Blake during one of his hospital stays for treatment in 2012.

There were many slumber parties and sleepless nights. My mom or dad were nearly always there, taking shifts to make sure I was never alone. I had to wear funny socks, and the food always smelled weird. I had this needle in my chest, the IV machine was always pumping so I had to pee a lot, and there were always medical devices beeping around me and down the hall. I folded a lot of origami whenever I was feeling well enough. There were highs and lows. I was so tired. They removed the tumor and replaced it with cadaver bone and a titanium rod running through my tibia. I had to learn to walk again. A spot in my lung turned out to be bone cancer as well, resetting my remission date. Despite it all I had faith that God would get me through it, I had hope.

All of this inspired what The Other Space has become. My hope is that other young patients, their families, and friends will watch this and know, “Yes its going to be hard, but I can fight well and have hope.”