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Jack Hoffman Update 6/10/24
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I just went to his page and it looks like a positive outcome!! Prayers for Jack and all of the people in his situation!!
Bless them all and and Lord give them strength
Prayers for the family and Jack, poor guy has been through the ringer.
Kinda bummed. My son was Jack's age when he had his last surgery. Scan yesterday showed growth again. Will probably have to have third resection surgery. Grateful medical expertise is available. Frustrated he has to go through this again. Had hoped tumor would grow dormant, now that he is adult. Will have to pray hard and fight on! GBR!
We will be praying for you guys too
This is so darn freaken scary to me I hesitated clicking on this thread. To go through all the physical and mental pain of these medical procedures for Jack and his parents is heartbreaking! I so hope and pray the outcome will eventually be favorable for Jack and his family.
Much appreciated!
One of the Hoffman's friends was a guy I coached football with for a few years back in the early 2000's name Chris Nemitz. Several years ago Scott Hamilton was the guest speaker at the hoffman fund raiser in Lincoln. My daughter's were figure skaters so of course we had to go. Hadn't seen Chris in several years (assuming he is still the head football coach at Atkinson). Got to visit with him, he had become good friends with the hoffman's. This was before Jack's dad died. No real point to this story other than it is amazing how certain thing bring people back together. I pray for Jack and his family, I pray for Scott Hamilton who is a cancer survivor. I pray for everyone. We are all dealt a hand that sometimes the only thing we can do is question what the hell is going on. I have no answers. Our time on this earth is short, enjoy what you have, be thankful for what you are given.
Great news! Not only is Jack recovering quickly, but my son met with the neurosurgeon today and they said the growth was negligible and they weren't concerned with the slight swelling of the ventricles. No surgery for now. Follow up scan in a few months. Thanks to all for the thoughts and prayers!
Great news!
Update from yesterday (6/18). Jack is back home and recovering well.
Today we are so thankful to be home! Jack is improving each day and is basically a rockstar. You would never know he had a major neurosurgery a week ago. We can’t thank you enough for all of the prayers and support this last week (and the last 13 years!
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One of Andy’s favorite cancer mom quotes is “don’t let your highs get too high or your lows get too low.” We are definitely keeping this in mind as the pathology for Jack’s tumor (initial report) showed that it has possibly changed into something more aggressive and higher grade. There is quite a bit of more detailed testing to do yet that looks at other mutations, methylation, etc. The neurosurgeon says that we can’t really even discuss things yet until all of the molecular studies are done, which could be up to 4 weeks. Jack’s tumor is on the docket for next week’s tumor board, which we are very thankful for.
We also talked with Dr. Chi from Boston, who has been Jack’s neuro-oncologist since he was 5. She talked through things with us and assured us that we will tackle it together and always has a reassuring way about her. She did inform Jack though that instead of waiting to see if the tumor grows after surgery, we will probably start treatment of some kind (radiation, chemo, tovorafenib--everything is on the table) right away after his brain has healed and after the final pathology is done. She also is going to request records/pathology from NY and bring it to the Boston Children’s tumor board as well. These interdisciplinary teams with so many specialists and sub-specialists are amazing and we feel very fortunate to have two different teams looking at Jack’s tumor to help formulate a plan.
Thank you, as always, for continuing to pray for Jack and our family.
We are grateful,
Bri, Jack, Ava and Reese
Today we are so thankful to be home! Jack is improving each day and is basically a rockstar. You would never know he had a major neurosurgery a week ago. We can’t thank you enough for all of the prayers and support this last week (and the last 13 years!
). One of Andy’s favorite cancer mom quotes is “don’t let your highs get too high or your lows get too low.” We are definitely keeping this in mind as the pathology for Jack’s tumor (initial report) showed that it has possibly changed into something more aggressive and higher grade. There is quite a bit of more detailed testing to do yet that looks at other mutations, methylation, etc. The neurosurgeon says that we can’t really even discuss things yet until all of the molecular studies are done, which could be up to 4 weeks. Jack’s tumor is on the docket for next week’s tumor board, which we are very thankful for.
We also talked with Dr. Chi from Boston, who has been Jack’s neuro-oncologist since he was 5. She talked through things with us and assured us that we will tackle it together and always has a reassuring way about her. She did inform Jack though that instead of waiting to see if the tumor grows after surgery, we will probably start treatment of some kind (radiation, chemo, tovorafenib--everything is on the table) right away after his brain has healed and after the final pathology is done. She also is going to request records/pathology from NY and bring it to the Boston Children’s tumor board as well. These interdisciplinary teams with so many specialists and sub-specialists are amazing and we feel very fortunate to have two different teams looking at Jack’s tumor to help formulate a plan.
Thank you, as always, for continuing to pray for Jack and our family.
We are grateful,
Bri, Jack, Ava and Reese
