WELCOME TO BEN'S WEBSITE
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Ben Obadia was an exceptional person. Always positive, happy, and giving of himself. Though Ben had to endure two different types of cancer, relapses, chemo and radiation since the age of three, he always went out of his way to make everyone happy. There was constant turmoil inside him but he just wanted a normal life with his friends and family.
Between the age of nine and sixteen, he was cancer-free and enjoyed a normal life, until, in July of 2015, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer. Ben was constantly courageous and always looked on the bright side of everything. Unfortunately, Ben left us July 8, 2016, at the age of seventeen. Ben was talented in playing sports, the piano, the trumpet, making movies, writing scripts and writing his book, 3 Realms, now published. |
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NEW section: "Friends" page - photos of Ben's friends, parties, school, and just hangin' around...
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AUGUST 2017
JULY 2017
July 23rd - Operations, treatment, why? ...
JUNE 2017
June 23rd - Ben's second trilogy! - Grad - Yearbook
MAY 2017
May 20th - Happy Birthday, Ben (18th)
APRIL 2017
MARCH 2017
FEBRUARY 2017
JANUARY 2017
DECEMBER 2016
Dec. 18th - Made a little video for Steph ...
NEWS: I've added some information about Ben's book on his "3 REALMS" page ... please click above ...
NOVEMBER 2016
Happy 15th Birthday Steph!
OCTOBER 2016
Happy Halloween! + "3 Realms" update ...
SEPTEMBER 2016
Sept. 25, 2016 Trying to move forward ...
First tough milestone...
AUGUST 2016
Found this on Ben's phone...
News article on Ben and GBM
August 8th - Missing and mourning Ben
JULY 2015
July 27th - Still painful and difficult ...
July 20th - One year ago today ...
July 15th - Celebration of Ben's Life ...
July 12th - Ben's Memorial (final details) ...
Preliminary details for Ben's memorial ...
Empty bed ... empty heart ...
LIFE ... too important for Ben ...
JUNE 2016
Back at Canuck Place hospice...last few days...
Home for a day...or two...
A couple of setbacks...
June 10th One week at the hospice...
June 3rd Going to the hospice today
MAY 2016
May 29th In the hospital ...
May 25th NOT what we had hoped and prayed for ...
May 17th MRI results and future plans ...
APRIL 2016
April 30th Step back & step forward...
April 24th Daily headaches...
April 14th Weaning off the Dex...
MARCH 2016
March 10th O M G!!
March 8th now a PET scan...
March 5th Seizure?? Progression!
FEBRUARY 2016
MRI results, POG and possibilities ...
Counts back down + MRI Thursday
JANUARY 2016
Jan. 24th DisneyWorld and back to reality
Jan. 15th Wizardly ways!
Jan. 9th and we're off!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!!
DECEMBER 2015
Dec. 20th Numbers critical
Dec. 13th What's "up" with these platelets?
Dec. 7th Platelet transfusion...
NOVEMBER 2015
Nov. 29th Counts going down...
Nov. 20th - skin biopsy & MRI results...
This week ...
Nov. 7th - Start of maintenance chemo...
OCTOBER 2015
Oct. 28th - Weekend trip, start of chemo again & MRI date ...
Oct. 12th - West and wewaxation...
SEPTEMBER 2015
Sept. 29th Pantamidine complete
Sept. 25th - Radiation complete! Chemo on hold
Sept. 15th - New blood counts
Sept. 12th - First week of school ...
Back to school but not as usual...
Sept. 3rd - Side effects
AUGUST 2015
Aug. 30 - stormy weekend - busy week (radiation #15+)
Aug. 23 - Radiation/chemo - week 3
Blood work, doctors and radiation
Aug. 16th - 1st weekend
EEG
Radiation - session 1
mini update (Aug. 10th)
August 10th - Resting before daily radiation
August 7th - Update on Ben ...
Aug. 5th - Call for a meeting with the doctor Wed.
JULY 2015