Sean Michael Hanson

Happy 6th Birthday to Sean, Kathleen and Heather!






Welcome to Seans web page. It has been provided to keep
people updated about Seans condition as he battles Neuroblastoma, a rare and devastating childhood cancer. Sean has stage 3 neuroblastoma with favorable biology which places him in an Intermediate Risk catagory. Sean is a triplet and was born on October 8th, 2002. His sisters are Kathleen and Heather. He has a 9yr. old brother Scott Andrew and an 23yr. old sister Tiffany. He was diagnosed on September 9th, 2003. He had an incomplete resection October 10th, 2003 at Sloan Kettering in N.Y. My Little Sean lost his Papa-(Daddy) suddenly on May 10, 2004. Seans page has become a family page at times. What happens to one of us effects all of the others. Sean is currently doing great and the Doctors feel his residual tumor is beginning to regress!

On June 22, 2005, Sean had surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering to reimplant his left ureter. September 9th, 2008 will be 5 years from the date of diagnosis of Neuroblastoma. He looks and feels fantastic. Sean's 2/06 MRI shows "Mild improvement" and no evidence of recurrence and his Renal Scan was good. 8/06 MRI-"probable scar tissue", Renal U/S is without change. Urine for catecholamines (secreted by the tumor) was normal. He saw the long term effects folks in February.
8/07 MRI-No evidence of disease recurrence or progression when compared to 8/06. Stable minor contracted L3-L4 neural foraminal soft tissue most compatible with treated disease-scar. 02/08 MRI-Minimal residual infiltrative changes within the L L3-4 neural is stable and compatible with treated disease/scar..Urine catecholamines HVA 9 (<17) VMA 6 (<8) He will see Dr. Sklar in August and the next MRI will be in Feb. He isn't exactley NED as there is still a little "something" showing up on scans, probably scar! It has not grown or changed and so we leave it alone! (Mom keeps hoping it will just disappear!)

Sean has a smile quilt.
http://smilequilt.com/seanh.html
It's really cute!


PLEASE SUPPORT ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND, LUNCH FOR LIFE, COINS 4 KIDS, CNCF, and ANGEL'S HOPE

Journal

Wednesday, October 8, 2008 0:56 AM CDT

October 8, 2008

~HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY TO KATHLEEN, SEAN AND HEATHER~

I can’t believe how quickly time is passing and you are growing up. The Tooth Fairy has been VERY busy around here! We have been having to go to bed early at least once a week to wait for a visit from the Tooth Fairy!
Today we will celebrate the kids birthday with our Special friend Rellie, at the rehearsal dinner for her wedding on Friday. All 4 kids are in her wedding. (Check back for pics!) Congratulations Rellie! We love you!

Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Once again Mrs. Keenan’s class held a stand at the Fall Festival. We had some special guests. The Stiles family-http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/laurastiles- was on Cape Cod for the weekend and made a special trip to our school to see us, complete with their Alex’s Lemonade shirts, and gifts for all the kids. It was great to see our friends again and to remember our Angel friend Laura who we had the honor of meeting in the summer of 2006. We also were visited by our friends Jan and Joe who also hold annual stands nearby. We actually met these friends through the Alex’s connection and now visit each others stands. They also came bearing gifts for all us. Thanks friends, we always love to see you! The kids of Mrs. Keenan’s multiage 1st and 2nd grade class did a great job with the stand and beat last years record for sales. There was a nice article in our local weekly paper. http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16032&Itemid=30

Fall
We made a quick trip to NH to see Grammy, Uncle David, Ashley and Sue. We went to the Blessing of the animals, the pumpkin patch where we go each year, we saw the Pumpkin People in the town of Jackson, NH., and we ate at our favorite restaurants. We got to play in Grammy’s yard and pick vegetables and pumpkins from her garden. The weather was great the the foliage was just about at it’s peak. It was a quick trip but we got lots of our annual pilgrimages done and it was a nice change. We hadn’t been in a long time.

School
Everyone is adjusting well to school and the kids are all making new friends. It is just great to see all the little minds at work. Their excitement for learning is so much fun to see. Big brother Scott is a great role model as well as a great teacher.

Angel’s Hope
Angel's Hope "Spread the Light" Auction~Cape Codder Resort
RT. 132, Hyannis, Ma October 24th, 5:30pm. Silent and Live Auctions
www.angelshope.org
Tickets are $45.00 Dinner Buffet and Door prizes. Please join us for a great night out for a great cause. Angel’s Hope supports families affected by Childhood Cancer and has done so much for our family.

A busy week
This is a very busy week with the kids birthday and Rellie’s Wedding. I’m sure there will be lots of great pics and memories to share.

Please remember to pray for our friends, especially the family of Brandon Loose who is free of Cancer in Heaven. http://www.caringbridge.org/pa/brandonloose

Thanks for checking on us and praying for us. Please pray that I find a job that will work for the kids and I soon!
God Bless,
Love, Ellen

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Hospital Information:

Patient Room: Home! The Hanson's 80 Liberty Lane, Marstons Mills, Ma. 02648

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021

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E-mail Author: ehanson89@aol.com

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