Christian's PPB Cancer Journey

Test results came back from the additional testing. Only one test came back positive with a treatable target drug. Spoke with the clinical trial doctor today. After discussing it with his oncologist we decided to go with it. While we continue to fight with the insurance company to approve his chemo medication. Hospital is working on scheduling more scans under anesthesia and bloodwork so he can start the new research medicine. He has a echocardiogram scheduled for Wednesday. This is more immune therapy without warhead meaning without chemotherapy. Its an iv injection like a blood transfusion. First couple weeks two days then once a week. It’s an antibody protein that will attach itself to the tumor to try and get his immune system to recognize the tumor as cancer to attack it. It will not shrink the tumor on his leg now but hopefully will stop it from growing and stop any other cancer cells. If it starts to bother him or they see in bloodwork its not working then they will stop the trial and do radiation on that spot. We were told he can’t jump around. He qualifies for this research because the tumor through the bone into the soft tissue. We hope this is the miracle we need and been hoping and praying for. He will be the first with PPB to go on this trial.