The Sibling of a Childhood Cancer Warrior

My unsung hero....Gabriel

Gabriel was 10 years old when his sister was diagnosed with an aggressive, malignant cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. He was thrust into a world of hospitals, medications, procedures and more pain than he had ever fathomed could exist. He certainly did not sign up to be the sideline sibling of a child with childhood cancer and all that this world brought with it. He had to cope with his sister's cancer journey and had to deal with watching his sister suffer through the cancer treatment, radiation, and multiple surgeries..procedures.....etc.
The impact this journey has had on our family still resonates TODAY. HE suffered.......silently.

As the sibling of a child with cancer, you sit in the side lines, watching your sister get all the affection, attention, and gifts.
The separation anxiety from the one missing parent, the worry of untold scan results, complications, and procedures
The postponing of school tests, because your sister was having emergency surgery on THAT DAY. 
The living separately, missing painfully....face timing does not come close to having your other living parent with you.
The being taken away to a friend's house because there was some emergency that needed to be tended to with sis.
The Trying to entertain your sister in the hospital room, even though she is too tired to play, or even in too much in pain to pay attention. 
The sleeping on a mat on the floor of the hospital room next to your sister, hardly sleeping because the nurses come in and out of the room, the beeps of the machines, scared to death as sister's blood pressure plummeted after being administered a certain chemo, the having to get up early the next day after barely sleeping on the hospital floor, to get to school on time....drowsy. 
Not being able to help your sissy, watching her deteriorate, and not expressing your feelings....keeping it inside. 

The emotional turmoil, anguish, and pain is indescribable.
All he could do is pray......and ask our living, ALMIGHTY GOD to help his sister. Praise God that WITH HIM, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. He can and WILL restore the broken-hearted, He WILL renew our minds, and HEAL our brokenness. Thank goodness for a living Savior! We have such a HOPE IN HIM!

Psalm 34:18-19

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all...