[yorkietalkjilly]

I'm so sorry to read about your precious son's symptoms. Hopefully it is a benign tumor as I understand once those are removed, they rarely grow back. I'll sure be bombarding Heaven with prayers that whatever is going on is benign and treatable. Any chance he has some type of occult or unknown head injury that occurred a few weeks ago - something he totally discounted or fell out of bed in the night, etc.?

Spend your time with your son keeping him busy and distracted if he feels well enough. Be sure he doesn't hole up and withdraw.

The only way I know how to deal with scary times is to let others in to help and don't bottle feelings up and withdraw. Leaning on our faith, our core beliefs in God for courage and strength can provide a huge bulwark against fear. Reach out to your son's pastor and church, the rest of the family, dearest friends and get him talking, keep him as busy as he feels like playing games, watching movies with you or whatever it takes. Most people want to crawl in a hole when faced with frightening symptoms or fearful times. You never know how people get through awful times until you hear them tell of how they made it and most of them say they could never have done it alone, without their faith, the support of other totally amazing people who just seem to show up and don't let you go it alone and professionals who knew what they were doing.