Test Results and New Treatment Plan

On Tuesday, April 9th, we received the great news that the result of Jayson's bone marrow biopsy and CAT scan from April 5th were negative.  We praise God for this wonderful news!  We are so thankful that the cancer hasn't returned to his bone marrow or spread to his brain.  This would have been a much tougher situation to treat.

Jayson & I met with his oncologist yesterday morning (Wed, April 10th) and decided on the treatment plan for Jayson.  He will be receiving chemotherapy every 3 weeks which require only 1 overnight stay at the hospital.  He is scheduled to have 12 cycles using 2 chemo drugs different from the ones used in the previous treatment plan.  After 2 cycles, he will be evaluated to see if the treatment is helping.  If the treatment is working, we will continue with the plan.  If the cancer is getting worse, then he will be referred to a sarcoma center for further treatment and study.  Of course, we hope that the chemo will help get rid of these cancer cells that were resistant to the first treatment.  Chemotherapy is the main treatment for the cancer on his back.  For the nodules on one of Jayson's lung and calf, we have the option to do surgery combined with radiation if the chemotherapy isn't helping these areas.  We will know after the evaluation if this will be required.  We will just continue to pray that the chemotherapy will help.

Jayson is scheduled to have surgery this afternoon at 12:30 p.m. to place a port-o-cath on his chest which will be used for his chemo treatment.  He will be admitted to the hospital afterwards and tomorrow morning, his chemo treatment will begin.  He will remain in the hospital until Saturday morning.  His dad will be staying with him during the night and I will be with him during the day.  We pray that God continues to minimize any pain Jayson may feel and to help him maintain the positive attitude.

One way that will help him stay positive is have life be as normal as possible.  Unlike the first round of chemo treatment he underwent, Jayson, will still be able to continue going to school at Westview.  He will be missing a few days every three weeks as he gets his chemo treatment, but at least he'll be able to be around friends on a regular basis. We know it's been beneficial for him to enjoy life as much as possible and being around his family and friends gives him joy and support.

Right now it's almost 9:00 a.m. and Jayson is still asleep.  I will be getting him up soon to to take him in for his surgery.  We will continue to keep you all updated.  Thank you for your prayers and thoughts.  God knows how grateful we are and we feel your prayers helping us deal with this setback.  Until the next post, take care and God bless you all.   - Jessie Adams