UPDATED POST. MARCH 28TH, 2017. Welcome to our CaringBridge site. We created to page it to keep friends and family updated during the worst time of our lives. Today, almost a year after Diego finished chemotherapy, the prognosis is really good. He keeps on doing labs and visiting his oncologists once a month and undergoing innumerable tests (MRIs, CT scans, PET scans, Bone scans, echo-cardiograms) every 3-4 months. Our reality is different now, but we will never be carefree. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement during our past process and our current post-treatment period. I hope someone could find some comfort and hope in my words in the unfortunate case that your life has been or is being touched by any type of cancer. Gracias.
ORIGINAL POST. NOVEMBER 13TH, 2015. Our 14-year old son Diego was diagnosed with an B-cells non-Hodgkins lymphoma affecting his left tibia and his right pelvis on November 4th after 2 months of pain and physical therapy for what we believed was a bursitis on his left knee. He had surgery on his left tibia to alleviate his pain and treat an early diagnosis of osteomyletis (bone infection) on Friday October 30th. When the extracted tissue was analyzed, its pathology came back showing a lymphoma on his left tibia. After numerous tests another tumor was found on his right pelvis. Last week he started 1/2 dose of chemo to see how his body reacted and everything went as well as can be expected. He is starting his first cycle of chemo today, Nov. 13th. This will be a slow process with ups and downs and hopefully a time we will remember not because of the severity of the disease but for the incredible acts of generosity and care that our family and friends are showing us. Marta & Samuel Silva.
Nuestro hijo Diego de 14 años de edad fue diagnosticado el 4 de noviembre con un linfoma de células B que afecta su tibia izquierda y pelvis derecha, después de 2 meses de dolor y terapia física para lo que creíamos era una bursitis en la rodilla izquierda. Tuvo una cirugía en la tibia izquierda para aliviar su dolor y tratar a un diagnóstico precoz de osteomyletis (infección ósea) el viernes 30 de octubre. Cuando se analizó el tejido extraído, su patología mostró un linfoma en su tibia izquierda. Después de numerosas pruebas se encontró otro tumor en la pelvis derecha. La semana pasada comenzó 1/2 dosis de quimioterapia para ver cómo su cuerpo reaccionaba y todo salió tan bien como puede esperarse. Hoy, 13 de noviembre, está empezando su primer ciclo de quimioterapia. Este será un proceso lento, con altibajos y que con suerte recordaremos en el futuro no por la gravedad de esta enfermedad, sino por los increíbles actos de generosidad y cariño que nuestra familia y amigos nos están mostrando. Samuel y Marta Silva.
