A Mother's Journey

Renee C. Byer

The Sacramento Bee

Cyndie French waits for her son Derek Madsen, 11, to decide on receiving an emergency radiation treatment for a rapidly spreading tumor at UC Davis Medical Center on April 22, 2006. Derek said, 'I'm so confused. It's hard to make a decision. I don't want brain damage.' It was his final radiation treatment.

Renee C. Byer, "A Mother's Journey," in POYi Archive, Item #45866, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45866 (accessed April 11, 2025).