Dad had a third CT Scan and his first MRI of the brain on Tuesday of this week. On Wednesday they inserted a port in his arm that will be used to administer treatment and also to draw any needed lab work. All these procedures went very well.
We met with the medical oncologist who determines treatment on Thursday. Great News: the MRI was clean and the CT Scan did not show signs that the cancer has spread! Praise God!
The Details: The diagnosis given is of an extremely rare cancer, it is of the Ewing Sarcoma type, which is considered of bone and/or soft tissue origin. This very rare cancer is usually found in children. In adults it is called a PNET or Askin tumor.
Dad's treatment cycle will begin next Tuesday. Please continue to pray as the choice of chemotherapy is of a very aggressive nature.
Dad is doing good. After our appointment Dad, Mom, Harry and I went to Ponderosa. This was Dad's choice. He wanted a steak! We've laughed a lot in the last few days. This has been good-for all of us.
Thanks for joining us. Have a blessed Day.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Beginning
This blog is about Dad's journey, my journey, our family's journey to complete healing.
It was Mother's Day weekend 2010, and the pain which Dad had been experiencing in his neck had moved to his shoulders and chest. Mom asked if he wanted to go to the emergency room. Surprisingly, he said yes.
This visit produced a routine CT Scan that revealed a chest tumor. Dad was advised to go ahead and keep his planned trip to his second home in Tennessee for the famed Promise Land Festival.
So he did. After a three week stay he returned home to Michigan.
Appointments, test, mis-information, uncertainties, delays, and more test.....led us to Karmanos Cancer Institute. Dad had been told that the tumor may be malignant, but no one was certain. The original biopsy rendered an inconclusive diagnosis.
Fast-forward: Our appointment today with the medical oncologist will set the schedule of our lives for the next few weeks or even months as we get the treatment type and schedule.
Don't worry; I WILL go back and fill in the blanks. But for now let's just establish that we KNOW our God to be a Healer. That our complete and total faith is in God and not Man. That Dad confesses his healing daily. Journey with us, as we go "through" this challenge looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith!
It was Mother's Day weekend 2010, and the pain which Dad had been experiencing in his neck had moved to his shoulders and chest. Mom asked if he wanted to go to the emergency room. Surprisingly, he said yes.
This visit produced a routine CT Scan that revealed a chest tumor. Dad was advised to go ahead and keep his planned trip to his second home in Tennessee for the famed Promise Land Festival.
So he did. After a three week stay he returned home to Michigan.
Appointments, test, mis-information, uncertainties, delays, and more test.....led us to Karmanos Cancer Institute. Dad had been told that the tumor may be malignant, but no one was certain. The original biopsy rendered an inconclusive diagnosis.
Fast-forward: Our appointment today with the medical oncologist will set the schedule of our lives for the next few weeks or even months as we get the treatment type and schedule.
Don't worry; I WILL go back and fill in the blanks. But for now let's just establish that we KNOW our God to be a Healer. That our complete and total faith is in God and not Man. That Dad confesses his healing daily. Journey with us, as we go "through" this challenge looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith!
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