On December 7th our 25 year old son Wesley went to his doctors office for a check up he had been having some weight loss and was itching all over, which he thought might be psoraisis, he also had begun to have some chest pains at night.
His pulse was elevated and his EKG came back abnormal so he was transferred to a local hospital where he was seen by a cardiologist who found a mass completely around his heart and in one lung.
He was then transferred to another hospital that same night where he was seen by another cardiologist and an oncologist.
He was told that night by the oncologist that she was 90% certain he had lymphoma.
They did two biopsies on him, and on Decmber 16th he was confirmed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.
His medical insuance will max out before he is close to completing treatment so please consider making a donation.
Don't think that if all you can give is $5.00 it won't matter, all of those little donations will add up to one great big one.
Thank you for your donation, and for your caring enough to show it.
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03/30/2013
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Wesley had his PET scan last week and it did not go as well as hoped, his tumor is still showing very HOT even after the 5 chemo treatments he has had so far, which means it is still very active and due to the fact that it is sitting on top of his heart his doctor has great concern about doing any radiation which could permanently damage his heart, they have scheduled more chemo sessions at this time and will decide with the next PET scan a course of action, stem cell and bone marrow transplants give him a greater risk of re-occurance but radiation gives him a great risk of premanent heart damage, so we just have to wait and see at them moment.
03/13/2013
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A few odd bits of news. My pet scan is still showing pretty hot. While the size of the tumor has decreased it's still taking in a lot of dye, meaning its still really active. I have 3 more chemo treatments minimum. Then my oncologist wants to talk about radiation or not. Sadly the active part of the tumor is directly over my heart, radiation treatment has the potential to really mess up my heart, so we may opt to do stem cell replacement therapy or marrow transplant instead. So, I am already at a higher risk for relapse because of how "hot" the tumor is after all these treatments... Good news, my blood cell counts are pretty normal. She said sometimes bone marrow boosts cell production as a defense response to chemo killing everything, so that's what my body decided to do. (Good news for my busted leg) she actually asked if i skipped a treatment. so....that's my long-winded bi-weekly update on what's going on. Thanks again to everyone for being supportive and super awesome. You guys rock, and I'm super thankful the universe has surrounded me with so many good people. I'll leave you with this, adriomyacin. They call it the red devil and its my first drug in my 4 drug treatment....looks really cool, always scares me when I use the restroom after this stuff. "Don't worry, your not peeing blood"
03/07/2013
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Wesley has a PET scan Monday to check and see if the size of his tumor has reduced and then we will have an updated treatment plan for him.
02/21/2013
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Wesley should be getting a scan this week to find out if his tumor has reduced any, he is on his fourth chemo treatment.
Thanks everyone for you support.
02/04/2013
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Wesley has now had 3 sessions of chemo, before the 3rd session he shaved his head, he said he wanted to loose his hair on his own terms and is now "Rockin the Cancer Look" per his own words.
01/03/2013
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Wesley received good news yesterday, the cancer has not spread into his blood.
He had his first round of Chemo this morning and so far is feeling okay.
Supporters
Nicole
donated$10.00
Friday, April 12, 2013
Hey there Wesley! You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Hope all goes well for you.
Gracie Lacoste
donated$40.00
Saturday, March 30, 2013
We love your family and do not have much, but hope this helps.
Anonymous
donated$50.00
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
linda waxman
donated$20.00
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Anonymous
donatedHidden Amount
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
God Bless you, Wes
Glenda
donated$290.00
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Dawn Dillard
donated$25.00
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Your family is in our prayers!
Ann Shook
donatedHidden Amount
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Stay positive and pray daily, God listens.
Blake Glancy
donated$20.00
Friday, January 04, 2013
Fight strong!
SVegaTKD Luis ,Sterling and Darlene Vega
donated$100.00
Friday, January 04, 2013
Like in the Martial Arts we learn to never give up,you need to fight from within. Your mind is a powerful weapon.
Friends that care
donated$50.00
Friday, January 04, 2013
MaryAnn Brogan (close friend of Linda and Mike Stedman
donated$25.00
Friday, January 04, 2013
Anonymous
donated$10.00
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Anonymous
donated$20.00
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Sweet Solutions
donated$25.00
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
As a survivor I know how expensive treatments can be, I will help as much as I can by re-posting this link.
And by praying for peace and healing for all of you!