Born: April 12, 1994
Illness: Osteosarcoma (bone cancer)
Quilt Deadline: April 1, 2008
Theme of Quilt: Quilt is now full and closed. Please check the other children for stitching information.
The following interests are mainly to help you get to know the child better.
You may use what you can towards the theme of the quilt, but make sure that
you stitch within the theme.
David's interests are: Silver, black and red, interests are games (video and board) and camping. David lives in NV.
Click here to see the squares for David as they come in for him! (Please keep in mind that his quilt wasn't opened to stitchers until February 2008)
Biography
This is David's story. He was complaining of a sore knee for a few weeks. Then the knee started to swell. So we took him to Urgent Care and they told us it was just a sprain. But the swelling got worse, so we took him to the Doctor. The doctor immediately ordered an MRI. The next day he called and ordered an X-ray because he said David has a bone tumor. Well, on October 12, 2007, we were sent to Oakland Children's Hospital, 4 1/2 hours away, for official diagnosis and treatment. David had to endure another MRI, a bone scan, 2 CT scans, echo-cardiogram, 2 kidney tests, a hearing test, ambulanced to San Francisco to meet the surgeon, biopsy, and the broviac surgery; all in a week. He was officially diagnosed with Osteosarcoma on October 18, 2007. Osteosarcoma is a highly malignant, very rare, very aggressive bone cancer. It has spread to his lungs. We were told he has 6 lung 'mets' (metastasized nodules); 5 in his right lung and 1 in his left lung. That is how aggressive this cancer is. He started chemo on October 20, 2007. He has had 2 rounds of chemo, and needs one more before surgery.
His surgery was on February 4, 2008. His surgery was a 'limb-salvage' surgery, he was able to keep his leg, at least for the time being. The surgery went well. We don't know what we are going to do about his lungs, yet. We are going to wait until he finishes chemo and see if the lung mets dissappear. He is such a trooper! He is only 13 and has cancer. We still find it so very surreal; and unreal! But with God we are going to get through this. We can't wait to see what God has in store for David; we know it must be something big!!
Written by David's mom in November 2007
