Christopher Schwier was diagnosed with stage 3 high risk neuroblastoma (treated as a stage 4) on 3/14/03 just one month before his 2nd birthday. His tumor was 17x12x9cm. It had compressed his right kidney, displaced his aorta to the right side, incased his ureter, compressed his heart and his lungs. He went through 5 rounds of chemotherapy,surgery to remove the tumor, 1 round of high dose chemo with a stem cell transplant, 14 radiation treatments, and 6 months of accutane at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital in St. Louis MO. He also had 9 rounds of monoclonal antibodies (3f8) at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York. He is currently considered ned (no evidence of disease).
He has two brothers...Brandon (his twin) and Aaron. He also has an older sister named Amanda.

Journal

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:03 PM CDT

Chris is doing great! He is enjoying the summer. He and Brandon are playing t-ball in Perryville Mo again. They love playing ball. Don is going to truck driving school. He will get his cdl tomorrow. He will probably start his new job in about a week. I hope he likes driving a semi. He will be gone a lot and I am not real happy about that. I will miss him as will the kids.

Amanda is still living in Dexter Mo. She likes it there and will be able to graduate in December. She wants to go to college to become a radiology tech. She has a part time job at Wendy's.

Aaron is learning to play the guitar. He wants a bass but I wanted him to start with an acoustic. He also plays the trombone. He is playing baseball too.

Chris and I will be at Sloan on the 11th of August. We scheduled the same day as Amelias appointment. Amelia and Chris were getting 3f8 at the same time. Her mom and I hit it off real well. So we are hoping to spend some time together. We haven't seen each other in a long time. I am excited about seeing both of them.

Thanks for checking in on Chris. God Bless!!

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