Dwain Dewey Dwain Dewey

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.


It all started with a CT scan searching for a hernia that turned out to not be a hernia. An enlarged lymph node was the first warning sign. 
A biopsy came next that determined there were squamous cancer cells found in the lymph nodes. 


Our family physician  Dr. Leann Detar-Newbert gave us the cancer diagnosis on Thursday, June 8th.  She moved quickly to get Dwain into Providence Medical Center Radiology for a chest CT and a Bone Scan. The results were All Clear! Now What?
More tests, More Scans, Biopsies, blood draws and answering what felt like a thousand questions for a wide cast of KU Med Cancer Center Dr's, nurses, and a cast of many wonderful caring individuals. 


On June 20th we met our primary oncologist Dr. Marci Allen, a KU Oncologist,  who has an office in the Providence Medical Center Dr's Building. We still did not know the primary cancer site. The search continued until our surgical oncologist Dr. Mazin Al-Kasspooles did a biopsy and confirmed the cancer diagnosis July7th.  Two lymph nodes were involved as well as a place in the lower groin area. (Dwain remains a very private person and has decided to not say exactly where his cancer is. 


Treatment began July 26th with a chemo infusion at the KU West Cancer Center. Radiation #1 with Dr. Jay Rabinow at Providence. Dr. Allen gave Dwain 6 chemo pills a day to take and other meds to counter-act the chemo and radiation side-effects.