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

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

McDonalds Fundraiser

A BIG THANK YOU for all of your CONTINUED support!!

I wish that I/WE had the magic words that could truly express how much we appreciate all the support that we are getting from everyone. When I first was leaving for McDonalds I was a little scared on how it was going to go, how "I" would handle it? When I got there it was amazing to me how quickly I felt the "true" love and feelings from so many. Some from those that we see all the time, some from those that we haven't seen in a long time and some from whom we have never met before. Life seems to pass us all so quickly as we go about our daily routines, and people come and go in each and everyone of those days. When we are in that moment, in that day, we don't realize that those are people that will touch our lives forever... We are so extremely blessed to have so many "days" with so many amazing people. THANK YOU....

All of our LoVe,
The Herrick Family...

A special THANK YOU to Lori Morrison, Kim Huettl, Debbie Neary, Sue Flood and Lisa Sharp for making all of this possible, and doing such an amazing job. We would also like to THANK McDonalds and their wonderful staff...
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  1. Sharon FederationDecember 28, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    I am so proud that the Cypress community has united for one amazing teen and one amazing Cypress family. Sharon and Sarah

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