Hunter LiveStrong: Doctors Visit..

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...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Doctors Visit..

We went to see Hunter's doctors and it was of course great to see all of those that we haven't seen in such a long time. The doctor said that Hunter looked great and was also very happy to see him after his long battle away! She looked at his back and told us pretty much what everyone else has been telling us, to keep the creme on it at all times so that it doesn't get infected. Hunter has a lot of open area on his back from his skin peeling from the radiation. The area needs time to heal and recover from all that it has been through. The doctor wants him to wait to start working out until he gets a release from his radiation doctor. That appointment is scheduled for mid-August. He is looking forward to slowly starting to get back in shape. I'm sure that his body will tell him his limits. We have to go back to see his Oncologist in August. At that time they will schedule all the tests that Hunter will need to take. They will have Hunter take all of these tests at the end of August so that they don't come back with a false positive (due to radiation). We do not want that to happen so we will wait as long as necessary, although it is probably one of the hardest things to do.

Hunter looks great and is feeling great too. This past weekend we went to a friends house at June Lake and he went fishing which he hasn't done in many years. He fell in love with it all over again. It was great to see him enjoying himself and having fun like a 17 year old should. Thank you to the Isreal Family for letting us use their beautiful home at June Lake. Many wonderful, amazing memories were made...

Thank you again for everyones LOVE, SUPPORT and PRAYERS. There isn't a day that goes by that we don't THANK GOD for all the wonderful people we have in our lives.

LOVE, THE HERRICK FAMILY