PET Scan..

THANK YOU GOD..The PET Scan came back clean, NO Cancer Cells..

A LONGGGG Week..

We started the week off on Tuesday, due to the holiday. I called the doctor to just verify the time of Hunter's doctors appointment of Wednesday and asked if the CT scan results were in. The receptionist told me that the CT scan was in, the doctor wanted to talk to me but she was busy with patients and that she would call me back. After about an hour and almost going into a major panic attack I called back, but still couldn't get ahold of the doctor. I asked to speak to one of the nurses and she told me that from what she could tell the CT scan looked good and that the doctor would still call me back later. I finally talked to the doctor at about 7p.m. and when we talked she said that the CT scan looked good. She didn't see anything that we should be worried about and that she would like to wait to run anymore tests for 3 more months. She wanted to wait because Hunter has had so much radiation that she really didn't want to give him a PET scan if it wasn't necessary.

Joe took Hunter to his doctors appointment the next day, and the doctor was concerned about an area that was raised a little. So, she ordered a PET scan to be done on him. We had the Pet scan on Friday, late afternoon/evening. I am praying and hoping that we get the results back soon as possible...like yesterday would have been nice for us. We are praying that it is his muscles growing back together, or some other easy explanation. That is what we are thinking it is, but when life throws us the curve balls that have come Hunter's way, each and every time we hear "concerned", we too panic a bit. Please keep Hunter in your daily prayers, he truly is an amazing young man, but when it comes down to it he still is just a boy at heart.....

All of our LOVE and PRAYERS,
The Herrick Family

Hunter Begins His Senior Year..

This week was a GREAT week. Its a week that we thank God for the little things in our life. Hunter began school this week, his first week of his Senior year. He is loving his classes, his teaches and best of all seeing all of his friends again. He did have to miss some school already this week due to a CT scan that he had on Monday but tests and doctor apts. are still going to be happening, but thats something we can adjust to.

Hunter is feeling good, he started back to work at Dalton's Restaurant and his hair has finally started to grow back. It took a long time for his hair to grow back this time. We think that it was because of the intense treatment at City of Hope, with Stem Cells and Chemo. He just went on his annual Dove opener with his dad and grandpa, all the little things that we are so happy he is able to do again.

He has an appointment with his Oncologist next week so we will know more about the rest of the tests that he still has to take and when. Looking forward to taking those and getting the results back..

Sending our love and thanks to ALL...
The Herrick Family