Thursday, July 15, 2010

Great Birthday Gift!

Today is my B-day and got the greatest B-dy gift!  Good MRI result for Jason!!!   =)
Jason had his follow up MRI on Tuesday and today the result was in.
His main tumor in the brain got smaller again!  Overall about 37% decrease in the size since January when the tumor was first found!  Also his spinal metastasis got smaller a little bit.
Left side is the MRI from January 21, 2010 and the right side is Tuesday's MRI.  A lot smaller..I know that initial surgery removed some of it but the chemotherapy is working well also!
Tuesday's MRI showed smaller tumor compared to MRI from April, so chemotherapy is definitely working!
Dr. Packer said that many kids who go through the chemotherapy (same regimen as Jason's I guess..) will show significant tumor size reduction in first 10 weeks and stay stable.. but in Jason's case tumor is getting smaller a bit slowly but steadily.. so we are heading to the right direction!!!
Jason tolerated week #4 of 2nd cycle of chemotherapy well.  He will get almost 3 weeks off from chemotherapy and will begin 3rd cycle on August 5, 2010.

Jason at hematology/oncology clinic.  Between doctors' exams and chemotherapy.

1 comment:

  1. Happy Birthday!! and thank you for the good news.
    I have been wondering...I am so glad that his main tumor is getting smaller and he is done with the second cycle of chemo. He looks like a big boy in the picture ^ ^

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