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This is Torie Dingler's story!
For a few months Torie had been having pain in her upper right arm. We were not overly concerned because she was a base on a competitive cheerleading team, was playing soccer and had given volleyball a try. After a bit of time the ibuprofen we were giving her stopped managing her pain and we considered maybe this was something more than just a pulled muscle. We took her to an orthopedist on September 30, 2014 and they immediately knew something was not good. They found someplace in town who would work her in for an emergency MRI and made a referral to an oncologist and an orthopedic oncologist at our local Children's Hospital. In short order she visited with them, had a nuclear bone scan and CT Scan and a surgical biopsy was ordered. Our greatest fear was confirmed, she had osteosarcoma, a rare, mostly pediatric bone cancer. A few days later she was scheduled for surgical insertion of long term IV access and admitted for her first of many rounds of chemotherapy. After several chemo treatments she had that tumor removed and we received very encouraging news. The chemo had done it's job and the tumor was virtually dead (>95% tumor death which is really as good as it gets). She got a few more months of chemotherapy just for goo measure and to make sure that any tiny spots we couldn't see were killed. At the end if that treatment it is routine to repeat all the scans just to be sure all is good. Unfortunately, the news was not good and there were 2 very small spots on her lungs. A decision was made to remove those surgically and to start some new chemo to hopefully attack those new tumors. We did that right away. She continued with that new therapy or six more weeks and the scans were repeated again - 7 more spots. Since the new chemo was obviously not working they stopped it. There are really no other alternate therapies that have good response records. The recommendation of her doctors is to pursue a spot in some amazing clinical trials that are showing promise. Her records have been submitted to those programs and we are waiting their responses. In the meantime we have decided to take her to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They are a premier osteosarcoma center and have had very good success in treating kids in her situation. They are also the site of one of these clinical trials we are hoping to get her into. We will be in
Update: Torie has been accepted to the clinical trial in at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
This is Torie Dingler's story!
For a few months Torie had been having pain in her upper right arm. We were not overly concerned because she was a base on a competitive cheerleading team, was playing soccer and had given volleyball a try. After a bit of time the ibuprofen we were giving her stopped managing her pain and we considered maybe this was something more than just a pulled muscle. We took her to an orthopedist on September 30, 2014 and they immediately knew something was not good. They found someplace in town who would work her in for an emergency MRI and made a referral to an oncologist and an orthopedic oncologist at our local Children's Hospital. In short order she visited with them, had a nuclear bone scan and CT Scan and a surgical biopsy was ordered. Our greatest fear was confirmed, she had osteosarcoma, a rare, mostly pediatric bone cancer. A few days later she was scheduled for surgical insertion of long term IV access and admitted for her first of many rounds of chemotherapy. After several chemo treatments she had that tumor removed and we received very encouraging news. The chemo had done it's job and the tumor was virtually dead (>95% tumor death which is really as good as it gets). She got a few more months of chemotherapy just for goo measure and to make sure that any tiny spots we couldn't see were killed. At the end if that treatment it is routine to repeat all the scans just to be sure all is good. Unfortunately, the news was not good and there were 2 very small spots on her lungs. A decision was made to remove those surgically and to start some new chemo to hopefully attack those new tumors. We did that right away. She continued with that new therapy or six more weeks and the scans were repeated again - 7 more spots. Since the new chemo was obviously not working they stopped it. There are really no other alternate therapies that have good response records. The recommendation of her doctors is to pursue a spot in some amazing clinical trials that are showing promise. Her records have been submitted to those programs and we are waiting their responses. In the meantime we have decided to take her to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They are a premier osteosarcoma center and have had very good success in treating kids in her situation. They are also the site of one of these clinical trials we are hoping to get her into. We will be in
Update: Torie has been accepted to the clinical trial in at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Organizer and beneficiary
Mary Kelly Jackman
Organizer
Charleston, SC
Deborah Dingler
Beneficiary