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Connor Muscat 
Connor Anthony Muscat
Born: April 18, 1992
Family: brothers Carson (1994)and Chandler (1996),
dad Tony and mom Laura
Biopsy: June 2003
Diagnosis: July 9, 2003
Undifferentiated Sacoma
on the Right Chest Wall
but treated for Rhabdomyosarcoma
due to rarity
Insert Port a cath: July 2003
Begin 39 weeks of Chemo (VAC): July 2003
Vincristine/Actinomycin D/Cytoxan
Radiation: 5 weeks October, November 2003
Surgery: December 2003
Complete chemo: June 2004
Make-A-Wish Trip: July 2004 to Cayo Espanto, Belize
Relapse: December 2005
Re insert port a cath: January 2006
Begin 30 weeks of chemo: January 2006
Iphosphamide/Doxorubicin/Etoposide
Surgery to remove two tumors: February 22, 2006
Beat cancer a second time: August 2006 VICTORY!
Journal
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:59 PM CDT Wonderful news----Connor had another set of clean scans today!!!! AND he graduates to scans every six months instead of every four! He also had a good yearly echocardiogram report today. All good news---Praise be to God!
Connor has been very busy as robotics competition season is upon us. We've already gone to Washington DC, March 26-28 will be the Texas competition in Houston @ George R. Brown Hall C, and Nationals / Worlds will be in Atlanta the weekend of his 17th birthday - April 16-18! He loves every minute of it. In his spare time, he squeezes in time for his first girlfriend, Cara. He is "thinking" about which college he might want to attend in a year and a half--for engineering, of course!
Oh, Connor has a new spring card out through Children's Art Project named "Serenity". It is yellow, purple, and green----a scene of trees, fence, and birds in the sky. Just kinda fun news to share! It can be viewed at http://www.childrensart.org/product_info.php?cPath=97&products_id=1391
He is doing beautifully!
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed, hold on---one day at a time---God is NOT going to leave you---He is going to BLESS you!
One of the best things for me as a mom, was the day I realized it is not my job to heal my child. The healing is up to God and the doctors. My job is simply to LOVE my child---that's easy and I'm good at that!
The best therapy for my mind was listening to Christian radio (FM 89.3 in Houston). It takes a few weeks to get to know the songs, but not only did it constantly encourage and remind me of the love of Jesus and His promise to always be with us---but it reminded my children! I always had it on in the car, and I used to have to turn it on in the mornings while I put on my make-up because most of the battle is fought in the mind! So many of the songs spoke directly to my heart. The music kept my mind focused on what is right and good.
God is good all the time.
All the time, God is good.
Laura, Tony, Connor, Carson, and Chandler
This year's robot- http://ccisdrobonauts.org/media/video.htm#vid12
Three week robot- http://ccisdrobonauts.org/media/video.htm#vid12
Rules of the game "Lunacy"- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnGfbGzEFrM
Robonauts- http://ccisdrobonauts.org/
Read Journal History
Hospital Information: Children's Cancer Hospital at M D Anderson
Links: http://www.cancerwise.org/september_2003/ Article about Connor staying in regular school during treatment
http://www.cancerwise.org/september_2003/display.cfm?id=075e0082-d5b0-4225-8d4526091560ef5a&color=blue&method=displayfull&color=blue Another article about school
http://texgulf.wish.org/mission_i.htm Featured article from Connor's trip!!!!
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