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Dustin's Story
Our little boy Dustin Wade Smith was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer in June 2004 called Rhadomyosarcoma. This solid Tumor was located behind his Right eye in the orbit. Thanks to the Lord It was localized only to the orbits. This website was set up to allow family and friends to follow Dustin's progress and keep us all in there prayers. 1 year ago we did not know what the future held for our little boy. After 47 weeks of chemotherapy, 28 days of radiation at St Judes Hopital, Surgery to remove the bulk of the tumor, surgery to check out spots on lungs half way through treatment, eyelid sling placement to reopen damaged eyelid from original tumor removal and finally the port removal.... We can now say Dustin is cancer free and doing awsome! I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to those of you who continued to lift Dustin and our family up in prayer. The Lord has showed us so much on our Journey with childhood cancer. We will forever be changed by the things we went through and the people we have met along the way. Please check back often to see updates letting you know how Dustin is doing. Journal Friday, July 4, 2008 11:32 PM CDT HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BOY! Dustin turned 11 years old today! I woke up feeling ready for a great day. Although we didn't actually celebrate birthdays today we had a fun day! It seems with Dustin and His sister Rylee only having there birthdays 1 day apart it is like we celebrate for a week!!!! Dustin was taken out bowling and to a movie last night with his cousins, today we had a great afternoon full of beef Brisket, Baked Beans, Potatoe salad and lots of fireworks. Tomorrow is Rylees birthday and it will be filled with 4 little girls and a day at Build a Bear! Her wish! We will actually have a big birthday bash next weekend for the both of them and for Ben and I's 13 anniversary! On a side note I took Dustin to the Dr 2 days ago for a persistant cough and Since he will be traveling soon the Dr. Decided to do a chest X-ray just to be safe. After holding up the X-ray he said Dustins chest looked ok and an antibiotic should do the trick, but weirdly enough he and I could see a perfect circle the size of a nickel in his lung. Immediately I questioned this and he said it was odd to see something perfectly cirle in his lung so he would have radiology have a look! I was a bit concerned.... enough that I called his Oncologist and scheduled a Chest CT for This next Tuesday! Maybe a little over reactive but hey I figure better just be sure and he was due for one anyway! The Radiologist did say It looked ok and there isn't any reason to worry, but a Chest CT will make me feel Better! I will let you know next week how that turns out. Anyhow I hope everyone had a great 4th of July... I know I did! Love Shawna Hospital Information:
Links: http://www.caringbridge.org/tx/stephen Rhabdomyosarcoma comrade.. STEPHEN's PAGE |
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