Dr Seidel saw us today and we found out that basically where the donor bone had grafted to his bone just above the knee it has cracked and the screws holding the plate have pulled out. The graft bone is straight, but his own bone is tweaked to the side. We are not sure if it was a single injury or a combination of things but the result is that Dr Seidel will take out the old screws and put in new, larger ones. Aaron will hopefully only have to spend one night in the hospital and then he'll have a soft leg immobilizer brace and will go back to using the walker for a few weeks.
It is definitely a disappointment to have to start over with physical therapy, but obviously we are so happy that it wasn't a tumor that it seems like good news! Please just pray that Aaron experiences little pain and that the procedure goes smoothly.
Barbara
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- On August 27th 2008 we noticed that Aaron's leg appeared swollen. Within days he was diagnosed with metastatic Ewing's Sarcoma with the primary site in his left femur and tumors in both lungs. Soon he started a very aggressive chemotherapy regimen. He has finished 7 rounds of chemo and a resection of his femur, and now is undergoing a stem cell transplant. His own stem cells were cancer-free, so they were harvested and put back into his body after a very intense week of chemo that is meant to obliterate his bone marrow. Despite it all he has charmed his nurses and everyone at Phoenix Children's Hospital, and he continues to grow and thrive even when we were told he wouldn't. His prognosis is good, and he is a fighter!