Bob Greenberger has gone public on his blog with the discovery that his nineteen year old son, Robbie, is fighting leukemia.
According to Bob, if one must have leukemia, the type that Robbie has is the one to have. That is to say, medical science can successfully fight it. I've known Robbie since infancy, and Ariel has known him her entire life, so she's well and truly devastated. We just saw him a few months ago when he came down for Ariel's sweet sixteen.
Our best wishes go to Bob, Deb, Katie and of course Robbie for the struggle they're faced with over the next months.
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Posted by Peter David at January 21, 2008 11:43 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingMy thoughts and prayers are with Robbie and his family.
Argh. Stories of sick kids just break my heart. It wasn't always so - but then I became a parent in November of 2002. I'll say a prayer for the entire Greenberger family tonight.
God, what the hell? What's going on? First Jeph Loeb's teenage son, and now Bob Greenberger's? Why is this happening?
I am crossing fingers too that Robbie will be fine at the end. As bad as this news is, I am grateful that he has a fighting chance. Not everyone has.
I had to think of my daughter`s (who is five) best friend. Her father has leukemia but it is incurable. Doctors can only prolong his life but nobody knows for how much longer although his wife told me that he will most probably not experience another Christmas. Their young daughter only knows that her daddy is sick but not how sick he really is. They try to have as much quality time together as it is still possible and stay positive but it is hard.
All the best to Robbie and his family!
(Luigi Novi) "Why is this happening?"
Leukemia is a much too common illness which strikes many people, with no concern for their names or connections to publicly-known people. It's an illusion to think people are being chosen or not chosen for such tragedy with some respect to their families. I wish this young man all good things - Let this be only an unpleasant memory when Robbie is a few years older. I'm very uncomfortable with the idea that anyone is chosen for tragedy, or that disease can be defeated by nothing more than great willpower. Those who remain strong and continuously fight against disease and hardship should be respected when they prevail, but there are many whose challenges overcome them through no fault of their own. I'm also uncomfortable with the idea of answered prayers, because it implies that those who are defeated must have just not prayed hard enough or to the right god. Finding causation in such things comes very close to finding fault in the most unfortunate - for being unfortunate.
Oh, no. No no no.
Our best wishes to them as well. It's a hard road, but let's hope that things go well.
TWL
Good luck and best wishes to Robbie and the entire Greenberger clan.
Boy. I remember when Robbie was born -- his father, understandably, wouldn't move more than three inches away from the telephone. Flashforward to when we (Peter, Bob, Robbie, Glenn Hauman, et al) all went to see Spamalot. Boy, a lot of time has passed.
Our best wishes and constant thoughts for Robbie's swift recovery.
Mike and Linda Gold
Boy. I remember when Robbie was born -- his father, understandably, wouldn't move more than three inches away from the telephone. Flashforward to when we (Peter, Bob, Robbie, Glenn Hauman, et al) all went to see Spamalot. Boy, a lot of time has passed.
Our best wishes and constant thoughts for Robbie's swift recovery.
Mike and Linda Gold
Bob,
Im so sorry to hear that news. One of my good friends and fellow teachers beat it some years back. Tell Robbie to hang in there. You and the rest of the family also.
Jim McCain
Extending my wife's and my smympathies to Robbie, Bob and the rest of the family.
fingers crossed for bob and his family, especially young robbie. best wishes.
My best wishes to Bob and his family.
Linda Deneroff
Best of the good luck, Robbie. I want this disease to go from "beatable" to "beaten"!