Rally For Rowan, Lawrenceburg, KY (2026)

02/16/2026

We are in Florida!!!!

02/15/2026

On our first stop for lunch, Rowan is in a great mood, finger up his nose! He has been cheering and giggling the entire ride so far! Its nice seeing him feeling so well! Thank you all so much for all the well wishes and prayers! We love you all!!! 🥰

02/15/2026

My signal is crap at the moment. Here is the look Rowan gave me when I tried to switch his spongebob song to kpop demon hunters while out today.

He's like "excuse me mom, I dont think so"
😅

02/14/2026

We have had a busy day and we still arent finished yet!
Yesterday we took Rowan for labs, his white blood cells, hemoglobin, platelets, and ANC were all beautiful. They said we are in the clear to take him on this trip, today we took him shopping for water shoes and few last minute stuff for him and his brothers. We plan on having a beach day while day while in florida!
After we went to chili's, we havent had a meal out together in so long. He loved the Mac n cheese! We had our meal payed for!! It was a pleasant surprise! 🥰 The food was so good too!
We are focusing on having as much fun as we can!! Only smiles this week! We have our rental car, jamming to Spongebob songs! One more stop before we head home to finish packing! Rowan has been having so much fun being out and about instead of stuck inside!
We would like to say a special thanks to my father in law for taking Anthony to pick up the rental car, and Granny Gladys for all she has done for us!! We love you!

02/13/2026

My sweet boy. My Rollie Pollie! He has been so happy, playing, eating, living his best life!
I held it together during his party, he was having a blast! After when I had to stop at walmart to grab valentines for our 7 year olds class party, I decided to also get their valentines.
I picked out 4 heart shaped boxes of chocolate. The same thing I get them every year. Thats when it all became too much. 4 boxes of chocolates, next year is likely to be 3. It hurts to think about it. I want the whole world to look at him, see him, know that he exists and he was mine. He is my son, our son. He is loved, deeply, he is real but we wish his cancer wasnt.

02/13/2026

Rowan had a blast at his glow party! Thanks to CCU and Make a wish! Also thank you to Heavens to Betsy for having us! It was so nice seeing him have so much fun, getting to be a just be a kid enjoying himself warms my heart so much!
We are so grateful to everyone involved in helping set this up for him as well as provide gifts for him and his brothers!
We leave for our trip Early Sunday morning, we will be staying at Give kids the world village for the week! We plan on taking Rowan to meet Spongebob at Orlando studios, and mickey mouse at Disney World!
We have been truly blessed to have this wish granted for him! We are super excited to see our boys having fun and making memories together! We will be taking lots of photos and videos to share when we get back! We are beyond happy, this is our first family trip, we just wish it was under differentt circumstances. We are so grateful to everyone who has continued to support us! You, your prayers, they keep us strong! They help keep Rowan strong!

02/08/2026

I want to take a moment to share with you all how deeply touched we are by our family, friends, and community.
This weekend we have had several visitors, bringing us much needed supplies, gifts for Rowan and his brothers. We had a prayer circle that touched my heart so deeply, words just cant express how much it meant.
Truly, we are so grateful to every single one of you who has helped us, supported us, prayed for us.
Most of all if helps know that we are no alone in this, that we have people who will be there even if all we need is a kind ear and prayers.
Everything from the donations of money, gifts, household items, prayers, emotional support. You all are helping so much to keep us strong and allow our family more time to be together.
Thank you all so much!
God bless each and every one of you!

02/05/2026

Rowan has had a good day, ate well, played a lot! Got me sticky with dum dum pops. 😅 We met his hospice nurse today, he will actually a team of people helping him and us through this. She was extremely nice to talk to, explained everything clearly, Rowan was up and playing while she was here.

We've had severe anxiety, I know that is not going away. We are grieving our child while he is still with us, knowing that our grief is only going to get worse. We honestly don't know when things could start to take a turn for him, he could decline on weeks, months, we dont know how fast the cancer in his brain will spread. We just have to wait, watching him closely, and pray.

We pick up his oral chemo tomorrow morning, the pharmacist called and explained all the details of the medicine to me. The main side effect that he may have issues with his an upset stomach. We have medicine we can use to help with that.
Spoke to Make a wish again today, we have been urged to try and get his wish granted as soon as possible. So we are working with them to hopefully get that done maybe the week of the 16th of this month!

Trying to focus more on the fun we are going to have together, our first trip as a family. We want to let Rowan have as much fun with his brothers that we can! Once we have the trip figured out we will start getting other things scheduled like family photos, a trip to the aquarium, fishing.
We have had some amazing kind people help get us things for his glow in the dark party! I found some light up jelly fish we can hang up for him, I think he will like.
We are going to make ourselves sicker than we already are if we keep focusing on the future, its harder to do than to say but we have to try to be in the moment with him.

We've had some reach out asking about using a picture of Rowan in support of him as their profile picture. I think that is super sweet.
We have lots of cute pictures of Rowan but I picked these two from his photos for anyone who would like to use them in support of him. All I ask is please don't crop the Rally For Rowan completely off, I do that to keep his pictures from being used by scammers. I know it may partially be cropped for a profile picture, thats fine as long as some of it can be seen. Thank you all so much! Im trying to get back to as many messages as I can! Im redoing Rowans Amazon wish list to include fun stuff, snacks, memory/keepsake items for him. Things that can help him fill his days with fun and happy memories. Thank you all so much for all of the prayers and support! Ill try to go back and read the recent comments as soon as I get more time.
Rowan likes to keep my phone to watch cartoons.

02/04/2026

Nothing sweeter than these cuddles.

We have hospice visiting in a few hours. Our house is still a dang mess from having the kids home. 😓
We are trying but its hard to keep up with, when little tornados follow you from room to room.

We were called by Rowans doctor yesterday, they met with the oncology team from the hospital in Ohio. They had a meeting and went over Rowans case, looked over all his tests results, scans. There opinion was the same as our primary oncologist, treatment going forward will not cure Rowan.

The treatment option that would keep him alive the longest is radiation, but it has the most side effects and would leave him sick and at a high risk for illnesses.

Of course we want Rowan to be with us for as long as possible, but we want him to be able to enjoy himself. He has fought so hard, been through so much pain, it's time to just let him be a kid while he can. His comfort and happiness are our main priority.

We are going to give him oral chemo still, if it gives us a few more days, weeks, or months we will be grateful. We go tomorrow morning to sign the consent forms for the oral chemo. We are going to ask if we can stop over at 7 west to let Rowan say goodbye to all his nurse friends there. They have become a second family, the hospital a second home. Id be lying if I said I wouldn't miss them.

Since Make a wish reached out to us we are going to take our boys to Disney, we can get a day pass for Universal studios and take him to the spongebob store. We are trying to fill his and his brothers days with as much love and fun as possible. Rowan has been living it up, eating all his favorite snacks and them some! Playing with his, toys, brothers, bubbles, and extra long bath times. He loves playing in water!

This is so painful, they aching in our hearts has been so intense that we can hardly function.
We keep wishing that none of this was real. Prayers for comfort and strength right now mean the world to us. To everyone who has been helping with donations, to prayer we are so very grateful to all of you. You have no idea how much you have helped our family keep our heads above water during all of this.

I'm so tired. I know I should get up and start cleaning, but I just want to lie here with my sweet baby and sleep. I don't know how I will stay sane, I already feel like I'm losing my mind. I break down crying so often. I don't want to do this. I dont want to see this happen to him.

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02/01/2026

Again asking for patience in responding to messages. We have been focused on spending time together. Rowan is still feeling good right now! I watch him like a hawk, even when he sleeps. We played with one of his Christmas gifts today, a spongebob that blows bubbles and you can drive around. Spongebob is riding on a jelly fish! The way he cheered and ran around in the bubbles was so cute! Our living room floor got a little sticky but it was worth it. I wish I had taken pictures or a video but we were having so much fun.

We have heard from make a wish, we spoke with them, signed consent forms, and will be getting something in the mail from them soon. We are thinking of taking the kids to Disney. We can get a day pass to Universal studios and Rowan can meet Spongebob!

We have had a lot of people reaching out to offer fun experiences and things for Rowan. We love you all so much and will definitely be interested in letting him have as much fun as possible. We are still trying to process everything that is going on.

I spoke with someone from the hospital last week but havent heard anything since. I signed consent for them to access his medical records, and sent in his insurance card info. We are just waiting to hear back if they can offer us any way that might help save our baby.

That being said we are trying to make sure we are prepared and planning to go make sure we have everything taken care of if the worse is going to happen. We are waiting for the weather to clear up so we can go in person to handle these things.

Our nerves are shot, we take turns breaking down crying, this whole situation is unbelievable. Our hearts are breaking, we are trying to gather our emotions as best we can. Rowans brothers don't understand, we have tried to explain but that is easier said than done. How do you tell your children that their little brother is going to die and expect them to understand how serious it is?
They see us crying, want us to feel better, and try to do things to make us smile. It's a lot to deal with. We will be reaching back out to most of you all some time this coming week.

01/29/2026

We have been having a hard time with everything. We ask for patience as I have not felt up to updating Rowans page.
We have been spending lots of time watching hia favorite movies, snacking, and cuddling.
We have a small list of things we would like to do.

If we can get make a wish to help we would like to take him to Universal studios, there is a spongebob themed store there. He can meet Spongebob, patrick, and squidward, there is also a small version of spongebobs pineapple with Gary inside. We think he would really enjoy that.
Other things are
Go to the aquarium
Have a glow in the dark party (he loves glow sticks)
Go fishing
Take family photos
Celebrate Rowan party! Invite family and close friends to show Rowan lots of love.

We also want to have lots of arts and crafts nights, movie nights, and family dinners with his favorite meals. We want to make lots of keepsakes to have from Rowan.

I talked with the hospital in Ohio, signed consent forms to give them access to his medical records from nortons. This is for the second opinion. Either they will look over things and decide they agree nothing more can be done or schedule a visit for us to come to Ohio. The oral chemo we were originally considering is one he is allergic to so we are going to try something different. I cant spell it, but his oncologist told me that there isnt much research on it so we dont know how well it will work to give us more time with him.

I also spoke with a nurse from hospice, she was very nice. We are scheduled for them to visit next week, get to know more about what it is they will do. Our hearts are breaking, we are living in a daze, cycling through sadness, anger, denial. We are trying our best to keep him happy and let him enjoy himself while he is still feeling well. This isnt fair.
This cant be real. I keep saying I dont want to do this like somehow we can make it all stop.
My sweet baby Rollie Pollie, he deserves to live a full life. So many children lost to cancer, it doesn't feel like there is enough that can be done, why are the options so limited? Why does it feel like we did not do enough? We don't want to say goodbye.

There is so much we need to get done, but nothing is more important than being in the moment with Rowan. Even at night, when he is sleeping, I cant sleep because I dont want to miss any time with him. Nothing will be the same, there will be a void that cant be filled, he is 4 but he is still our baby. Our last baby. God please give us strength.

I'm sharing his links again, we will need all the help we can get so that his father can take time off work to spend with him. As well as pay for the arrangements when the time comes.
Thank you all for your continued support through all of this. Your prayers have helped more than words can say! We love you all! Rowan loves you all!

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01/26/2026

I want all of you to know that Rowan is has been doing well despite recent news. He is in good spirits, up getting into everything he can get his hands on and playing with his brothers. He has been eating well, drinking fine, and being his usual sweet happy self.
We have time.
We are going to have a telehealth appointment tomorrow with his oncologist to discuss our next steps. I want to try to explain to you all as best I can.
The cancer in Rowans brain is in his Frontal lobes (both sides)
Largest lesion in the left frontal lobe, about 9 × 6 mm
Parietal lobes (both sides)
Right temporal lobe
Right medial occipital lobe
Posterior interhemispheric fissure (midline area between the hemispheres).
If the spread had been a tumor or mass they could have possibly removed it, but because it is scattered the way it is... Most treatments going forward will be to give him more time with us, not cure him.
If we do nothing and let him live out whatever time he has left and just be a kid. We will have 3 maybe 6 months left with him.
We have every intention of getting another opinion, we are going to ask about radiation, if there is anything possible that we can try that does not diminish his quality of life.
We have to ask ourselves if the benefits outweigh the risks, are we going to put him through more extreme treatments that wont save his life and make him miserable, is it worth it?
At some point we can expect him to start having seizures, we have no idea what type of effect those will have on him.
Please understand we are not giving up on him, we are trying to give him the best life possible with the least amount of issues.
As of right now our plan is to get a second opinion, maybe even a third, but we dont want to put him through more treatments that will make him suffer and sicker. Especially if those treatments are not going to cure him. We can keep him alive longer on the more intensive treatments, but what kind of life is it if he is too sick to live it?
We can have more time with him, have him less sick if we do oral chemo. This will give us more time to try to find other options.
Trust us when we say we are not giving up hope or faith that there will be a miracle, that we will find something or somewhere that can help him.
We have to hope for the best and plan for the worst.
This is where we need you all to come in, to be understanding that this isnt easy. For any parent who has to go through this, who is told that their child had months to live. We have to make decisions that no parent should ever have to make.
We need help, not only in prayers and emotional support but getting prepared for the worst case scenario. His father is going to try to put in for a couple weeks of FMLA so that he can spend time with Rowan while is still feeling his best. We have made a list of lots of fun things we think Rowan will enjoy while he is feeling up to it. I plan on sharing that list with everyone later. We are going to try to make arrangements for the worst case scenario. We will not only need as much help as we can get to make ends meet while his father takes time off work but we will need help making sure we can afford things when the time comes.
We already have some amazing people helping us plan these things, we just need to make sure we have the funds.
I am going to share the link to his gofund me and his cash app in this post and in the comments. Every little bit helps us. Even if it is sharing this post with everyone that you know, praying for our family during this time.
We are so grateful to everyone who has been here with us through this, thank you all so much!

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