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SethAaronMccartney SethAaronMccartney |
07/14/2002
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Last Updated: Dec 05, 2007 |
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Seth Aaron Mccartney blessed my life 6 weeks before his due date. He was born at a healthy 7pds 1oz. "Pork Chop" was the biggest preemie in the NICU at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina!
Shockingly 4 days after Seths 1st birthday he was diagnosed with Stage 4 N-MYC amplification, poor histology, poor shimida Neuroblastoma! Since diagnosis Seth has battled his cancer with much grace and more tolerence than one could fathom. Seth has taught me that life is precious. That you should never take one moment in time for granted. That you shouldn't sweat the small things in life. That you should take hold of those around you that you love and give them all of what is inside of you. Tommorw they could be gone! Life is a gift not to be taken for granted as so many of us do or have done.
Seth has had 13 rounds of chemo and high dose chemo's. He has had 13 rounds of radiation, a stem cell transplant and survived an experimental treatment never before done by his treating oncologist here in SC. He has had numerous operations. To many to count. He has endured his own "mom" giving him shots. His eyes welling in tears but afterward so willing to give me a smile and a hug! Trusting me that I am doing what i can to make him better! And as many have come to know Seth, know that he does all this with lots of smiles and laughter. Besides the once bald head and the scars that mark a true hero, one would never guess that this child has been staring death in the face everyday for 2 years! He doesn't understand "cancer" but he does understand pain. It's hard to watch your child suffer so much and not be able to make it disappear. However, its hard to be so down on life when he has finally taught me how to live! He is the happiest child. I am amazed on a daily basis and truely grateful for everyday I have to share with him. This fight is not over. We will win!
Please say prayers for him. We love the prayers!
Thanks everyone for your continued concern and support! Cyndi M.
STORIESJust an update!!! Today is December 5th-2007! Seth had his MRI today and his doc called and said everything looked good! No sign of cancer!!! Thanks for all your continued support. Keep Praying! Cyn.
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Hey Everyone!! It is June 12th 2007! Seth had his scans last week and I am estatic to say he is still showing no signs of cancer! We had his hearing done today and he has lost some of his high frequency hearing, but hey we can handle that!!! He is doing well. He has his days where he is not himself but overall...HE"S NORMAL!!! Yeah!! He will redo scans again in december! Keep the prayers comi
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Hey everyone! Today is April 17th! I just wanted everyone to know that Seth is doing awesome! He is "a great boy" and "wants some more toys.ie transformers" his words! He is helping me do this update! Seth gets to start kindergarten this fall so fingers crossed! I will keep everyone posted on his upcoming testing due in june. Thanks and God bless! Cyndi and Seth!!!
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Hello everyone! Today is January 29th, 2007! I am proud and happy to say that Seth is still NED!!! How awesome is that! His last scans were clean and his bloodwork was normal! He is still having trouble with his back in part due to the radiation. He is a real trooper though. We do physical therapy 3 times a week to help him with it. I am waiting to go back to the ENT doc to redo his hearing test
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Hi! Seth had his latest MRI and PET over the past two weeks and everything looks good! His urine markers were in the normal range as well! I am over the moon. We will test again in 3 months. The only problems that we have really had lately is his back. He has alot of pain there because of the damage the radiation did to his spine. UGHHH. But hey we can deal with that. He is happy and smart. He see
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Hello everyone! I am doing double flips and dancing on the ceiling over Seth's latest scans! They looked good! So far so good. So we will repeat them again in 3 months! The only problem is wondering if I should get too excited that this will stay gone or continue to worry incessantley? It's hard to not think about the fact that this is a non curable cancer that likes to come back with a vengance!
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Hello everyone! First off I would like to say thank you for the continued support for Seth and I! Seth is doing well right now! Yeah. He is still having back pain but he is a trooper about it! He trys so hard to run with the other kids and is the slowest but he never gives up and keeps trying to keep up! On may 31st Seth will have his MRI to see whats going on with the NB. And on June 6th he w
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Ok, so here is the story on Seth! It seems as though the lymph nodes in his left axillary are only slightly bigger. So they are not worried at this time. The lymphs in his abdomen that appeared on the other side of where the ones were from last time seem to be insignifigant at this time as well. AWESOME!!! I would be more over the moon if NOTHING was there. Its like cancer being there and lay
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GUESTBOOKSeth and Cindi..........
My name is Susie, and I check your site at least every couple of weeks to see how you are doing. I had a brother that has a childhood Cancer many years ago and I know what your family is going through. I noticed we haven't heard anything new since December,
I was wonde
-Susie, Boston MA
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ONE YEAR NED!!!When is the next scan? My family and I will keep out fingers crossed for you. You are in our prayers each and every day.
-Ms. Cathy - Columbia, SC
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You will 4ever be in my prayers.Children are the greatest gift imaginable.
sheldon1@charter.net
-Sheldon Madden
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Hey Guys! Happy to hear of the good results for Seth! Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! We will have to catch up sometime soon:)!
Love ya,
Rebekah
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Cyndi, Seth, Zach, and Julie,
It is so great to see that Seth's test were good (Keep up the great work Seth)! The kids and I would like to wish each of you a Merry Christmas!
-Tracy
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