Friday noon--- Annie just call and they are getting ready to head home. They just met with the oncologist. They will go back next Wednesday for the official biopsy results and meet again with the doctor. Jordy will check in the hospital next Wednesday afternoon and start chemotherapy Thursday morning. He will be in the hospital several days before he can return home. I will not be doing updates unless there is new news.
George
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Post Biopsy ~ Osteosarcoma
Annie called 4:15 pm. Biopsy finished, and it looks like what the doctors expected to find. The final results will be in early next week, but it looks like Jordon has (osteosarcoma) a malignant bone cancer in his upper tibia. The family is staying in Portland tonight as Jordon will have more x-rays, cat scan, and a complete bone scan tomorrow after which they plan on coming home if nothing else comes up. For those that don’t have it Jordy’s mailing address is:
PO Box 92 Scio, OR 97374.
This is mass mailing #2, so if you didn’t get #1 but got this one, that means I'm getting my act together. Keep Jordy in your thoughts.
George
PO Box 92 Scio, OR 97374.
This is mass mailing #2, so if you didn’t get #1 but got this one, that means I'm getting my act together. Keep Jordy in your thoughts.
George
Surgical Biopsy
Jordon and Annie are in Portland tonight (Wednesday) having met with the orthopedic surgeon late this afternoon. He will have his biopsy tomorrow, don’t know the time. This will not be a needle biopsy but a surgical procedure. The doctor wants to see what is there. Looking at the tumor they can then make some decisions, but the results will not be known till next week. I will post more as news is called in. Most posts will be in the evenings.
George
George
First e-mail from Annie
Good evening to all of you.
You may or may not know about our recent events so some of this information may be a repeat for some of you and for some of you it will be new. Here is a little background. During track Jordon’ leg began hurting. The doctor x-rayed it and found nothing so he thought it was a muscle problem. After a couple of weeks it was not better so he told him to use crutches because it may be a stress fracture. He ordered a bone scan which revealed a stress fracture. The radiologist wanted an MRI to double check the results. Last Thursday Jordy had the MRI which revealed a tumor which caused the stress fracture. Within a couple of hours the doctor called and made an appointment for Jordy at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
Today I took Jordy to the hospital to meet with the oncologist. He was only able to tell us a limited amount until some more tests come back. From the MRI he feels fairly certain that the tumor is osteosarcoma (a bone cancer), but will not know for sure until he gets biopsy results. Jordy will have the biopsy done probably on Wednesday or Thursday this week in Portland. Today they did chest x-rays, leg x-rays, and blood tests. We will go back to Dr. Malempati early next week to talk about the results and the next steps.
We are going to try to use e-mail to keep everyone informed. Our friend George Frasier will be sending out information as it is available. This will give Kevin & I time to deal with doctors and such. If you get an e-mail from George (Frasier@rtinet.com), it is not junk. If you want to be taken off of our list or know someone that would like to be added e-mail George or call him at 541-369-2822. Jordy is very open about his health and is fine with anyone getting the e-mails that is interested.
We will send out an e-mail when we know more.
Annie McDonald
You may or may not know about our recent events so some of this information may be a repeat for some of you and for some of you it will be new. Here is a little background. During track Jordon’ leg began hurting. The doctor x-rayed it and found nothing so he thought it was a muscle problem. After a couple of weeks it was not better so he told him to use crutches because it may be a stress fracture. He ordered a bone scan which revealed a stress fracture. The radiologist wanted an MRI to double check the results. Last Thursday Jordy had the MRI which revealed a tumor which caused the stress fracture. Within a couple of hours the doctor called and made an appointment for Jordy at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
Today I took Jordy to the hospital to meet with the oncologist. He was only able to tell us a limited amount until some more tests come back. From the MRI he feels fairly certain that the tumor is osteosarcoma (a bone cancer), but will not know for sure until he gets biopsy results. Jordy will have the biopsy done probably on Wednesday or Thursday this week in Portland. Today they did chest x-rays, leg x-rays, and blood tests. We will go back to Dr. Malempati early next week to talk about the results and the next steps.
We are going to try to use e-mail to keep everyone informed. Our friend George Frasier will be sending out information as it is available. This will give Kevin & I time to deal with doctors and such. If you get an e-mail from George (Frasier@rtinet.com), it is not junk. If you want to be taken off of our list or know someone that would like to be added e-mail George or call him at 541-369-2822. Jordy is very open about his health and is fine with anyone getting the e-mails that is interested.
We will send out an e-mail when we know more.
Annie McDonald
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