The Pathology Report

This week Kameron got a break from visiting the oncology clinic, as his chemotherapy treatments are on hold until he's cleared by his orthopedic surgeon. As much as we adore his oncologists, it was nice to have less doctor visits for a change. He saw the surgeon on Tuesday.  Kam had the dressings all removed from his leg (sweet, sweet freedom!!) and steri-strips put in their place. He was also given a bit of freedom to take the brace off when he is sedentary or laying down, and he is allowed to put a bit more weight on his leg now. X-rays were taken and show his knee replacement is looking absolutely perfect! The incision is healing well and he is doing better each week. His surgeon cleared him to begin his post-operative course of chemotherapy as soon as early next week. His doctor also ordered physical therapy to work on knee bending, which he started this morning. He learned today how to get up and downstairs safely so he can finally sleep in his own bed! He has stretches to do at home to keep him busy.

His chemotherapy (and hospitalizations) will start again on Tuesday (8/10/21). It will be 18 weeks in total on the post-operative end of his treatment plan. The first 10 weeks look identical to the previous pre-operative 10 weeks of chemotherapy, and the last 8 weeks are closer together and we lose one of his 3 chemotherapy medications at that point. If all goes well and as planned, he will be done just prior to his birthday and Christmas. 

Today, Kameron's surgeon called us with news of the pathology report. He had negative margins (meaning: they see no tumor cells outside of the big tumor they knew laid inside his femur) and that nearly all of those tumor cells were D-E-A-D! This means Kam's chemotherapy is WORKING and his cancer is responding very well to the chemotherapy medications they are giving him. This was literally the BEST news we could have received and means excellent things for his prognosis!

Please continue to pray for our fighter. And our family as we support his fight. We are about to enter round #3.  We fight on.