Hunter LiveStrong: Tuesday..April 27th..

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 28, 2010

Tuesday..April 27th..

Hunter woke up again last night with the chills about 2:30 a.m. so he had to get Demeral again to calm them down. He still did not get a fever which was a true blessing, and one less thing for him to fight off. We got his counts about 4:30 a.m. and his red blood cell were a little low so he had to get another blood transfusion about 6 a.m. His WBC (white blood counts) remained the same, which is better than dropping. I am hoping to see those rise tomorrow or real soon. As those rise it means that the Stem Cells are taking ahold to his bone marrow and re-producing different blood cells, which is what we want to see. Hunters mouth and throat soars are a little better today, the treatments 4x's a day really seem to be helping.

Hunter still isn't eating, although he seemed like he was in a little better mood today. He had some what of a busy day with his music lessons and then we played a card game with one of the ladies Jessica that works here. It really seemed to break up the day and went fast, which is always a good thing.

All of our LOVE and PRAYERS to ALL..
The Herrick Family