Sunday, August 30, 2009

Officially in Count Recovery; Round 3

Today Seth is officially in count recovery, day 3. His counts are dropping (that's good right now) and we are hoping like heck he doesn't get sick so he can spend some time at home before round 4. Praying he stays infection free!

For all those who helped in anyway with the yard Sales over the past two weeks, we would like to thank you! We collected SO much stuff we were able to sell and raised money to help Seth and his family through this tough time. We are again so grateful for all you do for Seth, keep the prayers coming and stay tuned for the next fundraising event.


Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Multi-Family Charity Garage Sale

Multi-Family Charity Garage Sale
Saturday, August 29
7 AM - 1 PM
1236 West Pitchfork Road, Murray

We have a lot of baby and children clothing items; women and men clothing items; shoes; scrapbook items; baby toys; children's toys; home decor items; books; CDs; DVDs; holiday ornaments and decorations; skis; stereo speakers; and many, many other items all at great prices!

Please come and help support Seth and his family! We love you all!

Seth Returns to PCH for round 3....but there is GREAT news

Seth returned to the hospital today to begin round 3 of the Chemo. This round will consist of 5 days of chemo, type A and E...whatever that means :) They are tough doses and they expect his eyes will take the brunt of this round, meaning they will be ever vigilant with eye drops and expect to see some red eyes.

So, I promised test results as soon as I got them....

CT Scan: Clear!!!!!! This means all the masses they found in the beginning have shrunk/disappeared. They still see residual in the jaw bone area, but this is as they expected and say you may see that in scans in the future.

Bone marrow aspirate and Lumbar puncture: What they were hoping for in these tests is to see a 5% or less concentration of the Cancer/leukemic cells, down from the 15% the month previous. I am humble and grateful to report ZERO!!! Beyond what was expected. Truly our prayers are being answered and that is GREAT news.

Having said all of this, they will continue with SethMan's road map and continue the remaining courses of Chemo. Tests will continue to be run and progress checked. We are not out of the woods, but what a fighter SethMan is and what a privilege it is to know him!

Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. We are still accepting donations to help with the mounting expenses. We are grateful for all that have donated and helped in anyway, we wouldn't have made it this far alone! God Bless You!

PS: I am hoping for a picture soon....hint hint!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Seth had Surgery today....

Today Seth went into the hospital for 3 major events today: A lumbar puncture; to check the spinal fluid for cancer cells. Second the bone marrow aspirate / biopsy to check the concentration of cancer cells in his system after round two. Third they place the Broviac / central line; eventually to replace his pic-line. He was able to go home today and is scheduled to back Monday to start round 3. We are waiting for results still from the CT Scan, lumbar puncture, bone marrow and blood work. As these results come in, Darin promises to let me know so we can pass it along.

Please continue to remember Seth in your prayers. We feel the strength through your prayers and appreciate your love!

Benefit Garage Sale

ATTENTION EVERYONE!!!!! There is a yard sale this Saturday to Benefit SethMan....

Address: is 2942 West 12825 South Riverton, Utah
Time: 7am - 1pm

LOTS furniture, baby items, holiday stuff and LOTS and LOTS of great finds! Come check it out!

Friday, August 14, 2009

SethMan's 'home' update

Seth is doing well at home, everyone enjoying the "break" for what it is! There are some updates; Corbin and Jenna were tested for bone marrow matching a few weeks back. Neither of them are a match. This means we continue on the road of Chemo (which I believe is like 5-7 more rounds of Chemo). He is having a CAT scan today and blood work Sunday. The plan is to go in Monday for surgery to place the Broviac(I am sure I miss-spelled this, sorry); no more pic-line if he is doing well! This is like a Central line, less infection risk and can be left in place longer. His blood test results we are looking for will be for his cancer cell percentage to be under 5%.

There is a lot going on in the next few days, please pray for our SethMan, round 3 starts Tuesday! Love you all and thanks for your continued support, we could not do this alone!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Seth Goes Home!

YAHOO!! Seth got to go home today! We are so excited for the break for this little guy and the family to get home time! He is still on some medication but for the most part he is doing good.

Darin would like to thank all those who participated in the Motorcycle ride and fundraiser this past Saturday. It was a huge success and we are deeply grateful for the love and support from people we have never met! Your awesome and may you be blessed for your generosity.....

In addition to the ride, we would like to thank the AMAZING Doctor's and Nurse's at Primary Children's Hospital. You are blessings sent from above. Your devotion to Seth has been so comforting and appreciated. We know we have a long road ahead of us, but we feel confident you will get us through! Thank you a million times over!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Update - out of the PICU

Seth is in his own room again....Yippee~! He is recovering from the infection and is working on getting his ANC counts up. Seth has been put in the intermediate category for AML risk. What this basically means is that they are currently running test on siblings to see if there is a bone marrow match in either one. If yes, they proceed down that path. If no, they proceed with the rest of the chemotherapy; so long as he remains in the intermediate category. The High risk category would put him on the National Donor Registry for bone marrow and he would be definitely looking at transplant. What keeps him in the intermediate category is that after his first round of Chemotherapy his 'cancer counts' if you will went down. They need to continue going down after this round and we anticipate that they are/will.

Please pray that Seth can get his counts up and get healthy so that he can go home for a few days before round 3~ We love you all...thanks for the support!