Talk:Ben Bowen

message: I added a notability tag to this article, because I am unsure if it meets the guidelines. Many children have cancer, and their families use this as a way to promote awareness in their local communities. I'm not sure that this is enough to be considered notable by WP standards. Ckessler 18:07, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the tag, as I feel that inclusion guidelines have indeed been met. I would agree with you if he was just used to raise awareness in a "local community," however his story has become something of a posterchild for St. Jude's throughout the US. I feel the subject excedes the criteria at WP:BIO, as there has been significant, non-trivial external press coverage on the subject. The fact that a state highway is named for him further solidifies his postition.  youngamerican (wtf?) 18:44, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability tag

message: I will add a bit more history of Ben Bowen's system, how the disease was discovered and then treated.  It will be a shorter abstract of the text below:
"Ben and his older brother, Eli, were both early walkers and talkers, healthy, curious boys. The Bowens knew something was not right when Ben became lethargic and then started throwing up regularly and slept almost solidly for three days. They went to their local hospital in West Virginia only to be told that nothing was wrong. The parents said they were treated as if they were hypochondriacs. A CAT scan was ordered and then cancelled. They were told to go home.
Finally, the Bowens' family doctor insisted on a CAT scan. Then the faces who had told them it was nothing returned with bad news. Because of timing and a lack of hospital beds, Ben was flown to a hospital in Cincinnati. There, they learned that Ben had an atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), a rare and insidious brain tumor that can grow rapidly and is almost impossible to remove fully. This tumor is difficult to treat with chemotherapy or radiation because of the location and type, and oftentimes the young age of the patient. Things did not seem to be in the family’s favor.
That night, Ben underwent the first of four operations. After a touch-and-go month when Ben did not fare well physically or emotionally, the doctors referred them to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital." 
The next phase of the expansion is to list the major surgeries, treatments, and their outcomes.  For example,
•	March 3, 2004 – Third Ventriculostomy emergency surgery to relieve pressure building in Ben’s brain.  The pressure was due to the tumor blocking CSF, or spinal fluid from flowing from the third ventricle.  Additionally, they took a sample of the tumor for review.  An External Ventricular Drain (temporary device) was installed to allow doctors to control fluid build up on Ben’s brain.  Tumor site was in the third ventricle (center most point in his head).
•	March 8, 2004 – Resection of tumor.  Initially believed to be 100%, a later MRI showed 10% remained.  This surgery was very invasive and required them to cut the corpus callosum (part of the brain that allows his left and right brain to communicate).
•	April 6, 2004 – Resection of tumor, installation of ommaya reservoir (allows doctors to inject chemotherapy directly into his brain through a “bubble” on his head) and central line (direct line to his vein and heart that allows medicines and blood to be given and lab work to be taken).  More corpus callosum was cut for this resection.  Later MRI revealed about 5% of initial tumor remained.
ITBlair 06:42, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: A Bit More History

message: This discussion should be less than two sentences, but it will link to the Wiki pages on the Problem of Evil (Why a Young Boy Would have Terminal Cancer and Die Painfully) and Theodicity.
ITBlair 06:42, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Problem of Evil

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 06:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I've twice removed :Category:American Protestants. Babies are not religious believers; they cannot "self-identify" as any religion. The fact that his parents may be Protestants or hold the baby out as a Protestant is irrelevant as to the baby's categorization. Good Ol’factory (talk) 09:09, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Babies are not believers

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