Hunter LiveStrong: Day By Day

THE BEGINNING

January of 2007 we found a small lump on Hunters back located just under the skin, between the shoulder blades. The doctor told us it was a fatty tumor or sebaceous cyst, and it would get bigger, then smaller and go away. If it grew, or bothered him we could have it removed. June 27th it was removed in surgery and on July 3 we were back for a check up of the area and were told he had, cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma PNET (of the soft tissue surrounding the bone). A year of Chemo was started, which consisted being in the hospital every 21 days for 6 or 3 days at a time. He underwent a second surgery in October 2007 to clear the margins. On May 27th of 2008 he finished chemo and was "Cancer Free".

He was scanned and examined on regular intervals and his last clear scans were on August 19th 2009. October 28th 2009 we noticed a lump in the original tumor location. After a biopsy on October 29th, we were told the next day that the cancer has returned. The central line was put back in his chest on November 2nd and a series of tests have begun to determine the extent of the disease. Please view "posting" dated November 7, 2009 for treatment plan...

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Day By Day

Today seemed to be a tougher day for Hunter. His appetite is decreasing, he seemed to get a lot sicker and just over all was not feeling that great. I'm not sure if this is the start of the down fall or just a bad day for him? As we have done from the beginning we will take it day by day, hour by hour and even minute by minute as we have no choice. Things can and have changed that quickly. So, tomorrow is a new day and we will see how he is feeling then and how his night goes.

Love to All, and THANK YOU for all of your continued support, love and prayers.

The Herrick Family