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It is with a very heavy heart that i make this post. A lot of people have been asking what's going on with Jennifer so her is what's going on.
About a month ago Jennifer had a mass come up on the right side of her neck. It grew to the size of a golf ball within a week. She went to the ER the figure out what going on. The ER did several test and sent her home saying it was not life threatening and they were going to refer her to the ENT for further testing. About a week later she went in for the ENT visit and they determined they needed to do a biopsy of the mass. They scheduled her for a needle biopsy later that week. While performing the needle biopsy the doctors did a scan of her neck and the mass was much larger than they originally thought. From the biopsy they were able to determine that cells found were not supposed to be in her body. They were concerned with her breathing and decided to schedule Jennifer for a visit to determine what was going on with her breathing before anymore procedures could be done. The next day the care team called and scheduled Jennifer for a scope of her throat, mouth, and lungs. They felt this was the best way to move forward and really understand exactly what was going on. On Monday July 6th they perform the scope of her throat, mouth, and lungs. During the procedure the doctors found masses in her tongue(removed), tonsils(removed) and lungs(removed) as well as the mass in her neck(not removed). The did pathology on each of the masses and it was determined that Jennifer has Cancer. The doctors were unable to remove the mass in her neck because of the location of the mass and the operating room was not set up for such a dangerous surgery. The doctor did not feel comfortable removing the mass in her neck because it is pressing on the artery in her neck. Jennifer is in pain but is at home recovering. As of now Jennifer's case has been turned over to an oncologist team for further treatment. Right now we do not know the exact type, staging, or treatment plan. We meet with the oncologist and cancer care team on July 13th do discuss treatment and the next steps in the fight. We will continue to post updates regularly.
About a month ago Jennifer had a mass come up on the right side of her neck. It grew to the size of a golf ball within a week. She went to the ER the figure out what going on. The ER did several test and sent her home saying it was not life threatening and they were going to refer her to the ENT for further testing. About a week later she went in for the ENT visit and they determined they needed to do a biopsy of the mass. They scheduled her for a needle biopsy later that week. While performing the needle biopsy the doctors did a scan of her neck and the mass was much larger than they originally thought. From the biopsy they were able to determine that cells found were not supposed to be in her body. They were concerned with her breathing and decided to schedule Jennifer for a visit to determine what was going on with her breathing before anymore procedures could be done. The next day the care team called and scheduled Jennifer for a scope of her throat, mouth, and lungs. They felt this was the best way to move forward and really understand exactly what was going on. On Monday July 6th they perform the scope of her throat, mouth, and lungs. During the procedure the doctors found masses in her tongue(removed), tonsils(removed) and lungs(removed) as well as the mass in her neck(not removed). The did pathology on each of the masses and it was determined that Jennifer has Cancer. The doctors were unable to remove the mass in her neck because of the location of the mass and the operating room was not set up for such a dangerous surgery. The doctor did not feel comfortable removing the mass in her neck because it is pressing on the artery in her neck. Jennifer is in pain but is at home recovering. As of now Jennifer's case has been turned over to an oncologist team for further treatment. Right now we do not know the exact type, staging, or treatment plan. We meet with the oncologist and cancer care team on July 13th do discuss treatment and the next steps in the fight. We will continue to post updates regularly.
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Kevin Duffy
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Fort Worth, TX