Welcome to Jarrett's Page. Jarrett is an active 7year old boy. He loves all sports - baseball, football (especially the James F. Byrnes Rebels), soccer, basketball, and NASCAR. He enjoys singing with his daddy and playing outside with his sister, Olivia.
Jarrett has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a rare solid tumor childhood cancer. It arrises from the neurocrest cells. Jarrett's tumor began on his adrenal gland (above his kidney). It spread to the right kidney, spleen, pancreas, and liver. It also displaced his inferior vena cava and the abdominal arota. The cancer has also spread to his lymph nodes, bone marrow, and four areas on his bones (his skull, four ribs, and a vertebra). Jarrett has undergone 6 rounds of chemotherapy and surgery to remove his right kidney and the main tumor. He had a stem cell transplant in Charleston, SC and undergone 12 radiation treatments in Greenville, SC. He has completed 6 months of oral chemo. Jarrett is now enjoying being off of all of treatments.
"Enjoy what you've got, while you've got it" Christi Thomas age 5 NB angel
Journal
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:08 PM CST
With the elections over maybe life can return to normal. I am worried about the radio and television stations not being able to sell enough ad time without 45 minutes of polictical ads every hour. Who knows the new president may have to come up with a new bail out package for the media!! (LOL)
Now on to more serious things ... little league football. Jarrett's team lost a heartbreaker last Thursday in the playoffs. They were down 14 - 0. The team rallied back to 14 - 13. They were driving with 26 seconds left on the clock, the last down, the last play of the last game and the coach decides to punt the ball away instead of going for it on 4th down. Oh, well I guess these things build character!
Jarrett made it through football with only a few bumps and bruises only to break his right arm on Sunday night. It was a night mare trying to get the insurance company to allow Jarrett to see a doctor.
None the less, 3 different doctor offices and seven hours later, Jarrett had a cast on his arm. He was so proud. Just in case you are wondering, the 3 doctor office visits were needed to save the insurace company some money!! Go figure! (And if you do figure it all out please explain it to me!!!)
After all was said and done I realized I did not have anything to complain about at least he has insurance coverage and more importantly, he is healthy enough to play football in a parking lot in order to break his arm!!
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