Just received GREAT News
 

My 2 year old grandson has been battling Lymphoma cancer for a while now. Test results came back today and he's officially cancer free!!! I'm one VERY happy "Papa" tonight.

Congratulations!

Congrats. That's super news.

Glad to hear it! Congratulations!

Awesome! This is beyond merely great news.

Alright!!! Congrats!

Very happy for you and your family. This is what's really important in life. How was the Lymphoma treated in someone that young out of curiosity?

Great news man!!!

God bless.

Awesome - good to hear, man.

That is a miracle. Very cool.

Congratulations

**** YEAH!!! THAT'S GREAT NEWS!!

Happy for you and him.

Awesome news!

Congratulations that's fantastic news.

Great News! Just Awesome what a gift!

Good News.

Congrats man.

That's phenomenal! Congratulations!

Thats great news. They have a super high cure rate on this. I have a friend thats not going to make it but the cure rate is almost 80% with early detection.

That news is more than great. Congrats.

Hell yeah!

Congratulations!

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Outstanding!!!

This is awesome awesome AWESOME!!!!!!! :thumb:



Lost a nephew in November to terminal cancer, so I appreciate you sharing this. This is great news to hear.

Miracles happen! God Bless You and Your Family.

****ing awesome.
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That's huge man! **** cancer!

Congratulations!!

Very heartwarming, man...Congratulations! :clap:

That's wonderful. Congratulations!!

Excellent!! :toast:

That is great!

Great news Ron, congrats!

Good, good news. Thank you. Need more good news in CP.
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I am very hapy for you and your entire family. Hope the young man lives to see the next century and then some.

They use Chemotherapy on infants.

Truly awesome news. No kid should ever have to endure that.

AWESOME!!!!

Oh, man! That is fantastic news! Congratulations!

Nice, great news.

This is what I love most about Chiefs Planet. Even after all the bickering and drama this place comes together to shair in joy and support for those who need it. God bless Chiefs Planet & God bless this thread and God bless the little dude who just kicked cancer in the nut sack. God bless papa.

YEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!


That is great news! That kid is tough!

HOLY SHIT! That's one tough little dude. Congrats grandpa!

Great news everybody celebrate.

Made my night, congrats

Congrats...Here's to a long life for your Grandson!!!

way better news than saving a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to geico. congrats!! gotta feel fantastic!

God bless. Great news.

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Great News!

That's awesome, congrats!

Yeah. Me too. Puts things in perspective. Can't express to you online how happy this makes me. Dust in the room.

Awesome news!

I can't see the OP....what the hell happened

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Happy for you. I love to hear it when a youngster gets a clean bill after battling thru something like that.

Congrats!!

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Wonderful news! Thanks for allowing us to share in your joy!

Very Very Good News ... Congrats!!!!!

That is the type of news everyone loves to hear!!

Now he can have fun and be a kid.

That is awesome. Good for him

Great news. Congratulations.

Once again, congratulations.

reading the OP and thinking about my future child/children made me think it was all dusty or someone was cutting an onion near me or something.

All the best Chiefaholic.

That's fantastic news. :clap:

Excellent news! Congrats!!

PBJ Awesome!!

Very happy about this. They are so innocent and undeserving of the big C.

My friends' toddler had cancer more than twenty years ago. He's been cancer free since. They either don't understand what they have or their system is too young to lose to it. Either way they usually beat it for good.

Fantastic!

This kid went all Ninja Gaiden on cancer.

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Awesome news!

Awesome!

Is this the kind of thing that they think will be gone forever or is it like a temporary remission kind of thing? Is lymphoma a tough cancer to beat or is it one of the less serious cancers (if there is such a thing, but you get what I'm saying)?

Great to hear!

News doesn't get any better than this. Congrats to the little man and to your entire family.

Great news wish all of you the best

The specific cancer he had was a stage 2 - Non-Hodgkins - Nodal Marginal Zone lymphoma cancer. It started with a small lump on his rright jaw just below his right ear. My daughter took him to his regular doctor and at that time he was diagnosed as having an infected salivary gland. The medication wasn't working and the lump under his skin was growing rapidly. So we took him to a specialist, they identified it as cancer and sent a sample to St. Judes in Memphis. When the lab work identified what specific type of cancer he had, the doctors removed the growth on his lymph gland in his jaw, but found five more on the back of his next ranging in size from a pea to a nickle. His doctor, Dr. Remi Pasipe, is a very intelligent lady who's been in the field for a long time and REALLY knew her stuff. She sat us down and explained in detail what he had, that chemo was the only option at his age, and that this specific cancer is the most common and had an 80% success rate at the stage we caught it in.

Cody (my grandson) had been going through regular chemo treatments roughly every three weeks. We checked his blood count weekly (occasionally bi-weekly) to watch his ANC count, WBC (white Blood Cell), RBC (Red Blood Cells), Hemoglobin, Platelets, etc. If his levels drop too low, he's extremely prone to infections, bacteria, and viruses. To keep his count up, I had to give him a Neupogen shot daily when the doctor requested me to do so. As a grandparent, it was really hard at first because he didn't understand why we were giving him shots. But, over time, he understood what we were doing and even asked if I was going to "poke his leg" and get his Sesame Street bandaid. When the nurse would use a lancet to prick his finger, he ask her if she was, "going to milk the cow" the last few times. Now all he has is one more chemo treatment, have his G-Tube and Pic Line removed, and get his blood count back to normal again. Then he'll have to do a check-up every three months for a while and gradually increase the time periods between checkups. I don't know all the specifics at this time on the frequency of check-ups.

Regardless, this little fella is tough as nails, and I'm one proud "Papa". I'm looking forward to many trips to the lake to go fishing, football at Arrowhead, and baseball at Busch stadium.

Congrats!! Someone so young with a Pic line he is tough as nails. Was all his treatment at a local hospital?

They have a St. Judes unit at Mercy Hospice in Springfield, MO. They have an incredible staff that go above and beyond what a normal hospital would do. We'll definitely buy some new toys for children in St. Judes and do something for the regular staff.

That is what I was after let those that did a good job receive the support from the public that they deserve. :clap:

Praise the Lord, one of my best friends sons (early 20's) was just diagnosed... They are devastated

Awesome!!!!!!!!