When Lauren Reagan was told her son had terminal cancer in January 2018, she couldn’t stop thinking about the upcoming “Jurassic World” movie.
Reagan was pondering how much time her son had left to live, and how much longer it would be before “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” would debut in the summer.
Her son, Declan Reagan, was 5 at the time. He was known around Clark County as “Declan the Dinosaur” because of his love of dinosaurs.
Reagan was hoping that her son, in a Portland hospital, would outlive his estimated two weeks and make it another six months to see the summer blockbuster.
“How can I make this happen?” Reagan, a Vancouver resident, asked herself then.
Despite his terminal diagnosis, Declan survived until May 25, 2018, reaching his sixth birthday and living months longer than initially expected. Reagan credits that time to blood and platelet transfusions Declan received once or twice a week while in hospice.
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