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Peyton Benjamin Jackson is 15 years old and in the middle of his freshman year at Alvin High School. When he is not at school playing football or running track, he enjoys fishing, hunting and spending time with family and friends. His favorite drinks are Raspberry Peace Tea and Berry Propel. He loves steak, crawfish, pasta, gumbo, and all things sweet. He has a sister who is just shy of two years younger than him and we have two French bulldogs at home that adore him.
Wednesday February 10th we learned that Peyton has a mass in his chest causing fever, chest pain, trouble breathing, night sweats, etc. When we received the news, we were told to go directly to the emergency room. The emergency room saw him immediately and completed bloodwork and an ultrasound on his chest. The oncologist on duty shared that they needed more tests to be positive but the mass was most likely a cancer. They admitted him to the hospital that night.
Friday morning a biopsy was done via Interventional Radiology which is less invasive than operating. They collected tissue samples with a needle from the center of his chest. He did great, woke from anesthesia and has a small (less than 1”x1”) bandage. We were told full results from the pathology report would be in Monday or Tuesday. However, I begged for preliminary reports which the Drs shared with us Friday night.
The mass in Peytons chest isn’t an infection, it is cancer. They are leaning toward a type of lymphoma. The mass is sitting on top of/next to his heart and by his trachea causing it to be slightly out of place. His heart valves seem to be clear with no obstruction from the mass.
Next step is a full body CT and a petscan (I am not sure the correct term).
The Drs are confident that chemotherapy will be the treatment plan which will shrink the mass. Until we get results, we are unsure of radiology treatment is necessary as well.
Peyton is at Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
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