The Berry family at a batting cage. Wesley, front and center, turns 17 this week.
Friends and family of Wesley Berry hope the community will shower the teenager with birthday cards this week.
Wesley turns 17 on Thursday. He?s battled brain cancer since he was 12 and has been through a ?trying time? recently, according to his Facebook page. ?We thought it would be fun for him to get lots and lots of cards in the mail,? according to the post.
His address is: Wesley Berry, 10040 Marengo Farm Lane, King George, Va., 22485.
Recent weeks have been tough for the teenager, who?s reacting to a different chemotherapy. He was hospitalized for several days with a high temperature, ?but he is bouncing back,? said his mother, Paula. ?Each day we see him getting back to his normal self.?
Wesley was diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 12. Since then he has undergone two surgeries, 30 days of radiation and nine rounds of chemotherapy.
Tests in November 2008, 2009 and 2011 showed additional spots on his brain, his mother said. Wesley had been part of a new clinical trail with an experimental form of chemotherapy when the most recent spot showed up, his mother said. He had to stop that for 42 days and try a different form of chemotherapy.
He?s scheduled to resume the experimental drug on Tuesday at a lower dose.
In the midst of his illness, the King George High School junior has maintained a Relay for Life team called Win4Wesley. He and others raise money throughout the year for cancer research.
?He is an amazing inspiration for us all,? said Lori Bowling, a family friend.
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