Dylan's Green Flash
"Dylan's Green Flash" is a bright green named in honor of Dylan Coughlin. Dylan
chose this color because he has just always loved the color green;
anyone who knows him would have picked that color with him in mind. Dylan's story is below.
April 3rd, 2017... Dylan was just 2 months away from turning
4 years old and our lives were changed forever. We found out he had a
brain tumor, the size of 3 walnuts, in the cerebellum, back of his
brain. Not benign like they thought at first, it was Medulloblastoma.
It was then a whirlwind...brain surgery two days later, MRIs almost
every day, and a second brain surgery 5 days after the first one to
get all of it out. We were told he might not be able to speak after
surgery, and we were so relieved when he said “those people are
keeping me up!”, as he woke up in the Recovery Room. Dylan started
high dose chemo in May through end of June and then more high dose
chemo with stem cell transplant through October. Dylan was like the
energizer bunny; playing from 8am to 8pm every day while inpatient,
but pretty cranky towards any doctors that came to do their rounds.
He napped only when he was pre-medicated with Benadryl before chemo
or stem cell transplant. Treatment ended in October 2017...Dylan was
NED..! His hair slowly grew back by January and then he started back
going to preschool. Life started to feel “normal”.
In August
2018, he started kindergarten and he thrived! He loved math and
learned to read and write. He continued to work on his balance as
that had been impaired from surgery/location of the tumor.
Then,
that Spring, on March 11,2019- during a routine MRI, we found out the
tumor had grown back. Our hearts sank. We knew that our odds had just
decreased significantly. And so we followed our doctor’s
recommendations and he went through 6 weeks of proton radiation-
every morning, Monday through Friday. Every day afterwards, he went
to school for 2-3 hours and caught up on everything he had missed in
the morning. There were many days that he didn’t want to go school,
but we pushed him and his mood was so much better at the end of the
day from being around his friends. During radiation, he lost
his hair all over again, but this time he was around 5 and 6 year old
peers, which was much harder than around 3 and 4 yr olds, but Dylan
handled it like a champ. He wore a hat at school, for his friends -
almost as if he didn’t want them to feel uncomfortable, but in
public places, he never cared if he wore one or not. Then July
came around and the tumor had shrunk by 50% and what was left was
undetermined. Doing nothing could result in cancer cells healing and
growing again, and so Dylan started another treatment. This time, he
“just” had to get chemo infusion every other week in clinic and
then oral chemo at home once a month. This new treatment seems so
easy compared to everything he had already endured with being
inpatient 6 weeks at a time for 3 cycles. So here we are now, Dylan
started 1st grade a few weeks ago, while continuing his weekly Radys
visit, whether it is for labs or chemo infusion. We will wait for his
next MRI and if that is clear, he will continue 3 more cycles of the
current treatment plan he’s on as “maintenance” and if not
clear, then he continues until the next MRI...
Pair
with our base/top coat, Hebrews 11:1, for extended wear.
Made
in the U.S.A. and free of Toluene, Formaldehyde, DBP, and Camphor.
All polishes are .47 fl oz. For
external use only.
All net proceeds go to Dylan and his family. Therefore, we appreciate your understanding that we are unable to provide refunds or exchanges.