The Notebook pays off. In two previous posts, I mentioned that they would be using this time to take another biopsy of the tumor and bone marrow. I mentioned this in the Texts to A Friend and Texts to Mat’s Stepmom. From The Notebook I have notes - 7:30 a.m. Dr. Gonzales came in (so at this point Mathew is still on 5 South). - 8:45 a.m. A member of the Medical Oncology team came in and mentioned another biopsy. - 10 a.m. Dr. Creelan from Medical Oncology Then, we get the news Mathew is being transferred and that Dr. Damon Reed will be the head of his oncology team. Dr. Reed is the head of the Sarcoma Clinic and that the diagnosis is Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Sarcoma. No New Biopsy is needed! - Then Mathew is transferred. - Jennifer Shaw, the pharmacist in charge of chemo, comes in and spends a lot of time explaining the different types of chemotherapy Mathew will receive. (I will cover this in a separate post)...
A Journey through Sarcoma is a chronicle of my son's journey through Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Sarcoma. It is intended to educate and inspire by using Mathew’s thoughts and feelings, dreams and fears through a variety of mediums; art, music and writing. Sarcomas are the rarest cancers and predominantly affect the young. This is the story of Sarcoma.