Tanner's Journey

Sunday, January 24, 2010

I finally got the laptop hooked back up at the house so I wanted to post an update. It will have to be quick because I'm going to lunch and the movies with a friend but i thought there might be people checking to see what the news was when we saw Dr. B on Friday.

He said Tanner is in FULL REMISSION and is going to live a long life and will have to work; no excuses allowed!! I cried and Tanner and I both got long hugs (with lots of kisses on Tanner's bald head) from Dr. Barlogie.

When we got out to the lobby, the nurses and reception ladies (that were still there at 6:00 p.m.) all wanted to know what was wrong and I told them Dr. Barlogie said Tanner was going to live a long life!

After that we were all crying and hugging! Then Tanner and I got in the car and headed back to Fort Worth and arrived at home around midnight. Since then, I've barely seen him because he's had so many friends over. I guess he's making up for all the time he's been away with his mom and is just sharing the joy with his friends. I would say that's a good thing for a 17 year old boy to do!

I will update with more details about his treatment a little later but just wanted to be sure and share the good news at this point!!!

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Granny JaneSunday, January 24, 2010
Tanner---we are so very happy that your treatments are a success. ELATED would be
a better word. Now go and be a teenager and start having a good time.
PRAISE THE LORD.....
We sure love you,
Granny and Pop
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BethWednesday, January 27, 2010
Angie you look so pretty in this picture
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Recap

One summer day in 2009 my 17 year old son, Tanner Walker, decided to go swimming at a friend's house. While walking across the yard, his left leg collapsed and his tibia snapped completely in two.

Of course we were upset and worried that afternoon when I rushed him to the Emergency Room but I have to admit that the thought of cancer never entered our minds until the doctor came back into the room and told us "There's no easy was to say this other than just say it. There is a tumor in the bone".

They put Tanner in a splint and sent us home and over the next two weeks he saw several doctors who told us it "might be cancer - or it might be nothing" and eventually surgery was performed to repair the break and a biopsy was taken.

After the procedure, the surgeon came out and told us that the good news was that it wasn't cancer - but the bad news was that they didn't know what it was.

Two weeks later, my cell phone rang and it was the doctor wanting to speak to me and explain that they had found a Pathologist who had, finally, diagnosed the lesion as Multiple Myeloma. Can you imagine? I was at work and at that very moment my world, my son's world, our family's world - were all forever changed.

After a full body scan was performed Tanner was found to have hundreds - "innumerable"- lesions in the bones throughout his body and the Oncologist told me (privately) that at the stage he was at, he most likely only had two years to live.

Luckily, we were referred to the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at UAMS in Little Rock Arkansas where Tanner underwent some of the most aggressive treatment available including chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants. Now, over three years later, he remains in full remission.

He receives maintenance treatment here locally and is back to living the life of a young man... A young man with Multiple Myeloma.

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