SYDNEY SIMS

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FIRST DAY OF 7TH GRADE!!!!!


January 15,2004
Diagnosis  Neuroblastoma stage 4

January 20  May 2004  All Childrens Hospital, FL
4 high dose rounds of Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, & Vincristine Chemotherapy
2 high dose rounds of Cisplatin & Etoposide Chemotherapy
Stem cell harvest

July 2, 2004  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NY
Surgery  tumor resection, left adrenal gland, and lymph nodes

July 19,2004  MSKCC
1 high dose round of Cyclophosphamide, Topotecan, & Vincristine Chemo

September 2, 2004   MSKCC
Radiation to left femur  10 treatments
1 high dose round of Cyclophosphamide & Irinotecan Chemo

October 2004  MSKCC
***1st clean Bone Marrow biopsies (No Evidence of Disease)***
Only disease located in left femur
Began round 1 of 3f8 antibody treatment/GMCSF followed by Accutane

November 2004  MSKCC
Round 2 of 3f8/GMCSF followed by Accutane
Acquired HAMA (Human Anti-Mouse Antibody)
Successful Stem Cell harvest
Radiation to Skull 10 treatments
Radiation to Orbits 10 treatments
Radiation to Abdomin 10 treatments

February 21, 2005  MSKCC
Round 3 of 3f8/GMCSF
(Stopped treatment 3 days into it due to allergic reaction)
Continued on Accutane
Acquired HAMA again

April 17 2005  MSKCC
Completed round 5 of Accutane, stopped treatments  toxic

April 19,2005  MSKCC
Disease ***RELAPSE*** in Bone Marrow

April 25,2005 MSKCC
1 high dose round of Cyclophosphamide, Irinotecan, & Vincristine Chemo

May 31,2005  MSKCC
1 high dose round of Cyclophosphamide, Irinotecan, & Vincristine Chemo

June 2005  MSKCC
*** Bone Marrows   NED *****
Persistant spot in left femur
Began Low Dose Temodar Chemotherapy, Thalidomide, & celebrex (T.T.C.)
Completed 6 cycles

February 2006  MSKCC
MIBG scan results  Spot in Femur Appears to have intensified

March 16,2006  MSKCC
Radiation  (2nd time) Femur 7 high dose treatments

March 20,2006 MSKCC
1 high dose round of Irinotecan chemotherapy followed by
2 cycles of low dose T.T.C.

June 2006  All Childrens
Stopped Temodar chemo, (low blood counts)
Continued Thalidomide, Celebrex

September 25, 2006  MSKCC
Began round 1 of 3f8 antibody/ Beta Glucan

October 31, 2006  MSKCC
Round 2 of 3f8/beta glucan

December 5, 2006  MSKCC
Round 3 of 3f8/beta glucan  cut short 1 week due to HAMA

December 18,2006
Round 1 of Accutane

Jan 15, 2007
Round 2 of Accutane

February 12,2007
Round 3, 4, & 5 of Accutane, still HAMA
Disease remains in Femur  stable


May 2007
RELAPSE - SYdney has a new tumor on her aeorta behind her heart


June 2007
Surgery to remove new tumor, Chemotherapy - 5 rounds so far of Irinotecan/Temodar
Radiation - 10 "hits" to new tumor bed



December 2007
1/2 round (1 week) of Heat induced, High Dose 3F8 antibodies (12 Xs the strength of previous 3f8) Acquired HAMA after first week


January 2008
1 round low dose Temodar chemotherapy - marrow was too weak for it - took 6 weeks to recover, stopped chemo again

February 2008
Started Accutane for the 3rd time

APRIL 2008
Started Thalidomide and Celebrex again - completed 4 cycles

JULY 2008
Scans show stress fractures in Left Knee and left Tibia bones. All other disease - stable

AUGUST 2008
Starts 5th cycle of Celebrex and Thalidomide. Disease is stable in left femur - possible new spot in right hip (questionable)



This is a summary of Sydneys cancer treatments ONLY.  It does not include the countless number of Blood Transfusions, CT scans, MIBG scans, Bone Marrow biopsies and surgical procedures, GCSF shots, antibiotics for infections, and many, many hospital stays.  She has been through A LOT, and she is go
ing to BEAT THIS CANCER!!!


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If you would like to make a donation to help the family with all of the extra expenses and suppliment the loss of income, a fund has been set up for that purpose.  It is called the Sydney Sims Family Fund.  Rhonda Spradlin, the trustee, set up the fund, and handles all of the transactions at Bank of America.  The fund helps the family pay some of their monthly bills, along with plane tickets and other expenses incurred during travel.  Checks can be made out to....Sims Family Fund and mailed to...  Trustee @ 2817 Durant Trails Blvd.   Dover, FL 33527
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Journal

Thursday, October 2, 2008 3:27 PM CDT

Hello again,

Just a quick update:

Sydney had the CT scan of her knee/tibia growth plate yesterday. I got the call from her Ortho-Oncologist this afternoon letting me know that his diagnosis was correct. She has what's called a "Physeal Bar" in the proximal tibia growth plate, along with a stress fracture (that we already knew about). You can Google what a physeal bar is - that is what I had to do to figure it out. Apparently, it is pretty serious, and could stop her growth if it is not removed. It is in the same leg as the cancer in the femur (left), and the femur is already not going to grow anymore. We do not want the bottom bone in the leg to not grow either.

So....what next?? We are being referred to a specialist (pediatric orthopod), who deals with this sort of thing much more than the Ortho Oncologist. Hopefully, we will get in to see him soon, but basically, he will need to do surgery to remove the physeal bar, and replace it with something else to keep it from growing back, and the fracture needs to heal. We do not know how invasive it is, or how long the recovery will be. I have lots of questions for the new Dr. I really hate that she has to go through another surgery, but the Dr thinks it is needed.

We will be in NY Oct 19 - 25 for 3f8 antibody therapy, and I will try to get a second opinion while we are there and make sure we are doing the right thing. Although, this knee pain has gone on too long, and Syd just wants it to be fixed so that she can be out of pain.

Thanks for checking in on us again. Please pray for complete healing for Sydney and all of the children fighting for their lives everyday.

Until next time, Michelle

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