Ariella's Continued Fight Against Ewing's Sarcoma
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Ariella was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in her right tibia in February 2017.
Ariella went through 17 rounds of chemo, limb salvage surgery to save her leg which required an external fixator on her leg for a full year, over 20 rounds of radiation, countless hospital stays, pokes, exams, scans, Physical Therapy, and numerous side effects that come along with battling cancer. During the placement of two different central lines, she suffered from pneumothorax (punctured lung) which required very painful chest tubes.
She was deemed No Evidence of Disease (NED) in December 2017. However, scans in June 2018 revealed that the beast had returned. so our fight continued on.
Two variations of chemo were tried during the relapse treatment, but neither were working so we switched over to pazopanib to help keep the cancer stable.
SBRT radiation was completed on the two larger nodules on the lungs and three spots in her back, sacrum, and hip.
We recently were informed that the SBRT was successful and the cancer is not currently showing as active. Due to this, we are moving to Bone Marrow Transplant which is scheduled for February 26th, with many appointments, tests, and scans leading up to it. This will require an inpatient hospital stay of at least 4-6 weeks.
We haven't needed financial help and have appreciated all the support we have received from friends, family, and strangers (who have become family). However our situation is changing. Hopkins does not provide vouchers for parking or meals (Sinai does). Erica does not yet qualify again for FMLA and we both may have to take some unpaid leave. Many people have asked how they can help so we created this gofundme . We guarantee that all of the funds will go towards her continued treatment and treatment related expenses. Anything that is left over after treatment will go directly to Ariella's foundation that she has formed, Ari's Bears (www.acco.org/arisbears/)
#AriellaStrong (www.facebook.com/ariellapaigestein)
Ariella went through 17 rounds of chemo, limb salvage surgery to save her leg which required an external fixator on her leg for a full year, over 20 rounds of radiation, countless hospital stays, pokes, exams, scans, Physical Therapy, and numerous side effects that come along with battling cancer. During the placement of two different central lines, she suffered from pneumothorax (punctured lung) which required very painful chest tubes.
She was deemed No Evidence of Disease (NED) in December 2017. However, scans in June 2018 revealed that the beast had returned. so our fight continued on.
Two variations of chemo were tried during the relapse treatment, but neither were working so we switched over to pazopanib to help keep the cancer stable.
SBRT radiation was completed on the two larger nodules on the lungs and three spots in her back, sacrum, and hip.
We recently were informed that the SBRT was successful and the cancer is not currently showing as active. Due to this, we are moving to Bone Marrow Transplant which is scheduled for February 26th, with many appointments, tests, and scans leading up to it. This will require an inpatient hospital stay of at least 4-6 weeks.
We haven't needed financial help and have appreciated all the support we have received from friends, family, and strangers (who have become family). However our situation is changing. Hopkins does not provide vouchers for parking or meals (Sinai does). Erica does not yet qualify again for FMLA and we both may have to take some unpaid leave. Many people have asked how they can help so we created this gofundme . We guarantee that all of the funds will go towards her continued treatment and treatment related expenses. Anything that is left over after treatment will go directly to Ariella's foundation that she has formed, Ari's Bears (www.acco.org/arisbears/)
#AriellaStrong (www.facebook.com/ariellapaigestein)
Co-organizers (2)
David Stein
Organizer
Owings Mills, MD
Erica Davidson Stein
Co-organizer