Just two weeks before his first birthday, Trevor Blanton was diagnosed with cancer. This came as a shock to his parents who had not noticed him acting any differently than usual. When at home they had noticed that Trevor's belly was hard, but he was always a big eater, so they didn't worry.

One day when Trevor's mom, Tina, dropped Trevor off at day care, the nursery teacher felt a knot and noticed that his belly was bigger. Both of Tina's sisters work at the day care and called her saying that something wasn't right with Trevor and that he should be taken to the doctor. At that moment, Tina knew that this was something serious. Tina called her husband, and told him to meet her up at the doctor's office.

When Trevor got to the doctor's office, they felt his belly, and immediately they said that they would need to do an x-ray. After a while the doctors came out and told Tina that Trevor had a mass in his stomach and would have to be taken to the children's wing; doctors would be waiting for him there.

The entire time, the only thought running through Tina's mind was "this can't be happening."� After an x-ray and an echo were performed, the doctors discovered a tumor the size of a grapefruit. Trevor had neuroblastoma. The tumor was so large that it had already started to shut down Trevor's organs. Trevor's parents were told that they would need to start chemotherapy the very next day. It was hard for Tina because her and her husband were told that if they did not start the chemo right away that their son was not going to make it. There was no choice to make in this situation.

To make matters even worse, after all the tests had been run on Trevor, his numbers had been so high that his parents were told that their Trevor's sister would also have to be tested to make sure that she was alright. Thankfully, all of her tests came back normal.

Trevor had a long road ahead of him. His treatments lasted three days each. He endured seven rounds of chemo, two blood transfusions, one platelet transfusion, and he had a series of biopsies, bone marrow testing, a bone scan, and heart echoes. Because of all of this happening in Trevor's life, he had to grow up very quickly. He spent so much time in the hospital that his parents missed out on teaching him how to walk at home.

Life for Trevor was difficult. If his temperature ever reached 101 degrees he would have to be taken to the hospital, and he had to be treated delicately because of his low platelet count.

One of the most difficult times for Trevor's family came around his birthday. Since his counts were so down, it would be nearly impossible for him to celebrate at a birthday party. However, the doctor's didn't want to tell his parents not to throw a party because this might have been his last one. Hearing that was one of the hardest moments.

For cancer patients a road map is established, and at the end of the road map Trevor learned that his tumor had reduced in size, but it was still too big to remove. There was also a possibility that the tumor was attached to one of his kidneys. The surgeon gave two options: Trevor could undergo more treatments to try to shrink the tumor even more, or they could do surgery to see if they could remove the tumor. Even with the surgery, more chemo would take place.

Since both options involved chemo, Trevor's parents decided to go ahead with the surgery. On the day of Trevor's surgery, his parents were told that the procedure would last about 3 to 4 hours to complete. The doctors told his parents that they would be informed when the surgery started. After waiting 45 minutes, they started to get worried. Then after an hour, they found out that the doctors were already sewing Trevor back up. Instantly, they began to fear the worst. Then they saw the doctor come out with a huge grin on his face.

"Mom, Dad, the tumor peeled right off his kidney and crumbled in our hands." This was incredible news. From there, the doctors ran more tests and found that Trevor's numbers were still high and that he had some cancer cells remaining. After another round of tests, the doctors came back and announced that they couldn't find anything. Even though his numbers appeared high, Trevor was completely cancer free.

Trevor still needed to come to the doctor for check-ups. Now, he only had to come in every six months. Trevor is just your average, happy four-year old.