Chad Carr now in hospice care

5-year-old battling brain tumor

DETROIT – A little boy whose battle with an brain tumor touched the lives of many in metro Detroit and beyond is now in hospice care.

Tammi Carr posted an update Wednesday about her 5-year-old son Chad, the grandson of former University of Michigan head football coach Lloyd Carr, to the Prayers for Chad Facebook page.

She said she and her husband made the decision this week.

"His breathing and swallowing have been getting worse not better, he can no longer walk and his speech is sporadic. We kept waiting to see improvement, kept waiting to see things turning around, but the reality is that they aren't," she wrote.

Chad was diagnosed with the diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) tumor just days before his birthday in September 2014.

The family has shared Chad's journey publicly in hopes of raising awareness of pediatric cancer. They've also started the Chad Tough Foundation to help fund research on DIPG.

"Now we believe it's time to stop fighting and to let him relax and be at peace," Tammi Carr wrote. "We are still praying for a miracle because we know the power of God and it is infinite. But we are also praying that if it is God's will to take him home, that he not suffer. This is so very hard, but it is also hard watching your baby with such extreme limitations...we want him to be whole and well."

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