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“I finally feel like I’m back at a place where I can sort of let him begin to thrive and let myself thrive.”
Sarah Wroblewski CBS Boston
WBZ-TV meteorologist Sarah Wroblewski is now back at the CBS News Boston station after nearly three years away from work amid her son’s cancer battle.
Wroblewski stepped away from the local news station in 2023 to care for her 6-year-old son, Declan, after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. She announced her return during a Thursday broadcast, sharing that Declan has reached a major milestone in his treatment.
“Declan has really progressed, and now he’s out of active treatment,” Wroblewski said. “We’re going day by day, and it allows me to now progress and get back to work and be here with this family that has definitely extended from our family.”
She will primarily deliver weather forecasts on the weekends while also providing some weekday coverage throughout the summer as part of the WBZ Next Weather team, Wroblewski said.
The meteorologist was welcomed by a round of applause and a bouquet of flowers when she entered the newsroom this week, as seen in a video shared by WBZ-TV.
“I’m so happy to see all your faces,” Wroblewski said. “It’s like a family reunion where you haven’t seen people in awhile but then you’re right back in it.”
Before taking leave, Wroblewski served as a weather producer and weekend morning meteorologist at WBZ-TV. Prior to joining the station, she worked at Weather Services International in Andover and spent more than a decade covering some of Boston’s biggest weather events, according to her CBS profile.
Wroblewski earned a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric science from UMass Lowell and is recognized by the American Meteorological Society as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, her profile states.
Wroblewski’s return comes after years of documenting Declan’s difficult medical journey.
Her son was diagnosed with brain cancer after experiencing weeks of headaches in 2023. Doctors eventually discovered a golf ball-sized tumor in the lower back of his brain, and Declan underwent a nine-hour surgery to remove the mass, which was later confirmed to be cancerous, according to a GoFundMe started by Wroblewski.
Declan was diagnosed with stage 4 medulloblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, and has since endured countless surgeries, chemotherapy, clinical trials, hospitalizations, and blood transfusions, Wroblewski shared in an online update about Declan’s health journey.
Recent scans revealed “no evidence of disease,” Wroblewski announced during a conversation with chief meteorologist Eric Fisher.
In her most recent online update, Wroblewski explained that doctors identified one small area they plan to continue monitoring but “didn’t seem too concerned” about the results.
“We continue to live in the moment of now … and not what if … because that time can’t be measured,” Wroblewski wrote.
Declan continues to face lasting effects from the cancer and treatment. Wroblewski shared in a Thursday broadcast that her son is now living with intellectual disability, autism, mobility challenges, and a hearing deficit.
Still, she said his progress has transformed life for their family, with her husband now also able to work.
Wroblewski said Declan has gone from being a “critically sick child” to a “medically complex child,” allowing him to spend more time at school, attend summer camp, and enjoy life alongside his three siblings while receiving help from caregivers.
“I finally feel like I’m back at a place where I can sort of let him begin to thrive and let myself thrive,” Wroblewski said.
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