Dillon is 3 years old. He was 1st diagnosed with Neuroblastoma on June 6, 2000. He a tumors behind his left eye, behind his right lung, in both adernial glands, and in his bone marrow. He started chemo on June 11, 2000 within 3 days of chemo the tumor behind his eye had began to shrink. He went through 4 rounds of chemo, then he had surgery to remove the tumors from the adernial glands. He has 3 more rounds of chemo the on November 22nd he had a stem cell transplant. Dillon was released from the hospital on December 11, 2000 in full remission. He had radiation treatment in Feburary, 2001. Dillon stayed in remission almost 9 months. On August 22nd he had a head CT which revealed 2 tumors in the frontal lobes of his brain. A MRI revealed several tumors along his spine. He also has a spot on his 8th left rib and left hip socket. He started Topetecan on August 24th.

Journal

Thursday, July 6, 2006 1:51 PM CDT

On June 26th Dillon would have turned 8 years old. I wonder what he would look like and be interested in, would he run his mouth non-stop like his brother. Would he like Dinosaurs like his baby brother Zack? I can't belive he's been an Angel longer than he was with us. Almost all of the friends he had while he was here have joined him in Heaven. His Nanny also joined him 2 years ago. Zack is now 4 1/2 years old and mad because he won't get to go to "big kid" school next year. He missed the cut off for starting kindergarten. He runs his little mouth non-stop most days. I'm working full time at a Mortgage Co. in Little Rock. Tony is still in the Army(5 1/2 years left until he can retire). That's about all that is going on with us. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BIG BOY!!!!! I MISS YOU SOOOO MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY I GET TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER!! LOVE MOMMY!!!

Hospital Information:

Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall St.
Little Rock, AR 72202
501-320-1100

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E-mail Author: LisaRolins@aol.com

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