotherapy, 15 rounds of radiation, and had 11 major surgeries/procedures that included 3 lung surgeries, 2 brain surgeries, and 1 liver surgery. In February 2006, Jake received a Bone Marrow Transplant as a form of therapy to fight his disease. Jake was the 2nd person in the world to receive this type of transplant for his type of disease. He beat septic shock and also a severe fungus that required him to be on a ventilator for over a month. He earned his angel wings peacefully on October 5th, 2006.




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Journal

Sunday, October 5, 2008 4:24 PM CDT

Dear Jake,

2 years later and I still have no words to desrcibe the pain I feel.

Just know that you are missed more and more each day.

I Love You.

Always Believing,
Daddy

Hospital Information:

Don & Staci Raborn
104 West Standard Reed Road
West Monroe, LA 71291

Links:

E-mail Author: sraborn@comcast.net

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