SAUGUS-The MySpace.com page for the mother of a 9-year-old cancer-stricken Saugus boy with two months to live described her mood Sunday as "sick of the snow."Kristen LaBrie, 36, of Beverly, who was charged in July with reckless endangerment of a child after allegedly failing to give her son his cancer medication for several months, was in Salem District Court on Friday for a hearing.
"Sick of the snow? What the hell is that?" said Eric Fraser, the Evans Street father who has had full custody of 9-year-old Jeremy Fraser for the past year. "That's what you're thinking about when you're son is dying? You're sick of the snow?"
In an interview Sunday, Eric Fraser said his son, who is autistic and suffers from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, has been given two months to live.
"The kid's gonna die," Fraser said. "And it's at the hands of what she did."
Fraser says LaBrie delayed a November court hearing because she spent several days in Miami to watch a New England Patriots game against the Miami Dolphins, which she allegedly wrote about on MySpace. LaBrie also allegedly took a tropical vacation in February when Jeremy lay in a hospital bed.
"When Jeremy was dying in Mass. General Hospital she went to Bermuda for a week," Fraser said. "Who does that when you're kid's in the hospital?"
Fraser says LaBrie was more interested in partying than taking care of her son and compared her to Casey Anthony, the 22-year-old Florida mother who sparked national attention when she didn't report her 3-year-old daughter missing for a month.
"I don't see her any different than that woman in Florida," Fraser said. "But the woman in Florida was a kid ... Kristen is a 30-something woman. Being a parent was her No. 1 priority but that was never her thing. She always wanted to go out and party."
LaBrie was charged after doctors suspected she stopped giving her son medication and contacted authorities.
"She didn't pick up more than half of the prescriptions," Fraser said. "When she realized she was going to be in trouble she picked up all of his prescriptions again."
A judge on Friday set a trial date for Feb. 12, when it will be decided whether a jury or bench trial will take place.
In July, doctors said Jeremy wouldn't live to see his ninth birthday on Aug. 1, but he survived. His father said he appeared to be in remission until recent months.
Fraser said he and LaBrie, who purportedly lost custody of another son who is now a teenager, had been estranged for several months when Jeremy was in his mother's care. Fraser alleges LaBrie took out a restraining order for a bogus reason at the time.
After the court hearing, Fraser said he and LaBrie attended another hearing in Salem Probate Court to resolve matters from the restraining order.
"The judge said, ‘You just don't get this,'" Fraser said. "She doesn't get how severe this is. If this boy dies before [her] trial is over [the charges] are going to be upgraded."
Despite his medical setbacks, Jeremy appears to be happy.
"His spirits are up," Fraser said. "He's a survivor. He's surviving and he's an all-around good kid."
Fraser's mother died one year ago and his father died in October. Even though he's facing losing a third loved one in less than two years, he says he's thankful for everyday he has with his son.
"The good note is I got a year out of my son," Fraser said.
A fund has been set up to help with Jeremy's medical bills. To donate, send a check to any Eastern Bank made out to "The Jeremy Fraser Fund," or call 1-800-EASTERN.
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