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7 maanden oud zoontje Joe Lauzon overwint kanker
Aug 1, 2014 Joe Lauzon kennen we met name van zijn optreden in de UFC na zijn debuut via The Ultimate Fighter. Joe heeft al tal van win bonussen op zijn naam staan. Maar hij heeft ook een duidelijk zachtere kant. Met trots wist hij te vertellen dat zijn zoontje na een aantal chemokuren kanker heeft overwonnen.
Baby Lauzon werd op 12 janurai 2014 geboren met een zgn. Stage-Four Neuroblastoma. Dit resulteerde in een tumor zo groot als een volwassen vuist die tegen zijn ruggegraat drukte. Sindsdien heeft Baby Lauzon diverse chemokuren ondergaan om de tumor aan te pakken voordat deze nog veel groter wordt.
Het algehele proces in de familie van Lauzon was dan ook zwaar. Joe Lauzon zei:
"You talk about a fighter who just bites down on his mouthpiece and goes at it, that was him. They were giving him injections and doing biopsies, taking tissue from his hips and all sorts of stuff and he didn't cry at all. He would bite on his pacifier like ‘let's do it.' We kept calling him the honey badger."
De Lauzon familie kan in ieder geval weer een beetje opgelucht ademhalen:
"It wasn’t the clean happy that most people get to experience. It was a really, really rocky road and such a rough start. But now, okay, it’s smooth sailing. And we held it together pretty well. Obviously, we both had a couple of times where we’re bawling our eyes out, but we were there for each other and we became way tighter as a couple because of the whole thing. He’s a happy baby, he loves to play. He doesn’t really fuss much. Basically, if he’s crying, it’s because he’s hungry, needs to get his diaper changed, or he’s tired. I see a lot of other babies and they’re just little whine bags. (Laughs) Honestly, he’s completely content. You sit him somewhere and he’s just looking around the room, and he’s great. He’s sleeping through the night now, and he’s just a real happy, healthy baby."
Het algehele proces in de familie van Lauzon was dan ook zwaar. Joe Lauzon zei:
"How does a baby that's a couple days old have cancer? A third of his body were cancer cells. It's crazy to have a tumor that big on such a tiny body. It completely caught us super off-guard. It's the worst feeling ever and the worst news you can ever get.".
Baby Lauzon zou eigenlijk 8 chemokuren ondergaan, gevolgt door een operatie en nabestraling. De baby dacht er ander over vertelde Lauzon:"You talk about a fighter who just bites down on his mouthpiece and goes at it, that was him. They were giving him injections and doing biopsies, taking tissue from his hips and all sorts of stuff and he didn't cry at all. He would bite on his pacifier like ‘let's do it.' We kept calling him the honey badger."
De Lauzon familie kan in ieder geval weer een beetje opgelucht ademhalen:
"It wasn’t the clean happy that most people get to experience. It was a really, really rocky road and such a rough start. But now, okay, it’s smooth sailing. And we held it together pretty well. Obviously, we both had a couple of times where we’re bawling our eyes out, but we were there for each other and we became way tighter as a couple because of the whole thing. He’s a happy baby, he loves to play. He doesn’t really fuss much. Basically, if he’s crying, it’s because he’s hungry, needs to get his diaper changed, or he’s tired. I see a lot of other babies and they’re just little whine bags. (Laughs) Honestly, he’s completely content. You sit him somewhere and he’s just looking around the room, and he’s great. He’s sleeping through the night now, and he’s just a real happy, healthy baby."