Four letters have never held so much pain and devastation before. On May 15, 2010 we heard those four letters for the first time. Garett, the first grandbaby of the family, was being transported from Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands to Texas Children’s in Houston. A golf ball-sized tumor was discovered at the base of his brain.
is an extremely rare pediatric brain tumor, which has a 0% survival rate and usually a window of 9 – 12 months of survival after the initial diagnosis.
During those next several months, Garett became a boy scout, fire chief, police officer, and fighter jet pilot and celebrated his birthday in all things Army, just like his daddy. He earned his wings on June 23, 2011, after battling for thirteen brave months. He is “Forever 5” just as he predicted he would be.
