Introducing Evan who has Osteosarcoma

On Sunday December 08, 2013 our grandson Evan fell on his right shoulder while playing.  He complained to his mother about pain and not being able to move it too much.  He was given some aspirin and went to bed.  Upon awaking he complained that the pain was worse and he couldn't move his arm much which led to a trip to the local Emergency Department.  There it was discovered through an x-ray that indeed his upper arm was fractured but in addition to that there appeared to be a tumor in the upper arm bone.

This led to a biopsy of the affected bone.  The sample was sent to the Mayo clinic for analysis and the diagnosis was returned as Osteosarcoma on Monday December 16, 2013.  A bone scan and CT of the lungs were order to determine if there were any metastasizes of the cancer.  Both of the scans return a negative answer, a positive sign.  A retinal scan was also preformed to make sure there was no evidence of retinal blastoma and that scan was also negative.

Today December 19, 2013 Evan is have a preoperative consultation with a surgeon and will have a venous port placed on December 20, 2013.  He will begin Chemo treatment on December 26, 2013 and has a 29 week journey ahead of him.

This blog was created to log the journey of a 4 year old little boy as he battles cancer.  My hope is that other people will find the blog and add their comments.  It doesn't matter if you have had the same type of cancer or other cancers or none at all your additions to this blog will be greatly appreciated.