We made arrangements to have Madison's tumor broken down to the DNA level in the event of a recurrence. The purpose... have the abundance of sarcoma, leukemia drugs etc. tested to determine how they would adversely impact the DNA of Madi's tumors. The bad news... there isn't enough tissue with viable DNA to complete testing.
Picture two cocktail straws going through marshmallows: The straws, vertebral arteries and the marshmallows are tumors. One of the gifts/blessings is that Madison still has both vertebral arteries. Proton and chemo as suggested by MGH, did make surgery less invasive. Absent proton/chemotherapy, there would still be marshmallow cells on the straws.
Unfortunately DNA sequencing couldn't pan out, which speaks to the small amount of viable tumor remaining... good news of sorts news: Thing-1 and Thing-2 (tumor remnants) had their asses kicked.
Picture two cocktail straws going through marshmallows: The straws, vertebral arteries and the marshmallows are tumors. One of the gifts/blessings is that Madison still has both vertebral arteries. Proton and chemo as suggested by MGH, did make surgery less invasive. Absent proton/chemotherapy, there would still be marshmallow cells on the straws.
Unfortunately DNA sequencing couldn't pan out, which speaks to the small amount of viable tumor remaining... good news of sorts news: Thing-1 and Thing-2 (tumor remnants) had their asses kicked.
