As you know, my mom has been updating the blog on my behalf. I have asked her to do so because the storm of emotions that I face when I attempt to type everything out is just too much. Updating the blog means reliving each experience, each emotion, every fear and every nightmare.....something I don't particularly have the strength for right now.
I have received some emails asking exactly what was going on. From what I can gather, some of you are confused about the events from the past two weeks. Here is a brief synopsis.
William was cancer free for 4 months. Scans in January showed one small new active tumor in abdominal. Radiation was scheduled to treat new cancer activity and permanently kill old calcified tumors. Two weeks ago William started loosing weight and complaining of abdominal pain. CT revealed that the cancer returned and it came back in the form of 12+ new tumors (all attached to vital organs) the tumor seen in January had grown 300%. William's body is too weak and fragile to do any sort of aggressive chemo. Please read my mom's blog entry to find out more about what we are doing and why http://www.williamkloppersjourney.com/2012/03/meeting-with-panel-of-doctors-is-never.html
Right now our biggest frustration is batteling Williams's health insurance to pay for the items he needs while on hospice. Secondly, we don't have a hospice facility that will except William- most say he is either too young for them, or they won't accept his insurance. We have faith that Dr Andersen and his staff will come to a workable arrangement with local institutions. We will keep you informed.
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