Two-year-old Campbell Bradley of Easley will head to Baltimore at the
end of February to begin two weeks of intensive physical therapy, along
with shock therapy, to combat neuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor that
begins in nerve tissue of infants and very young children.
Campbell was diagnosed at just three days old and began his first
round of chemotherapy at six days old.
Already, Campbell has been through a number of surgeries for bone
marrow aspirations and biopsies and has had three rounds of
chemo.
"At that point we stopped with the treatments, thinking that the tumors
would go away completely on their own," said Campbells mother,
Andrea Bradley."But the tumors actually began growing rapidly and
became larger."
By April 08 even more nerve damage had occurred, making it
impossible for Campbell to use his legs or feet at all.
"We started chemotherapy again, and the doctors told us it would take
between eight and 10 more treatments before the tumors began to
shrink or go away," his mother continued. "But after just four more
rounds of chemo, Campbell was diagnosed cancer free and the
tumors were gone! Praise the Lord!"
Although Campbell is now cancer-free, he has suffered a lot of nerve
damage inside the spinal column(where the tumors were, and he has
very little feeling in his feet and lower legs.
Campbell has began to crawl and gain strength, but more intense
therapy is needed. The only pediatric clinic that has such therapy is in
Baltimore, Md.
"In December of 08 we were told by the Kennedy Krieger Center in
Maryland that they think with their therapy Campbell can really benefit
and hopefully regain a lot of the strength and lessen the nerve
damage!" Bradley explained. "We leave for our first two- week stay at
the end of February and will continue these stays for throughout 2009."
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