'Blain does have a future to have a family — that means more to us than anything,” his mom Andrea told nikkidementri
The 17-year-old guard is nearing the end of his chemotherapy treatment at Riley Hospital for Children. His journey is “bigger than basketball.”
“Even though I am not playing right now, I still get that same feeling from being on the bench that I felt when I was playing,” Loll said.“Life-changing decision”“When you’re faced with that news you have no time to really digest it or really understand what the future even looks like,” Loll’s mom, Andrea said.
“ Tough conversation to have with your 17-year-old," Andrea said."Tough conversation for mom and dad to have to think okay, this is a life-changing decision.” “It really came about out of a desire from patients,” the program’s medical director, Dr. Amanda Saraf said. "We were seeing a lot of adolescent and young adult survivors that were coming back and expressing distress and anxiety about, 'Am I going to have trouble with fertility? I haven't been able to get pregnant. That wasn't something that people had mentioned before,'"Dr. Saraf said.“Our team meets with patients of all ages. We start at birth,” Dr. Saraf added.“Has it been easy? Absolutely not. But my gosh what we’ve learned about life and taking it a day at a time.
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