{"id":4709,"date":"2015-09-19T16:57:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T16:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2015-09-19T16:57:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T16:57:55","slug":"a-mothers-fight-for-medical-marijuana-helped-save-this-child-from-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-mothers-fight-for-medical-marijuana-helped-save-this-child-from-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Fight For Medical Marijuana Helped Save This Child From Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-mothers-fight-for-medical-marijuana-helped-save-this-child-from-cancer\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>On September 30, 2012, Sierra Riddle\u2019s life was turned upside down when her 2-year-old son, Landon, was diagnosed with Leukemia and given an 8 to 10 percent chance to live past the next 24 to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the absolute most terrifying day of my life,\u201d Riddle wrote on Landon\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n<p>For the next four months, Landon would be subjected to rounds of chemotherapy, drugs and the side-effects of treating his cancer. Just 30 days after he started chemo, Landon\u2019s physical appearance and quality of life changed.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle was forced to watch her son vomit 30 to 50 times per day, withstand a 25 day food strike and spend holiday after holiday in a hospital room, as she and her family prayed for a miracle that would save her son.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in January of 2013, their prayers seemed to be answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed all of our concerns with his medical team in Utah and watched Landon continue to suffer and wither away as the piled on drug after drug,\u201d Riddle said. \u201cThen my mother came across cannabis oil online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Landon\u2019s grandmother, who had always been against drugs, spent hours researching cures for cancer and eventually found enough information to convince her daughter to at least try the cannabis to help Landon.<\/p>\n<p>However, living in Utah at the time, Riddle knew discussing cannabis use as part of her son\u2019s treatment with his medical team would go nowhere. So, they packed up and moved to Colorado as \u201ccannabis refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riddle got her son a medical marijuana card and watched his health and smile return as his quality of life improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts were filled with joy that cannabis brought back the smile to Landon\u2019s face,\u201d she added on his blog. \u201cLandon started getting better and better! It was as if a miracle had happened! He was smiling again and started to eat again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Landon\u2019s family watched as the side effects of Chemo seemed to lessen, his vomiting decreased to 10 times a day or less and his counts went up, but their move to Colorado didn\u2019t provide the cannabis supporting doctors they had expected.<\/p>\n<p>After five months of cannabis use and other natural remedies, Landon was in remission, but his doctors insisted that he should start chemo again. With the threat of losing her son, Riddle agreed to chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>Although cannabis use had clear positive effects on Landon\u2019s health, his doctors\u2014like most others in this country\u2014did not back the treatment as a proper way to treat cancer.<\/p>\n<p>While Riddle didn\u2019t lose her son or face charges, other families haven\u2019t been so lucky. One Australian father is facing charges after using cannabis oil to treat his daughter\u2019s cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is atrocious that anyone on the planet would be charged for choosing cannabis over pharmaceuticals,\u201d Riddle said. \u201cMy heart goes out to Adam Koessler and Rumor Rose, along with uncountable other families that are affected by cannabis prohibition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Landon and Rumor Rose\u2019s stories have garnered much attention, the fight to allow medical marijuana as treatment in child cancer patients is still an uphill battle. Despite the use of the drug in many adult cancer patients, many doctors still frown upon its use in children.<\/p>\n<p>To parents in her situation, Riddle gives a word of advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet ready for the fight of your life. Having a sick child is a battle in itself, but making this choice is a whole new world,\u201d she said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to need thick skin, intuition, and a solid team. Don\u2019t waste time making sure every other pharmaceutical does more harm than good. If it feels wrong in your gut, it\u2019s probably wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/gallery\/data\/1412\/15986.JPG\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News Moderator: Jacob Redmond <a href=\"http:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a><br \/>\nFull Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryot.org\/medical-marijuana-helped-save-this-child-from-cancer-but-only-after-his-mother-put-up-the-fight-of-her-life\/942523\" target=\"_blank\">A Mother&#8217;s Fight For Medical Marijuana Helped Save This Child From Cancer<\/a><br \/>\nAuthor: Naja Rayne<br \/>\nContact: <a href=\"mailto:info@ryot.org\">RYOT Feedback<\/a><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: CNN<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryot.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">RYOT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 30, 2012, Sierra Riddle\u2019s life was turned upside down when her 2-year-old son, Landon, was diagnosed with Leukemia&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/2015\/09\/a-mothers-fight-for-medical-marijuana-helped-save-this-child-from-cancer\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2391,9,1,3],"tags":[4955],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}