Hunter LiveStrong: November 2011

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...

Friday, November 18, 2011

Thanksgiving Time ..

Hunter has been doing great! He is loving school and loving living at the dorms. He has been working at Tortilla Joe's in downtown Disney for about 6 months and has recently been promoted, so life is wonderful for him. We don't get to see him nearly as much as I'd like but I'm lucky enough to do his dirty laundry at least once a week :) Hunter is continuing to go to his monthly doctor appointments for his regular check-ups. They are trying to hold off doing his PET scans to around every 4 months so that he is not getting too much radiation in his system and killing off the good cells. His next scan should be scheduled around January. These next 8 months are extremely important for Hunter because his two year mark is in July and thats an important mile-stone for him. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers for continued healthy cancer free tests.

As Thanksgiving is approaching us it's just another reminder of our DAILY BLESSINGS! Each day is a true blessing as long as we can look at each day as a gift and the the gifts that it has to offer. We are truly thankful for each of you in our lives .. We are THANKFUL for our faith, our family and our friends. We hope that each of you find the love and cherish ALL the little memories that are made daily.

All of our love and HOLIDAY WISHES ......
Joe, Jeanna, Lauryn, HUNTER and Maddison Herrick