The beast named osteosarcoma came calling for Vivian and Cade and it wreaked havoc on their sports dreams. But the beast did not win this game. Beauty won this game. 📸: Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar
Katrina Eagle, the mother of Avon junior Vivian Eagle, talks about not taking the little things for granted after her daughter's bone cancer.AVON -- On those dark, excruciating nights when the aftermath of a brutal chemo treatment would set in, as the nausea invaded her body, as the scary thoughts began to creep into her mind and she couldn't sleep, Vivian Eagle would call Cade Thompson.
It started as a dull pain in Vivian's left knee that turned into a bump that kept growing, which turned into horrific pain that turned into Vivian's knee locking up, not being able to jump or dive and barely even able to walk. Eighteen months before the beast came for Vivian, it came for Cade Thompson, osteosarcoma in his left leg.
As his parents cried, all Cade could think about was football."Does the cancer mean," he asked his parents,"I won't be able to play this season?" But as Vivian went to Avon's prom Saturday night in a yellow dress that Cade said made her look just like Belle, the beast wasn't there. Just beauty. Just Vivian and Cade going to prom together, cancer free.Before Cade would lift Vivian into his arms atop a waterfall at Friendship Gardens Park in Plainfield for their prom photos, Vivian sat in a chair at Salon D'va in Avon getting her makeup done.
As Fraley covered Vivian's eyelids in shimmery gold and her lips in mauve, her mom, Katrina Eagle, stood talking about the battle Vivian has been through. Both Vivian and Cade are currently NED, which means no evidence of disease. Vivian has scans every three months and, on prom night as she danced in her yellow dress — the ribbon color of osteosarcoma — she was seven months cancer free.
Osteosarcoma has a relapse rate of 30% to 50% and the nights before Vivian and Cade have scans are scary. They fall asleep wondering if this will be the appointment that reveals their cancer has come back. They reach out to one another for good vibes and for ways to take their minds off of the fear. Then when Renaud learned the details of Vivian's diagnosis, osteosarcoma in her left leg, he asked Katrina if she knew about Cade and if she would want to connect with his mom, Charon Thompson.
When Charon and Katrina talked for the first time, Katrina said she finally felt some peace and comfort. Charon didn't sugarcoat the pain and struggles Vivian would face, but she gave Katrina advice on getting through them and she gave her hope. Vivian and Cade exchanged phone numbers that night and, as the days, weeks and months passed, a beautiful friendship was formed.
Vivian said what Cade did for her was amazing."He was just always there for me and somehow always made me feel better." But the dress had a price tag of $700 and Katrina told Vivian that was too expensive. So Vivian went to another shop and found another yellow dress, but it didn't make her feel like Belle.
"It's just the wonderful things that people do," Katrina said."There are good people in this world. Really good people." Until all of that was no longer promised. There were days when Katrina wasn't sure that Vivian would be in a yellow dress at her junior prom. There were days when Vivian wasn't sure she would be there, either.Vivian can't really explain how bad the osteosarcoma was. It's something no one can understand unless they've been through it. There were days as she tried to do her Spanish homework, she couldn't even hold her pencil. She was too weak to write.
"It was an asset in sports and then it became an asset in her cancer fight," Katrina said."It was almost like she was going into a game." A game that Vivian had to win.Cade and Vivian are the kind of happy endings that make Dr. Michael Ferguson smile. He is both Vivian and Cade's pediatric oncologist at Riley Hospital for Children. When he learned the two were going to prom together, he thought that was just perfect.
"You never know what to expect when getting chemo. It's just a battering ram meant to attack those fast growing cells and there are a lot of side effects," said Dr. Ferguson."It was amazing that Vivian and Cade had one another."
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