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...

What is Ewing's Sarcoma and Stem Cell Bone Marrow?

Ewing's sarcoma
http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw/faq/ewings.htm#q1


Stem cell

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

Monday, June 6, 2011

Test Results for YEAR mark ..

Hunter had a PET scan on Friday and we received the results today, CLEAN AND CLEAR .. Negative! Thank you god for answering all the prayers that we have been sending your way. As of July 1st Hunter will hit his one year mark. We are truly blessed in so many ways.

Hunter will be graduating from Cypress High School next week on Wednesday the 15th of June. There are so many mixed emotions that we have and I'm sure that it's going to be an emotional day. He is truly excited to be graduating and has worked extremely hard for this day. Hunter is also very excited because he is graduating with Honors! He is looking forward to starting college next year at Long Beach State. Looking forward to the next stage in his life.

Thank you for ALL of the love, support and PRAYERS. We could not have gotten through this without each and everyone of you in our lives.

THANK you again!

All of our love,
The Herrick Family - Joseph, Jeanna, Lauryn, Hunter and Maddison
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