Mason Daniel Golay

30/05/2025

Update 5/30/2025

Hi everyone sorry we haven’t posted in a while. We meant to post when Mason had his last MRI back in February but time got away from us. Since the last time we posted mason has been doing amazing and finally got to meet Santa for the first time, got his first hair cut, saw and played in the snow for the first time, and got a puppy. Mason also turned 2 back at the end of April!! He’s been a very busy guy with all his therapies.

Mason just had his MRI one year post radiation and everything came back still stable!! He has been doing amazing and is such a happy guy!

Mason has a very busy summer schedule. He of course is still getting his PT, speech, and OT therapies weekly. On July 3 Mason’s having Strabismus eye surgery to correct the positioning of his left eye, also with doing the eye surgery the hope is it will correct his head tilt.

Then in August Mason is going for intensive robotics therapy this will be done to help strengthen his muscles. Then at the end of September Mason will be going for constraint induced movement therapy this is to help him to use his right hand as he should be.

Thank you everyone for the continued prayers,love and support!!

17/11/2024

Update 11/16/2024

Hi everyone it’s been awhile since we have posted. Mason is doing so good!

Mason had his MRI and it went well everything still looks stable and his oncologist are happy with what they have seen.

We have had a very busy last 3 months in between all the therapies, traveling, and doctor appointments.

At the end of August we were able to travel with Mason back home to Kansas and finally got to introduce him to all the family. We felt so blessed to be able to have Mason meet his aunts, uncles, cousins, great aunts & uncles, great grandma, etc. definitely was glad to be able to see everyone we were able to as always it was bittersweet to leave.

Once we got back to Georgia Mason started physical and occupational therapy twice a week and speech once a week. Mason has been working so hard and is making some progress and big strides. He graduated from feeding therapy to actual speech therapy. We can sit him up and he can stay sitting and hold it for a while until he either just gets tired or loses his balance. He is starting to push himself forward and pivots and rolls all over. He says bye, dada, mama, meow, and is working on go. He can sign more and all done. He is doing so much more.

At the end of September Mason got sick and we ended up taking him to the ER he had a ct scan and shunt series done everything came back good. He then later got admitted in to the hospital due to him being severely dehydrated from getting sick so much. I don’t think we will ever not be worried or scared when he gets sick or vomiting, our minds go automatically to something is horribly wrong.

Mason had an audiology appointment in September and didn’t pass the hearing on his left ear so they referred us to a ENT which found he had fluid build up so in October he had tubes placed, he had another audiology test done last week and he passed with his left ear except on a couple high pitch tones.

For Halloween Mason passed out candy with mom & dad and got to see all the kids dressed up which he enjoyed seeing.

Last year this time we were stuck in the hospital where we also spent Masons first Thanksgiving. This year we are so grateful to be able to be home and host thanksgiving and have grandpa and grandma come over.

Mason has come so far since last year we can’t thank you all enough for all the prayers, love, and support and continued prayers, love, and support! This year for Thanksgiving we are so grateful for all of you and so grateful that Mason is doing well.

02/08/2024

Update 8/2/24

Mason had his MRI 7/23/24 everything with his MRI came back good the spot their monitoring is still stable and has actually shrunk some. Mason’s next MRI will be in about three months.

Mason is still working hard on physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech Therapy. He gets stronger and stronger every day and he has started using his right arm a little more. He’s still working hard at trying to sit up on his own and crawl.

Uncle Tim and cousin Teddy came down to see us and we enjoyed all of our time with them and so did Mason.

We officially feel comfortable enough to make a flight back home to Kansas, we have our flights booked for at the end of August and can’t wait to see family and friends in for family and friends to finally be able to meet Mason.

We can’t thank you enough for the prayers support and love you guys have shown us throughout this whole ordeal. We are just so thankful for all of you. God is good and prayer is powerful.

12/06/2024

Update 6/12/24

Mason has been doing great, today Mason is getting his CVL line taken out. Once Mason is completely healed back up he will be able to take baths and splash and get completely soaked, he will be able to go swimming, and will be able to eat with his hands and get dirty. Mason finally can do some normal baby things!! We celebrated Masons win on having stable scans! He is my superhero and amazes me more and more everyday. Masons next MRI scan is July 23rd.

Mason has still been working hard with his physical and occupational therapies he’s getting stronger and stronger everyday we are still working hard at sitting on our own and using our right hand.

Last week we got to watch our last little friend from our group of kiddos who started radiation therapy around the same time ring the bell. Maize and Mason have the same kind of tumor and her and her family flew over from New Zealand to get her radiation therapy.

Thank you everyone for the continued prayers, love, and support!

27/05/2024

Update 5/27/24

It has been an amazing 3weeks postop of radiation therapy. Mason has been doing so well, on Wednesday we had Masons MRI and received the results a few days later. The doctor said everything with Masons MRI looks stable 🥳, there is a spot that is about 1.9 cm that they will be monitoring in his next scans but the doctor did say it doesn’t look like there are any blood vessels going through it!

We have been enjoying being home, this week Nana and Papa came to visit with their new puppy. I haven’t seen Mason smile and laugh so much he finds the puppy so funny. We got to go to Medieval times in Atlanta and Mason had so much fun screaming and watching the horses. We definitely have an animal lover!

This Wednesday we have a follow up clinic appointment to see what the next steps are for Mason we have our fingers crossed we can get him scheduled to get his CVL line taken out which will be a small procedure. Then Mason would be able to do normal baby things like take a bath and splash around or get in the pool.

We can’t thank you guys enough for all the prayers, support, and love!

02/05/2024

02/05/2024

Update 5/2/2024

This morning has been amazing so far it was Masons last day of radiation!!! He got to ring the bell today.

On Tuesday we got to watch our radiation buddy Super Sean ring the bell for his last day of treatment, Mason and Sean started their treatment on the same day so we all got to know each other throughout these past 6 weeks. Sean and his mama drove an hour just to watch Mason ring the bell today.

We have about 3 weeks with no doctor appointments! May 22nd Mason has an MRI this MRI they will try to see if the radiation did it’s job, if everything comes back good the following week we will discuss having his CVL line removed and then we will have MRIs every 3 months for the first 2 years.

Over the weekend we celebrated Masons 1st birthday he loved his cake and presents.

As always we love and appreciate everyone for the continued prays and support through this journey.

25/04/2024

Update 4/25/23!

Today Mason turns 1 I still can’t believe it!! 🥲🥳💙🎊 Mason is going to get a cupcake for his birthday today and then this Sunday we will have a little party for him and he will get to have some cake and ice cream!

After today Mason has 5 days of radiation left! Last week Tuesday Mason got his anesthesia and later into his treatment his O2 started dropping, not anywhere close to them needing to stop his treatment. They thought that Mason might have been getting sick, the next day after he went under his O2 dropped again this time where they decided to stop his treatment. The next few treatments his O2 dropped again but they were able to get him through his treatment, since he never got sick and his lungs sounded clear they think it is due to allergies. They started giving him some breathing treatments before anesthesia and that seems to be doing the trick the last few days his O2 hasn’t dropped and has remained at normal levels.

We were blessed to receive some tickets to the Georgia Aquarium and was able to take Mason he loved it. He had a blast and loved all the colors.

Thank you everyone for the continued prayers, love, and support!!

06/04/2024

Update 4/6/2023

Mason has finished week 3 of radiation therapy and has reached the half way mark of being done with it!!

He is still doing great and rolling all over. He had a fun Easter at grandma and grandpa’s house. While we were at home he got to see the kitties which missed us all and wanted all kinds of love.

In 19 short days Mason is turning a whole 1 year old I still can’t believe it. I’m having all kinds of mixed emotions about definitely happy and little sad🥲🥲. It feels like time was stolen from us.

30/03/2024

Update 3/29/23

Mason has completed his 2nd week of radiation!!

He is still working hard at sitting and using his right hand. He loves to lean forward to sit up, before we know it he will be sitting up on his own.

He truly is my superhero!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend! Thank you for your continued prayers, support, and love!

23/03/2024

Raffle drawing will be today at Bomgaars at 12:15pm. You do not have to be present, winners will be Notified by phone. Good luck!!

22/03/2024

Update 3/22/24

Happy Friday everyone! Mason has competed his first week of radiation and has been doing amazing.

Yesterday was a pretty amazing day we got to watch our sweet friend Cecilia ring the bell as yesterday was her last day of radiation!! 🎉🎉

During this week Mason was able to get his NG tube removed. He is a little Rollie Polly rolling all over the floor.

A shout out to grandpa Steve we want to wish you a happy birthday!! We can’t wait to see you on Sunday!

We want to thank everyone for the continued prayers, support, and love.