Boy, two, with brain cancer is 'cured' after secretly being fed medical marijuana by his father
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A desperate father whose son was suffering from a life-threatening brain tumour has revealed he gave him cannabis oil to ease his pain. And he has now apparently made a full recovery.
Cash Hyde, known as Cashy, was a perfectly healthy baby when he was born in June 2008 but became sick shortly before his second birthday.
At first he was misdiagnosed with glandular fever before his parents Mike and Kalli, from Missoula in Montana, were given the devastating news he had a serious brain tumour.
The little boy had to have arduous chemotherapy treatment to reduce the growth, which had drastic side effects including seizures and a blood infection
His distraught parents were repeatedly told he was likely to succumb to the illness because the condition was so bad.
After one bout of high-dose chemotherapy, Cash was so weak he could not lift his head and was too sick to eat any solid food for 40 days.
It was at this point that Mr Hyde decided to take action and go down the route of medical marijuana to try to help his young son.
Cash's doctors refused to even discuss the option but his father went and sought authorisation elsewhere and then secretly administered it through his son's feeding tube.
He also told doctors to stop giving Cash the cocktail of anti-nausea drugs he had been taking - although he never told them what he was doing.
Mr Hyde told KXLY News that his son started looking better right away
Mr Hyde said: 'He hadn't eaten a thing in 40 days - and, it was really incredible to watch him take a bite of a piece of cheese. It shows that he wants to live'.
He credits the cannabis oil with helping his son get through the chemo, and say Cash has now been declared cancer free by doctors.
The boy is now back and home and living the life of a typical young boy, playing with his elder brother Colty.
Medical marijuana is legal in some states, including Montana, but its use for children is poorly understood and quite rate.
The US federal government does not recognise the legality of using the drug for medical reasons and frequently clashes with states over the issue.
Mr Hyde told KXLY: 'It's very controversial, it's very scary. But, there's nothing more scary than losing your child.'
Bambino di due anni, con il cancro al cervello, dopo essere stato curato segretamente dal padre "con olio di marijuana", è guarito completamente
"Il bambino doveva avere un trattamento arduo chemioterapia per ridurre la crescita, che ha avuto effetti collaterali drastici tra cui crisi epilettiche e di una infezione del sangue.
Dopo un attacco di chemioterapia ad alte dosi, il bambino era così debole che non poteva alzare la testa ed era troppo malato per mangiare cibi solidi per 40 giorni.
Fu a questo punto che il signor Hyde deciso di intervenire e di imboccare la strada della marijuana medica per cercare di aiutare il suo giovane figlio.
Padre diede al figlio, segretamente, marijuana medica attraverso un tubo di alimentazione.
"Lui non aveva mangiato una cosa in 40 giorni - ed è stato davvero incredibile vederlo prendere un morso di un pezzo di formaggio, ciò mostra che vuole vivere".
Egli riconosce all'olio di cannabis di aver aiutato il figlio a superare la chemio, e poter dire "mio figlio è stato dichiarato libero di cancro da parte dei medici"."
Il ragazzo è tornato a casa ed e vivere la vita di un tipico ragazzo giovane, gioca con la sua Colty fratello maggiore.
La marijuana medica è legale in alcuni stati, tra cui Montana, ma il suo utilizzo per i bambini è poco conosciuta e abbastanza velocità.
Il governo federale degli Stati Uniti non riconosce la legittimità di usare il farmaco per ragioni mediche e spesso scontri con gli Stati sulla questione.
Mr Hyde ha detto KXLY: 'E' molto controverso, è molto spaventoso. Ma, non c'è niente di più spaventoso di perdere il bambino