, it leads to nerves that are attached to Braden's arm. This could lead to nerve damage. There is also the risk of uncontrolled bleeding. Neuroblastoma is one of those tumors that can bleed really easily and it can be hard to stop. When we met with the oncologist, he said that we have two options to chose from. Either do 6 rounds of intense chemotherapy which would lead to stem cell transplant, more blood transfussions, more platlet transfussions and a very sick litte boy. He also said that he has lost patients due to the high doses of toxicity that it causes in your body. The other option we have is the wait and see what happens. We would follow up with scans every 3 months. The risk with this is that we are not sure if the cancer will spread somewhere else and if it went to his brain or lungs it would probably not be treatable. The other factor that we have to take into account is that, the oncologist is not certain the intense chemo will shrink the tumor. Becuase Braden's tumor is so mature, it may be hard to shrink. We have a CT scan on Monday and we are hoping that this will give us some answers to help us make our decission. Our hope is that the tumor has shrunk on its own! We continue to pray the God will give us an answer Loud and Clear so that we know which path to take.
We also found out that St. Jude does not accept patients who have already had treatment elsewhere. They do however give advise to doctors ,after looking over Braden's scans and records, St. Jude advises to do intense chemo along with CHOP and New York.
We also found out that St. Jude does not accept patients who have already had treatment elsewhere. They do however give advise to doctors ,after looking over Braden's scans and records, St. Jude advises to do intense chemo along with CHOP and New York.
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