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...

This was posted on the sidewalk at Tour De France

This was posted on the sidewalk at Tour De France
THANK YOU to Debbi Ortego for doing this for Hunter <3

Saturday, September 11, 2010

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

1 comment:

  1. He is always in our prayers, as are you all! Positive thoughts only....for I know the Lord will hear!
    Love you all,
    The LoRe's

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