Hunter LiveStrong: HOME From CHEMO!

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...

Thursday, January 28, 2010

HOME From CHEMO!

We are "finally" home from Hunter's third round of Chemo. This round was an extremely tough one for Hunter, and he is VERY HAPPY to be home. The weeks ahead of us will be filled with blood and platelet transfusions along with doctor appointments. He is scheduled to go back into Chemo around the 12th of February, BUT it will all depend on his counts and "IF" he is ready. It could be delayed by a couple of days until his body will be ready for it again. Then he will have his LAST SIX day round of Chemo at Kaiser before he begins his Stem Cell Replacement at City of Hope.

Thank you for ALL of your LOVE, SUPPORT and PRAYERS,
The Herrick Family