Help Riktor

(stealing from Michele's blog)

I am passing this on here from a friend of mine who is maintaining the site www.helpriktor.com. I can't even imagine......In a nutshell -

"a little boy in one of our playgroups, not even 3, started having headaches around the time his new little brother was born, and hospitalized with complications. They initially chalked it up to stress because of the baby stuff going on. It progressed rapidly. He lost 30% of his body weight in 4 weeks (31lbs - 21lbs). Can't walk, eat, get out of bed, go potty anymore.The day after Christmas, they found a large mass in his brain on MRI. A few days later, they found he also has tumors in his spine.He had surgery for the brain tumor yesterday (12 hours of it) and they removed most of that mass, but he will need chemo for the remainder of it, and for the tumors in his spine.The mother was the breadwinner, and now she is in Oakland (over an hour away) with Riktor in the hospital and a brand new baby to care for. Dad lost his job due to missing work over all this. They could use some help, in a big way.We set up this website for him: www.HelpRiktor.comIf there is anything you can/want to do - great. Or, just forwarding it on to get the word out would be great."