Five minutes ago, I received this email from Heather:
Dearest Glennon,
I’m not even sure where to begin…
I’m sitting in a hospital room where my hubby is asleep on the fold out chair and my son is resting after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his brain last Wednesday. We’ve been at the hospital for over a week and I can’t even begin to tell you how much my heart hurts for Brandon.
I’m wavering on the point of a complete breakdown between undergoing chemo treatments for breast cancer (I was diagnosed in June) and watching helplessly as my son tries to cope and heal. We brought Brandon in for an MRI last Friday and we were told that day that we would be admitted to the PICU immediately…they found a tumor the size of a lemon in my poor, sweet boys head. The hard part is that he felt fine. He had a couple issues with headaches but otherwise you would have never known anything was wrong. He’s been hooked up to monitors 24 hours a day and I’m sure he will forever be angry at me for saying we are just getting some pictures taken! In fact i can pretty much guarantee he will never want to get pictures taken, go to the doctor or even the dentist (whenever the nurses suck stuff out of his mouth they always make mention “its like going to the dentist!”…not such a good tactic). He may, however, request that he be taken to Disneyland because that seems to be the tool the nurses use to try and get him to go to”his happy place” when they are poking or prodding him.
When I received my breast cancer diagnosis it felt like a ton of bricks being dropped on me. I’m only 33. I have no family history. Statistically it wasn’t supposed to be me. But I cannot even begin to describe the feeling of having a neurosurgeon come to you in the waiting room so you can “go somewhere and talk.” Complete devastation comes to mind. To hear that our sweet, energetic, baseball-loving boy has a brain tumor was almost unfathomable.
I’m thankful that we did “get pictures” taken. I’m thankful that the surgery was deemed successful. I’m thankful that my sweet girl who is only 2 1/2 is enjoying time with grandparents. I’m thankful that my husband is strong and supportive because this is way more then he should have to endure.
I ask that you please keep Brandon in your prayers. Maybe encourage some Monkees to send positive thoughts for healing our way.
Even a
“LET’S GO BRANDON”
Clap
Clap
Clapclapclap
Would work 
he loves to do that at baseball games!
Thank you for “listening”.
Heather
Here is what our family did - and all we ask is that everyone else in the whole world says a silent, loud, or recorded cheer for Brandon and Heather. Post it here, post it on the Momastery Facebook page, shout it to the heavens or just smile or cry. Prayers, prayers, prayers, all of it, everything is a prayer. Even that feeling you got in your gut when you read Heather’s email. A prayer.
Also, it is about to become clear to all, including me (for the first time) why it is that I didn’t make the cheer leading squad thrice.
I LOVE YOU.
HEATHER- WE ARE IN THAT ROOM WITH YOU. Right now. We love your boy. OUR BOY. BRANDON. BRANDON. BRANDON.
Love- TWMF
Praying and cheering for #1…Brandon!!!
Let’s Go Brandon, let’s go! We KNOW you and your mom can tell tumors and cancer and MRIs and CTs and hospitals to suck it. You are warriors…and we pray and stand with you. May the Lord lift you up and send you health and joy.
Praying for you and your family!!!!! LET’S GO BRANDON, BRANDON, BRANDON !
God Bless your beautiful family!!!!
Praying for you all! Go Brandon!!!
May God, and all of the angels lead you all to healing, light and love. Sit in peace, meditation and everlasting love.
I pray that laughter can enter your day, everyday. Pick up a book on jokes. My youngest daughter is 8 years old and cracks up at jokes. Also, laughter yoga is supposed to be quite funny. Both you and your husband will be strengthened by all of these prayers so Brandon may heal in your arms.
May everything good flow to you like a steady river.
Anne
Sweet sweet Brandon. You are so wonderful sweet boy! We love you and believe in you! My sweet little princess (5) has her whole kindergarten class praying for you! Heather, you are enough! You are the mother that Christ selected to raise your sweet boy! He has equipped you with exactly enough strength, hope, faith, and compassion. You are an amazing mother!
BRANDON. BRANDON. BRANDON. LET’S GO BRANDON! YOU GOT THIS BUDDY!!! BE STRONG AND TRUST.
HEATHER. HEATHER. HEATHER. LET’S GO HEATHER! YOU GOT THIS!! BE STRONG AND TRUST.
You & your son will be in my thoughts. Best to both of you.
My sons name is Brandon too, so my heart aches for this precious boy named Brandon who is enduring so much, and his Mom who has to be there while dealing with her own health crisis…..prayers and love being sent to Heather, Brandon, and the rest of her family. You are loved!
I know I’m late, I just got caught up on your blog today. This letter spoke to me because June 18th our pediatrician found a cyst in our five year old son’s lung. It too was the size of a “lemon”. That’s exactly what the doctor said, think fruit is a common medical term for cysts/tumors? He swallowed something, the xray showed what he swallowed had passed already but there was fluid in his lungs, and the follow up x-ray showed the cyst. We were shocked as well and just complete messes for 6 weeks until he had it removed. I just wanted to tell her that I’m thinking about you, and that kids are remarkably resilient which I’m sure you know by now. Dash had surgery to remove his cyst on July 30th and was discharged 48 hours later and he’s just fine. I’m praying for an awesome outcome for both you and your son as well.
All my love and positive thoughts are with you and your family right now. May God lift you up and give you and your husband the strength you need to fight this fight. Lets Go Brandon!!!!! Clap clap clapclapclap.
I have been praying for your whole family since
Heather was diagnosed. Then Brandon every day. Now I will clap and
stomp
My prayers have been with your whole family since Heather was diagnosed. Now I will add clapping and stomping.
Heather,
We are clapping and fist-pumping and chest-bumping and skipping and hopping and dancing for you and Brandon and your family.
I’ve been in that room with that news, with those doctors, with the fear in your heart and your head… with my family, holding our breath and each other’s hands.
Brandon is young and strong and loved and will play baseball again and go to Disneyland.
You are in my prayers.
Praying for this family! Let’s go Brandon!
I understand all too well the feeling of going into the doctor “just to be safe” and hearing that my son needs immediate surgery.
In our case, our eight-year-old son’s appendix had ruptured, and all of us, including his babysitter and his pediatrician thought he had a little stomach bug. It ruptured on the way to the hospital to have some pictures taken, just to see what was going on…
I’m thankful you had those pictures taken. Sending hugs and healing energy to Heather, Brandon and all of their family.
Here we go Brandon, here we go! Here we go Brandon, here we go! You got this kid, fight, fight, win!!
Go Brandon!!! WOOT WOOT!!!! (fist pump fist pump)
Prayerful cheers for all of you…. Brandon, family, friends, doctors and nurses!!!!!
We love Brandon YES WE DO…We love Brandon HOW BOUT YOU??!!!
Praying for you, your sweet boy, your awesome husband, your baby girl, and all those who are wrapping their arms and prayers around you right now! xoxo
I am a stranger, yet I am so sad for Brandon and you and your family. Read your writings on this facebook page and am so impressed with your sensitive posts. My thoughts are with you and Brandon to be healed and healthy.
Praying and praying and praying. For you, for Brandon, for your husband and daughter. God bless you.
Storming the heavens with prayer for you and yours, sweet girl.
Brandon, Brandon, he’s our man!
Clap, clap,
clap, clap, clap,
We know he’ll get better,
He can do it because he’s our man!
Clap, clap,
clap, clap, clap!
Keeping both in my thoughts!
Heather and family…many many prayers for your sweet boy Brandon, for your health and for your family. Remember what Glennon says, you can do hard things! much love to you all…
My prayers are for you and your family.
My mother would always look for the good in all things and know that everything will be okay. But your challenges are more than one family should have to endure. God must be with you and I belive everything is going to be okay. God bless you and yours.
I’m saying a cheer for Brandon and a prayer for your whole family. I hope you find some peace knowing there are hundreds of people pulling for Brandon…and for you! Hang in there!
Heather – I’m praying for you and your sweet boy!!!
Let’s go Brandon!
Clap!
Clap!
Clap Clap Clap!!!!
You are not alone, we are all here with you!!!
Hugs ~ mindy
Let’s go, Brandon!
*clap, clap, clap clap clap*
You can do it, little guy!
Let’s go Brandon
Clap,clap
Clap,clap,clap
I will keep you ,Brandon and all of your family in my daily prayers for strength and healing. I heard about you through a friend and will share your story with everyone i can think of to also send out prayers of healing energy for you. Keep hanging in there, you’re doing a great job !!
Sending a big prayer to your son! What a scary time for your family. I am sorry you are all going thru it. This monkey has another son in her prayers tonight!!!
You are dealing with more than any young mother should ever have to my dear. I am with everyone in our little community of Monkees sending positive healing energy out to you and your family. Please feel our love and support as you get through this and when you feel overwhelmed stop and just breathe. Take each moment a moment at at a time and only deal with what you are dealing with at that moment. In my biggest life crises I have found that projecting my worries out into the future (even if that was just the next day) was what was caused me to be spin emotionally out of control. Know what you know right now. Your boy is alive (and smiling!) and under the care of great doctors and you are there to help him get through this ordeal.
Thinking and praying for you all!
My prayers are with your entire family. May you all be held lovingly in the light, and please know that others are pulling for and uplifting you and your family from afar.
Sending cheers and prayers for both Brandon and Heather! We will continue to hold you and your family in our hearts as you travel this difficult journey.
Let’s go Brandon! Thoughts and prayers are with you all! My son (4) is also a huge baseball fan and would love to send Brandon a Phillies hat. Is there somewhere we can send it? To the Monkee address perhaps? You can do it Brandon!!!! xoxo
I am sorry that I am just now reading this. Heather, I hope neither you nor Brandon feel any pain, I pray that all of you and your family’s worries feel galaxies away, as we will all take on your pain and worry and pray it away. Many cheers, hugs and prayers to you all!
Praying for the whole family. Thanks for sharing.
Praying and cheering for each of you for a happy and healthy future.
Thru tears I am chanting “let’s go Brandon!” and praying for you all.
Done! Will be praying for you, Heather and Brandon, and your family every day. You are loved. God bless you.
I did the cheer a few times silently by myself in the kitchen after reading this. I got the pit in my stomach as I read of your heartache. I cried. I prayed. I’m with you as you fight, you precious, brave, beautiful warrior.
My thoughts and prayers are for you and your beautiful family