Stopped...

So the big news is that Owen has stopped chemo treatments. His team of doctors met and decided that the risk of his increased reactions to the carboplatin outweigh the benefits of him continuing the treatment. His MRI results have shown that the chemo made the greatest difference during the induction phase of treatment, causing the tumors to slightly shrink. Since he has started the maintenance phase of treatment, which he received 6 out of the 9 rounds, the tumors have remained stable. As long as the tumors continue to remain stable and Owen's visits with the neuro-ophthalmologist go well then Owen won't need further chemo treatments. His next MRI is scheduled for April 6th and he'll have a follow up appointment on April 13th to go over the results, flush his port and give him pentamamine (to ward off pneumonia.) If the MRI shows that the tumors are stable then Owen will just need to go to CHOP once a month for a check up and the pentamamine. He will continue to get MRIs every 3 months and his port will stay in until the doctors determine that he is completely out of the woods. So we are all cautiously optimistic!