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dougstrong

If you live locally, there’s a good chance you already know about Dougie and his fight with Medulloblastoma (a cancerous brain tumor). Dougie and his parents are previous bsquared clients and Facebook friends (and Dougie is a student at the same school as the boys) and when I found out about his diagnosis I was shocked and so sad to hear that he’s going to have to fight thru this (but I know he’ll win that fight!). The family is currently in Boston for treatment for Dougie with chemo, radiation, PT, OT, tutors and other help. They’ll be living there for a while so Dougie can complete his treatment and come home healthy. He’s already gone thru at least 2 surgeries to minimize the size of the tumor. But the kid is tough and from his mom’s daily reports, feeling as well as he can and constantly fighting thru.

(posted with permission)

In support of the family, a local silkscreening/embroidery shop, SST (this is also where we got the boys uniform tshirts, Cooperstown towels, bags, and parents shirts for the Royals) started printing up DougStrong tshirts for sale for the community to show support for Dougie and his family. They’re also selling them at the Middle School. Everyone is posting their DougStrong shirt pictures on Facebook, tagging Dougie’s mom so he can see all the kids & parents around town and elsewhere who are supporting him. Apparently, he’s loving seeing everyone wearing their shirts and it’s really giving him a big boost.

We’re DougStrong at the Beyrer’s house, too.

And when Dougie is home, all well and feeling up to it, he and his family will be getting a free bsquared family session to celebrate his winning his fight against Medullosblastoma. Which he will. Cause he’s DougStrong!!

If you’re interested in getting your own DougStrong t-shirt, you can pick one up at SSMS, at SST if you’re local, or just give Ronni (the owner at SST) a shout on the SST Facebook page linked above and you can order yours for $10. Kids and adult sizes. Be DougStrong!