Mom's heartbreaking post about son's cancer pain goes viral

Mother's post goes viral

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HOUSTON – Drake Medinger is in the fight of his life.  

The 10-year-old is battling leukemia for a second time and is suffering side effects from chemo and medicine. 

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His mother's photo post showing Drake standing over a toilet in pain, wearing only a pull-up, has gone viral, giving a face to the cancer fight.

In her post, Drake's mom talks about the hardships she faces as she watches the disease take a piece of her son every day.

"Cancer is not glamorous. It's mean and ugly and hateful and it doesn't care if you're old or young," she wrote. 

She talked about the everyday struggles they face. 

"Because I have to beg him to eat one green bean for supper, or drink a cup of water throughout the day. This is having your son sleep with you at night because he is afraid of having something and being alone, and by something, I mean dying," she wrote.

At the end of the post she talks about her love for her son, whom she calls Stinky Joe. "From the moment I found out I was pregnant (until) future forever, he has been my reason for life. He is my smile, my love, my heartbeat. He is also my tears, my heartache, my frowns. He is my life," she wrote. 

The post has been shared more than 65,000 times and has more than 101,000 likes.

fundraising page set up in support of Drake has raised more than $50,000.


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