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Les premiers tests n\u2019ont rien r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 de concluant mais une r\u00e9sidente pers\u00e9v\u00e9rante au CHEO a remarqu\u00e9 des anomalies du c\u00f4t\u00e9 gauche de son corps. Une imagerie par r\u00e9sonance magn\u00e9tique (IRM) a ensuite r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019une tumeur germinale au cerveau. Malgr\u00e9 l\u2019espoir de la famille que la tumeur soit b\u00e9nigne, une biopsie effectu\u00e9e le 31 ao\u00fbt 2021 a confirm\u00e9 qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019un cancer.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le diagnostic a \u00e9t\u00e9 bouleversant, mais comme se le rappelle la maman de Kayden, Kelly, \u00ab toute une \u00e9quipe nous a entour\u00e9s. \u00bb Ensemble, ils ont \u00e9labor\u00e9 un plan de traitement et aid\u00e9 la famille \u00e0 traverser l\u2019une des conversations les plus difficiles de leur vie. Craignant que Kayden associe le mot \u00ab cancer \u00bb au d\u00e9c\u00e8s de son arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re, ses parents ne savaient pas comment lui annoncer la nouvelle. Les m\u00e9decins du CHEO sont intervenus pour lui expliquer ce \u00e0 quoi il pouvait s\u2019attendre et r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ses questions avec compassion.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le courage de Kayden a marqu\u00e9 son s\u00e9jour \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9 d\u2019oncologie 4 Nord du CHEO. Les jours o\u00f9 il commen\u00e7ait un cycle de chimioth\u00e9rapie, il dansait pour le personnel \u2014 et souvent avec lui. M\u00eame si les coups de fatigue li\u00e9s \u00e0 la chimio le laissaient parfois \u00e9puis\u00e9 dans son lit d\u2019h\u00f4pital, ses moments de danse lors des bonnes journ\u00e9es donnaient \u00e0 sa famille la force de continuer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le parcours a \u00e9t\u00e9 ponctu\u00e9 de nombreux rebondissements. Le traitement a permis de r\u00e9duire consid\u00e9rablement la tumeur, la rendant ainsi op\u00e9rable. Kayden a donc \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 SickKids, \u00e0 Toronto, pour une intervention chirurgicale de neuf heures. Par la suite, il s\u2019est rendu \u00e0 Boston pour recevoir une radioth\u00e9rapie sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e par protons. Ces d\u00e9placements ont \u00e9t\u00e9 co\u00fbteux et \u00e9prouvants, s\u00e9parant Kayden et ses parents de ses fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs ainsi que de leur r\u00e9seau de soutien.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Un an apr\u00e8s son diagnostic, une autre IRM r\u00e9alis\u00e9e au CHEO a confirm\u00e9 que Kayden \u00e9tait lib\u00e9r\u00e9 du cancer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui \u00e2g\u00e9 de 13 ans, Kayden demeure profond\u00e9ment attach\u00e9 \u00e0 sa \u00ab deuxi\u00e8me famille \u00bb du CHEO. Ambassadeur passionn\u00e9, il amasse des fonds pour les soins et la recherche en oncologie. Il utilise m\u00eame sa pr\u00e9sence sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux pour sensibiliser d\u2019autres enfants au cancer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mais ces temps-ci, l\u2019engagement de Kayden a pris une nouvelle direction : la sant\u00e9 mentale. Il parle ouvertement de l\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 et des pens\u00e9es sombres qui ont persist\u00e9 bien apr\u00e8s la fin de ses traitements contre le cancer. Gr\u00e2ce au soutien d\u2019une psychologue en oncologie financ\u00e9e par des donateurs au CHEO, Kayden a appris \u00e0 g\u00e9rer ses peurs envahissantes concernant la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de sa famille.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd\u2019hui, Kayden s\u2019\u00e9panouit en tant que jeune d\u00e9fenseur de la sant\u00e9 mentale. 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