CELEBRATE!!!!!

Friday, July 20, 2012

We got the call today from Dillon's primary oncologist.....the bone marrow biopsy results......

DILLON'S BONE MARROW IS CLEAR OF ALL CANCER CELLS!!!!!!!

This is step one of getting to transplant.  He has to be "cancer free" in order to undergo the transplant. His blood still has cancer, his lymph nodes still have cancer, and he still has the mass in his chest.

Some people are asking...if he will be 'cancer free' why does he need the transplant.....because aggressive cancers that behave strangely (as his did in the face of the very first chemo round) almost always come back later and they come back more aggressive, more severe, and more life-threatening.  So bone marrow transplant is the only option to avoid this more than likely event happening.  We met a boy at the hospital a couple of weeks ago...he was "cancer free" for 8 months after grueling chemo.  So now he has to do extra-terrible chemo (similar to D's) AND he will be referred for transplant.  So we are trying to circumvent this occurrence in this very odd, almost unheard case of lymphoma that grew during chemotherapy treatment. 

YAHHOOOOOOOOO   HUGE CELEBRATIONS HAPPENING AT OUR HOUSE!!!

Oh yeah....I forgot to mention that Sean, Luca, and I are NOT matches for Dillon's bone marrow.  So his search went national about 2 days ago.  We could hear in a few days if we have a match or it can take a few weeks.  MORE WAITING....we are getting good at that :))