Welcome to Jarrett's Page. Jarrett is an active 8 year old boy. He loves all sports - baseball, football (especially the James F. Byrnes Rebels), soccer, basketball, and NASCAR. He enjoys singing with his daddy and playing outside with his sister, Olivia.
Jarrett has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a rare solid tumor childhood cancer. It arrises from the neurocrest cells. Jarrett's tumor began on his adrenal gland (above his kidney). It spread to the right kidney, spleen, pancreas, and liver. It also displaced his inferior vena cava and the abdominal arota. The cancer has also spread to his lymph nodes, bone marrow, and four areas on his bones (his skull, four ribs, and a vertebra). Jarrett has undergone 6 rounds of chemotherapy and surgery to remove his right kidney and the main tumor. He had a stem cell transplant in Charleston, SC and undergone 12 radiation treatments in Greenville, SC. He has completed 6 months of oral chemo. Jarrett is now enjoying being off of all of treatments.
"Enjoy what you've got, while you've got it" Christi Thomas age 5 NB angel
Journal
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:43 PM CDT
I was not kidding about the kids finding things for me to do after school ended.
Jarrett is playing all star baseball. He has practice three or four times a week. The all star tournament will begin this Friday night. Jarrett loves playing baseball, but he is ready for a break.
We just returned from a week at Palmetto Bible Camp. Dean, Nathan, Jarrett and I spent the week working, playing. catching up with camp friends, and learning more about our incredible God.
The boys are leaving Sunday for Camp Happy Days. So, I need to re-pack for them.
We are also trying to redo a house to move into by next week. Dean has put in a lament floor and still has one room to paint and carpet to lay. I has been cleaning and cleaning. Olivia has been packing.
Olivia has spent her time out of school in Gaffney googling everything there is not know about the Jonas Brothers. In case you need to know ANYTHING about the JoBros, please ask Olivia.
Jarrett also started a Summer Accelleration program at school. He is not happy about going to school in the summer. Hopefully, we will both survive 3 weeks of school this summer.
Jarrett will have a chest x-ray and an ultra sound in July. It is weird (but a good weird) not to have full scans.
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