Medical Fund for Chris Jack
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This funding is for our Son-In-Law, Christopher Jack (his wife Tonya, and three very loving children - Mattie, Lilly and Spenser).
For a little over a year now they have been dealing with a small knot of the back of Christopher’s back, he had recently gotten back into playing tennis, so they thought that it was a torn muscle. Chris began going to his doctor over the course of the next 6 months with the doctor’s prognosis that it was "probably a torn muscle" and just continued to prescribe muscle relaxers and Ibuprofen. It wasn't until this past April 2017 when Tonya noticed Chris's "knot" aggressively started growing and had doubled in size. Once again, Chris began doctor visits again in June.
After two very frustrating Emergency Room visits and still no answers...They asked the doctors if they could at least get an MRI to see if anything could be seen and they transferred Chris to Mercy hospital in OKC. By the end of October, the doctors decided they needed to perform a biopsy to determine what they were dealing with as they had never run across this type of condition before.
While Chris was on the operating table the surgeon steps out with a biopsy, takes it down to the pathologists and returns 20 minutes later. He said “Our Pathologist has no clue what this is, so he told me to get 15 biopsies." Several days later they informed Chris that they sent the biopsies to Emery State University in Alabama." They still had no clue what type of Cancer this was but they did say that terrible word we all hope to never hear in our life, "Cancer".
Chris's biopsy was confirmed and reported back to themHalloween day 2016. He was told that he has a Desmoids Tumor-((Aggressive fibromatosis is a rare condition marked by the presence of desmoids tumors. Desmoids tumors can arise in virtually any part of the body, and are tumors that arise from cells called fibroblasts,)).
The Oncologist says he is the first case she has ever seen and that it is so rare, she may see one or two more in her lifetime. Treatment is that of your "typical" cancer - surgery and radiation/chemotherapy.
In Chris's case, the mass is now pretty large (9" by 4"), so if they remove it first they will have to remove some of his spinal process (possibly causing paralysis of his rhomboid, trapezius muscle functions which will have restrictions down his left arm). Chris just recently graduated from college and has only been working for a couple of years in his field. This disease will limit his ability to provide for his family. But Chris is a fighter and will do whatever it takes to keep his family going.
They have a doctor's appointment at MD Andersons (Houston, TX) Friday, to determine if we will choose MD Andersons or If they will use Dr. White here at OU, if they are up for the task as no one has ever seen this disease occur on the spine before.
All contributions will be used for medical, and rehabilitation expenses. They doctors have said that because it is attached to the spine that no one knows how the outcome will play out and how much function he will have when the surgery and radiation therapy is finally over with.
Chris's family was not sure that they wanted me to post this funding - however, as his father-in-law, I know I am doing the right thing and that Chris would do it for someone else who needed it.
The bills will continue to come in for the next few years. Any amount will be appreciated, there is nothing too small. Thank you for your time.
For a little over a year now they have been dealing with a small knot of the back of Christopher’s back, he had recently gotten back into playing tennis, so they thought that it was a torn muscle. Chris began going to his doctor over the course of the next 6 months with the doctor’s prognosis that it was "probably a torn muscle" and just continued to prescribe muscle relaxers and Ibuprofen. It wasn't until this past April 2017 when Tonya noticed Chris's "knot" aggressively started growing and had doubled in size. Once again, Chris began doctor visits again in June.
After two very frustrating Emergency Room visits and still no answers...They asked the doctors if they could at least get an MRI to see if anything could be seen and they transferred Chris to Mercy hospital in OKC. By the end of October, the doctors decided they needed to perform a biopsy to determine what they were dealing with as they had never run across this type of condition before.
While Chris was on the operating table the surgeon steps out with a biopsy, takes it down to the pathologists and returns 20 minutes later. He said “Our Pathologist has no clue what this is, so he told me to get 15 biopsies." Several days later they informed Chris that they sent the biopsies to Emery State University in Alabama." They still had no clue what type of Cancer this was but they did say that terrible word we all hope to never hear in our life, "Cancer".
Chris's biopsy was confirmed and reported back to themHalloween day 2016. He was told that he has a Desmoids Tumor-((Aggressive fibromatosis is a rare condition marked by the presence of desmoids tumors. Desmoids tumors can arise in virtually any part of the body, and are tumors that arise from cells called fibroblasts,)).
The Oncologist says he is the first case she has ever seen and that it is so rare, she may see one or two more in her lifetime. Treatment is that of your "typical" cancer - surgery and radiation/chemotherapy.
In Chris's case, the mass is now pretty large (9" by 4"), so if they remove it first they will have to remove some of his spinal process (possibly causing paralysis of his rhomboid, trapezius muscle functions which will have restrictions down his left arm). Chris just recently graduated from college and has only been working for a couple of years in his field. This disease will limit his ability to provide for his family. But Chris is a fighter and will do whatever it takes to keep his family going.
They have a doctor's appointment at MD Andersons (Houston, TX) Friday, to determine if we will choose MD Andersons or If they will use Dr. White here at OU, if they are up for the task as no one has ever seen this disease occur on the spine before.
All contributions will be used for medical, and rehabilitation expenses. They doctors have said that because it is attached to the spine that no one knows how the outcome will play out and how much function he will have when the surgery and radiation therapy is finally over with.
Chris's family was not sure that they wanted me to post this funding - however, as his father-in-law, I know I am doing the right thing and that Chris would do it for someone else who needed it.
The bills will continue to come in for the next few years. Any amount will be appreciated, there is nothing too small. Thank you for your time.
Organizer and beneficiary
Warren O Mason
Organizer
Rexburg, ID
Tonya Jack
Beneficiary