Cancer Stinks!
On October 5, 2011, I went into the McKay Dee surgical center in Ogden to have my tonsils removed. Instead, the doctors found a cancerous tumor growing behind my tonsils. It's called "Nasopharyngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma" and I'm told it's curable about 80% of the time for someone like me. It's going to be a long road, but I think it's going to be 100%.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Disappointed!
We are so disappointed! Jeremy was suppose to attend Camp Hobe today. It is a camp sponsored by Primary Children's Hospital for children who have cancer and for their siblings. It is highly supervised and provides medical care with physicians and nurses. They are also very careful for those who are immune suppressed, the kids attending only have to have a ANC of 500. There are many medical forms and doctor release forms to fill out. They even do a medical screening of each camper in the parking area outside of camp, to identify anyone who may be ill, and reduce exposing others to their illness. If someone gets sick while at camp, they are sent home. Ireland attended the camp last week and had so much fun. It was a great experience for her. She developed a friendship with a girl her age who has cancer and is in remission. Jeremy and I were planning on attending the day camp today and on Tuesday. His numbers were great on Thursday and has been on the Neupogen shots for a week. We thought for sure he would be able to attend. We were so surprised when his ANC dropped to 300 on Sunday. He has never dropped low while on the Neupogen shots. He had his blood drawn again today. We were hoping that maybe his ANC would come up to 500, but instead it dropped to 200. We are continuing the Neupogen shots and he will have his blood drawn again at clinic on Thursday when he has the Vincristine chemo (this chemo is not count dependent). Hopefully Jeremy will be able to go to camp next year. We are so disappointed, but there is one positive possibility. His VAC chemo hospital stay is next Tuesday and his ANC needs to be 750. He has a whole week to get his ANC up so that the VAC chemo is not delayed.
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