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We just got the last test results back this evening!!!  Our son has had major tests all week long since the removal of his tumor 2 weeks ago today.

Bone Scan-           Clear
Bone Marrow Scan-    Clear
Cat Scan-            Clear
MRI-                 Clear
MIBG Scan-           Clear

This last test, the MIBG, is where they get a radio isotope from Canada, inject him with dye and scan him from head to toe.  It can detect any cancer cells anywhere in the body, they light up like christmas tree lights basically.  There was nothing.  Not even at the tumor site where they would have expected there to be some residual cells left.  Nothing.
All they plan to do is do an MRI every 3 months for the next year to make sure nothing is growing back (they don't expect it given the type of tumor it was).  No chemotherapy, no radiation, nothing needed.
We are so fortunate that it was not an aggressive type of cancer.  Evidently there are about 5 other types of cancer that are far worse.  This type is not known for invading other tissue or travelling much.  But they did say that if it had not been taken out, it would have continued to grow and very easily could have metastisized later.  

I just have to say that never have I seen such strength as I have seen in my wife..  She has slept at the hospital every night in his room for 2 solid weeks.  She has averaged between 1-4 hours sleep per night.  Not one cross word, not once did I hear her say "why us", nothing but faith and positivity and kindness.

He still has his chest tube in but that should be coming out soon and he should be able to come home.  

I just wanted to thank all of you for your good wishes and prayers, they definitely helped IMO..

A special thanks to Ed Ragsdale for helping me by digging out some of his AOS stuff to send me as I have had zero time to be working on it, and also great thanks to Dan who also supplied me with the same and some greatly needed encouragement.

I think tonight I will get my first good nights sleep in about 3 weeks..  ;-)

Later,
Oscar

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Hi Oscar,

I had no idea you were going through this. I just haven't been around at all. I actually logged on tonight just to see what you, specifically, were up to. I certainly wish you and your family the best in this matter, and I think it can only make your family stronger. Congratulations again on your success. You've got a good woman and boy.

Steve

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

wonderful

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Congratulations you and your family. You are most welcome to any help that I can offer.

It's definitely gratifying to see the Board back on good terms and focusing on positive issues.

... in response to Re: GREAT NEWS!  , posted by Rags on Mar 15, 2003

yes, great news, and I agree with your statement on the focus of the board,,,, da,

Keith

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

It's really great to know that there are this many guys here whom you have never met, pulling for you.
Thanx again to all of you...
I am taking my wife out for a well deserved celabratory dinner tonight!  ;-)

Later,
Oscar

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

That is so great!  Maybe whatever this growth was, it wasn't  cancer.  I just hope that it doesn't reoccur.  But the fact that they don't see anything is very good news indeed!  Congratulations!
-Bill and Natashs

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

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... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Of Courtesy, it is much less
Than Courage of Heart or Holiness,
Yet in my walks it seems to me
That the Grace of God is in Courtesy.

-Hilaire Belloc

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

That's was an enormous ordeal for any newly wed family.  Wonderful news.

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Outstanding!!  Nice to end off the week with great news! Think your new family is going to need a vacation after all this to have some fun!

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

nt

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

And as I see it, it was your methodical approach to everything that worked this miracle, after the health check in Kiev and the second health check in USA failed to discover the tumour, I guess you still had some nagging doubts that made you arrange the third check.

You're a hero Oscar and a fine father.

I haven't had much time nor mood to visit P-L recently, but I'm glad I checked in today to read this good news.

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

ggg

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

nt

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Great news!The Childrens Hospital in SLC has great people.I lived for 11 years next to the original hospital and my neighbor Rick was and still is working for them as a nurse.I would highly recommend them to anyone.Glad to see and feel you and your wife's joy.I said a prayer for all of you.

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

There are surely days that make it very worth while
to come to this forum.  Today is really one of them.
Hooray for the kid and simply thinking about the reliefs
the parents must feel.  Makes me feel good.
From now on it is full steam ahead.
No looking back.

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

n/t

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

Wife and son should feel very lucky with what has happened in there life's over the past year.

If you do not meet Aloyna, if she remains in Ukraine, guess what goes un-noticed for what,.....a few years?  And what would have happened then?  Both wife and son have one person to thank for making them take an extended check-up and for this being discovered when it was.

Hopefully you can enjoy being a newlywed again.

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

NT

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003


Happy to hear that this was not as serious as it first seemed to be , and that your son is OK .

I know that this was quite an ordeal for your family . We must make the best of whatever hand we are dealt in our lives . Sometimes it takes an event like this to make us stop and think about how short life really is ; and how precious it really is . About what things in life are important ; what really matters and what doesn't . Sometimes it takes something like this to give us a sense of appreciation for all the simple day-to-day things in our lives we had previously taken for granted .  

Perhaps months from now when this is all behind you , you may look back on these days and see how this has brought your family even closer together . I think that you and your loved ones will have a closeness and strength that few of us will ever enjoy . Your family is now one entity ; cemented and welded together through this ordeal . The emotional bonds forged in the fires of adversity are the strongest ones of all .......

Wishing only the best for you and yours ,

Don

... in response to GREAT NEWS!  IT SEEMS OUR BOY IS CANCER ..., posted by Oscar on Mar 14, 2003

n/t