Sean Price's Osteosarcoma fight

Sean Price is a 20 year old Junior at Texas Tech University. He was born and raised in the Lake Travis area, went to Bee Cave Elementary, Lake Travis Middle School, and graduated from Lake Travis High School. He is an amazing man, who is in the honor society at Tech, has a wide circle of friends, loves to fish, is a World of Warcraft genius, and most importantly, Sean is an awesome son, brother, and friend. He was working this summer to save some money for school, but that was unfortunately cut short when, on June 23rd, he was diagnosed with chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible, which is a rare form of bone cancer. He originally went to the dentist because he noticed a small gap in his bottom front teeth and a small lump behind those same teeth. Dr. Sengbusch sent us to our oral surgeon, Dr. Perkins, who did the biopsy and was able to connect us with MD Anderson. Needless to say after the biopsy results came in, we were devastated, scared, confused and overwhelmed by emotions.

The rest of the summer has been spent traveling to and from MD Anderson meeting with doctors and determining a plan of action to take care of this cancer and let Sean get on with his life. The surgery that Sean faces is really like three surgeries in one. The first surgery will be to resect the part of the jaw with the tumor; the second surgery will be to remove his right fibula in order to create a new jaw, the third surgery will be to reconstruct his jaw and put him back together. All of this will take approximately 10 hours to complete. We will be in Houston for 2-3 weeks after the surgery, then back and forth for follow up appointments.

We have been blessed with absolutely amazing doctors at MD Anderson, and know that they are doing everything possible to make sure that Sean will have a long life ahead of him. Once the surgery is completed and they have analyzed everything, then the Sarcoma Team will determine what additional treatment, if any, will be needed. Even without chemo or radiation, Sean's recovery will be a long road, but with all of the prayers and support of family and friends, he will get through this, stronger than before, and ready to take on the world.

Friends and family have set up this account to help with the medical bills and the travel expenses for the Price family to travel back and forth to Houston. Please share and spread the word and help this incredible family fight! Your support is very appreciated.