Sean Michael Hanson

Sean with Chris Igo Jr., race car driver and Alex's Lemonade Host!




Welcome to Seans web page. It has been provided to keep
people updated about Seans condition as he battles Neuroblastoma, a rare and devastating childhood cancer. Sean has stage 3 neuroblastoma with favorable biology which places him in an Intermediate Risk catagory. Sean is a triplet and was born on October 8th, 2002. His sisters are Kathleen and Heather. He has a 8yr. old brother Scott Andrew and an 22yr. old sister Tiffany. He was diagnosed on September 9th, 2003. He had an incomplete resection October 10th, 2003 at Sloan Kettering in N.Y. My Little Sean lost his Papa-(Daddy) suddenly on May 10, 2004. Seans page has become a family page at times. What happens to one of us effects all of the others. Sean is currently doing great and the Doctors feel his residual tumor is beginning to regress!

On June 22, 2005, Sean had surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering to reimplant his left ureter. September 9th, 2007 will be 4 years from the date of diagnosis of Neuroblastoma. He looks and feels fantastic. Sean's 2/06 MRI shows "Mild improvement" and no evidence of recurrence and his Renal Scan was good. 8/06 MRI-"probable scar tissue", Renal U/S is without change. Urine for catecholamines (secreted by the tumor) was normal. He saw the long term effects folks in February.
8/07 MRI-No evidence of disease recurrence or progression when compared to 8/06. Stable minor contracted L3-L4 neural foraminal soft tissue most compatible with treated disease-scar. 02/08 MRI-Minimal residual infiltrative changes within the L L3-4 neural is stable and compatible with treated disease/scar..Urine catecholamines HVA 9 (<17) VMA 6 (<8) He will see Dr. Sklar in August and the next MRI will be in Feb.

More Great News!

Sean has a smile quilt.
http://smilequilt.com/seanh.html
It's really cute!


Scott's class Postcard Collection
Last year was the first time a card was received from every state! Please help these 1st and 2nd graders to learn geography, reading and writing the fun way!
Scott Hanson
Mrs. Keenan's Class
MMEHMCPS
760 Osterville/W. Barnstable Rd.
Marstons Mills, Ma. 02648
Thanks to everyone who participated last year!


PLEASE SUPPORT ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND, LUNCH FOR LIFE, COINS 4 KIDS, CNCF, and ANGEL'S HOPE









Happy Mother's Day!

Journal

Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:30 AM CDT

May 17, 2008
First Holy Communion for Scott today! Many thanks to his catechism teacher, Mrs. Prygocki.

Next week (5/24) is his Birthday.

May 12, 2008
Our Pal Emily passed away peacefully today. She has been healed in Heaven. Please say a prayer for her sister Mary Grace, as they are twins. Emily shared her Flat Stanley school project with my kids as they are also Multiples. The kids had a lot of fun with the project. Sean said that he would love to be flat and travel around the world in an envelope. If I were flat, I would send myself to Florida and give a big hug to Mary Grace and her Mom and Dad. Also her classmates at school. Please say a prayer for our friend and her family.
http://www.caringbridge.org/fl/emilyadamson

May 10, 2008
Today is the day that Papa went to Heaven. I can’t believe it has been 4 years. Sometimes it feels like forever, and other days I still can’t even believe it is real. I didn’t do much today to mark the day as we remember Papa everyday, and Scott does not like to dwell on it as it makes him too sad. I went to the cemetery yesterday alone and left flowers. Scott only likes to go there when we can “work” and yesterday it was raining. Papa would understand. Scott cried at bedtime and said he missed Papa’s warmth. I do too. He put on one of Papa’s t-shirts to warm him up and was fast asleep in minutes. Thanks to everyone who has given us so much love and support and continues to help us in so many ways. Thank you to Carol and Bob for thinking of me and for the gorgeous spring tulips that happened to arrive at just the right time.

Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone. I’ve gotten my gifts early this year, as the kids are so excited, it seems to be Mother’s Day weekend. Scott made me a beautiful candy dish with his “Big Brother” Tom today. It’s made from beads of plastic and then heated into a dish. He was very excited and couldn’t wait for me to open it. He told me about why he chose or did not choose each color. He also came home with yummy looking Mother’s Day muffins all ready for our breakfast. The kids made drawings with thoughts on “My Mom”. Each remembered that I like chocolate. Sean and Kathleen had my age as “91” and “81”. Most days it feels like that! Heather had me at “33”. They are very cute and are laminated so that I can look back at them when I really am “91”. I’ve gotten many cards with love hearts all over them and others that we have to cut out in the shape of a love heart. Scott brought me home flowers he planted at school but thought that he really ought to take care of them since mine don’t do so well. Kathleen, Sean and Heather also brought home plants from school, and it’s not even Mother’s Day until tomorrow. I wonder what the day will bring. Probably lots of squeezes (hugs) and kisses. Please remember especially today all the Angel Mom’s who have lost their children and have to go on without them, as well as all the Mom’s who are helping their children fight cancer and other illnesses.

Alex’s Lemonade
Both Baseball and Soccer were canceled due to the rain. I had read about a thoughtful young man who was holding a Lemonade Stand and so we donned our Lemonade shirts and off we went. Chris Igo Jr. had heard about Alex from his Dad who works at Stacy’s Pita Chips. Stacy’s donates chips to be given out at the Stands. (I first tried them at one of our stands and now I’m addicted to the Garlic flavor.) Chris is 16 years old and races a minicup car, a 1/2 scale version of a NASCAR cup car. The kids love our Alex’s Lemonade Stands and are getting to be professional Lemonade Hosts. It’s fun to watch them get dressed up in Yellow and Pink Lemonade colors and sing the Lemonade song. We met Chris and his Dad and the kids had a great time climbing in and out of the race car while pouring themselves Lemonade and drinking it all. We learned about the races at Seekonk Motor Speedway and they sound like great fun on Friday nights. Chris even has the Alex’s Logo painted on his car with his own version of the tag line, “Fighting Childhood Cancer one Lap at a time”. It was a pleasure to meet them and we’ll look forward to taking in the races. Thanks Chris for helping to raise awareness of Childhood Cancer and for helping kids! Thanks also for letting my kids climb all over your car and have an exciting day! For more about Chris see http://www.igoracing.com/index.html

National Alexs Lemonade Days and Our Friends
We have booked our Alex’s Lemonade Stand for Saturday June 7th, 8am.-2pm. at Botello Lumber, Rt. 28, Mashpee, Ma. (Cape Cod)
My Friend Heather will be hosing one on Sunday, June 8th, 10am-4pm. at 192 Hampshire St. Methuen, Ma.

My sister Katie will be hosting one at Madbury Days, in Madbury, NH on June 14th.

My friends Jan and Joe will be hosting one also on June 14th at Cedarville Shaw’s supermarket in Plymouth, Ma., 10am-6pm.

Please stop by and say hello if you are in the area, or go to www.alexslemonade.org to see how to host your own stand. It’s easy and fun and so many kids with cancer need your help now.

Thanks everyone for helping kids!

Postcards
Thanks to everyone who is taking the time to send Scott and his class postcards, (address above), for their class project. It is a great way for the kids to learn geography and about places and people around the world.


Thanks for checking on my family and our friends, Happy Spring!

Prayers Please for our friends and their families..
Emily-http://www.caringbridge.org/fl/emilyadamson
Janie-http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/janie
Spencer-http://www.caringbridge.org/canada/spencer


God Bless,
Love, Ellen
XO

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Hospital Information:

Patient Room: Home! The Hanson's 80 Liberty Lane, Marstons Mills, Ma. 02648

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021

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E-mail Author: ehanson89@aol.com

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