Summary of Treatment:
No |
DATE |
DESCRIPTION |
|
2006 |
|
1 |
June 9, Fri |
·
First Emergency room visit to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
(SNHMC) ·
CT Scan |
2 |
June11, Sun |
·
Second emergency room visit to SNHMC ·
Laproscopic surgery to look at appendix. Normal. Found bowel
obstruction ·
Abdominal surgery to remove ten inches of small bowel containing tumor |
3 |
June 21, Wed |
·
Dr. Kenneth Howe removed Stanford’s stitches at 9:00 AM in East Center
of DHMC |
4 |
June 23, Fri |
·
Appointment with Dr. James O’Shea |
5 |
June 23, Fri |
·
Cancer staging CT Scans done at SNHMC ·
Blood work done at SNHMC |
6 |
June 26, Mon |
·
PET scan done at SNHMC |
7 |
June 26, Mon |
·
Bone marrow sample done at Dr. O’Shea’s office |
8 |
June 27, Tues |
·
Lumbar pucture done by Dr. Garcia |
9 |
June 28, Thu To June 30, Fri |
·
Stanford checked into pediatric ward of SNHMC because he is running a
fever. ·
CT scans |
10 |
July 7, Fri |
·
First appointment with Dr. Sara Chaffee at Dartmouth Medical Center in
Lebanon, NH |
11 |
July 26, Wed |
·
Appointment with Dr. Holcombe Grier at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
for second consultation ·
Ultra sounds done at Boston Children’s Hospital |
12 |
July 28, Fri To July 29, Sat |
·
Admitted to DHMC in Lebanon, NH ·
Port surgically implanted ·
Round 1. First chemotherapy
treatment. Protocol being followed is
that for Ewing’s sarcoma. The
following drugs received:
|
13 |
Aug 16, Wed |
·
Blood Work at SNHMC |
14 |
Aug 17, Fri To Aug 22, Tues |
·
Round 2. Return to DHMC for
chemo therapy. The following drugs
received:
|
15 |
Aug 23, Wed |
·
Neulasta administered at west center of DHMC in Nashua |
16 |
Sep 1, Fri |
·
CT scans at DHMC in Lebanon, NH.
Tumors still growing. |
17 |
Sep 6, Wed |
·
Blood Work at SNHMC |
18 |
Sep 8, Fri To Sep 9, Sat |
·
Round 3. Return to DHMC for
round 3 of chemo therapy. The
following drugs received:
|
19 |
Sep 26, Tues |
·
CT scans at DHMC in Lebanon, NH.
Tumors still growing. Stanford
started having lots of pain. |
20 |
Sep 28, Thu To Sep 30, Sat |
·
Round 4. Return to DHMC in
Lebanon, NH. Stanford lost 7 pounds
since the 26th. Admitted
to hospital. Received the following:
|
21 |
Oct 10, Tues |
·
Blood Work at SNHMC |
22 |
Oct 11, Wed |
·
Round 5. Return to DHMC in
Lebanon, NH. Repeat of the following:
|
23 |
Oct 20, Fri |
·
Return to DHMC for CT scans.
The results showed no or little tumor growth. First good news since this all started. |
24 |
Oct 23, Mon |
·
Blood Work at SNHMC |
25 |
Oct 25, Wed |
·
Round 6. Return to DHMC in Lebanon,
NH. Repeat of the following:
|
26 |
Nov 1, Wed |
·
Round 7. Return to DHMC in
Lebanon, NH for 2 hours of Erbitux |
27 |
Nov 6, Mon |
·
Blood Work at Dr. O’Shea’s office in Nashua |
28 |
Nov 8, Wed |
·
Round 8. The following
received at office of Dr. James O’Shea in Nashua:
|
29 |
Nov 11, Sat |
·
Neulasta injection at West Center of DHMC in Nashua, NH |
30 |
Nov 15, Wed |
·
Round 9. Erbitux administered
at office of Dr. James O’Shea in Nashua, NH |
31 |
Nov 17, Fri |
·
CT scans performed at DHMC in Lebanon, NH. Very distressing news.
Tumors still growing.
Devastating news. |
32 |
Nov 20, Mon |
·
Blood Work at SNHMC |
33 |
Nov 21, Tues |
·
Emergency Room visit at SNHMC.
CT Scan shows internal bleeding.
Emergency room doctor Dr. Burke says he could die any time. Dr. Howe looks at CT Scans. Says go to DHMC. ·
Taken by ambulance to DHMC.
Stabilized. On Wed, Nov 22nd,
given one bag of blood. Sent home by
ambulance. |
34 |
Nov 28, Tues |
·
Home Hospice nurse takes blood sample. HBG is at 9.4 showing improvement from last Wednesday, Nov 22nd,
when it was 8.0 before transfusion. |
35 |
Dec 4, Mon |
·
Blood drawn for lab work. HGB
8.8 ·
Late afternoon appointment with Dr. O’Shea at clinic. |
36 |
Dec 7, Thu |
·
Blood drawn for lab work. All
counts same or better than Dec 4th. HGB higher. |
37 |
Dec 11, Mon |
·
Appointment in morning with Dr. O’Shea ·
Round 10. Chemo started up
again. First infusion of Gemzar
(gemcitabine) |
38 |
Dec 18, Mon |
·
Appointment in morning with Dr. O’Shea ·
Blood drawn for lab work (Chemistry tests show liver is
struggling. Ammonia at 62, double the
normal amount) ·
Round 11. Second infusion of
Gemzar (gemcitabine) |
39 |
Dec 28, Thu |
·
Appointment in morning with Dr. O’Shea ·
Blood drawn for lab work (Chemistry tests show liver is still
struggling. Ammonia at 51.) ·
Round 12. Third infusion of
Gemzar (gemcitabine) |
40 |
Dec 29, Fri |
·
Blood transfusion of 2 units of blood performed at SNHMC pediatric
ward |
41 |
Jan 4, 2007 Thu |
·
Appointment in afternoon with Dr. O’Shea ·
Blood drawn for lab work (Chemistry tests show liver is still
struggling. Ammonia at 69.) ·
Round 13. Fourth infusion of
Gemzar (gemcitabine) |
42 |
Jan 11, 2007 Thu |
·
Appointment in afternoon with Dr. O’Shea ·
Blood drawn for lab work (Chemistry tests show liver is still
struggling even more. Ammonia at 73.) ·
Platelet count at 48,000 is too low to have chemo. Must take a week off. |
43 |
Jan 18, 2007 Thu |
·
Appointment in afternoon with Dr. O’Shea ·
Blood drawn for lab work (Chemistry tests show liver is still
struggling. Ammonia at 67. Hematology tests show all other counts
have rebounded adequately) ·
Round 14. Fifth infusion of
Gemzar (gemcitabine) |
44 |
Jan 22, 2007 Mon |
·
CT Scan performed at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center. Scan shows the tumors have not stopped growing. Very little liver left. Stanford isn’t going to make it. |
45 |
Jan 23, 2007 Tues |
·
Hospice Nurse Ilona came for her weekly visit. The change in condition is very
dramatic. Decision made to transfer
Stanford by ambulance to Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. ·
Stanford Mark Larsen passed away surrounded by his family and several
friends at 8:38 PM. |