Sinjin A. - Quilt Finished in 2008
Born: March 20, 1994
Illness: Burkitts Lymphoma
Sinjin A.'s Story
Written by Sinjin's mom in January 2008
Sinjin was born March 20, 1994 in Killeen, Texas. Sinjin has always been a very healthy. Starting in late March of 2007 Sinjin was complaining that his lower right side in the abdominal area was hurting and bothering him, so I took him to the doctor and they could find nothing wrong, that maybe he was having problems in school, causing him to have stomach cramps. The pain continued, so I took in again in April, only to be told once again that there was nothing wrong with him, and that it could possibly be growing pains.
Sinjin went to the school nurse on May 3rd, 2007, complaining that his stomach hurt, she felt something that didn't seem right. She called me and told me that she was concerned, and if it were her child she would take him to the doctor immediately, she encouraged me to do so the same day and insist they see him. I did get him into the doctor on the same day, they did an x-ray and was told that there was something there but was not sure exactly what, they needed to schedule a CT scan for the next day. They called us around 9 and wanted us there within an hour for CT scan. By 2 pm that afternoon the doctor wanted to meet with us at his office, he then he then told us that they found a small basketball sized tumor in his abdomen and he felt it was one of four types of cancer. Sinjin looked at him and said " Am I gonna die... I am only 13 and I haven't even had my first kiss".
The doctor told us that if it turned out to be Lymphoma that would be the worst news,and said we don't want it to be that. I was so scared and Sinjin was sitting there with tears runing down his face as I tried to comfort him. They said they would call us for a CT scan needle biopsy date in a few days. He told me to send Sinjin back to school on Monday with a note for no PE for 6 weeks, and some Darviset for the pain. I thought to myself you just told us my child has cancer and how huge it is and think I should send him back to schol that is not going to happen.
We waited for a call on Monday the 7th of May, and no call. Over that weekend Sinjin began to get worse. I tried calling the doctor, but he did not respond. On Tuesday they called and let us know that the biopsy was set for May 17th. That date was just to far away so we took him to the ER on Tuesday May 8th. After sitting with Sinjin in the ER for 4 hours they decided to admit him, Sinin was in so much pain. It took 5 days just to get his pain under control and then Sinjin had surgery on May 14th to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, they found another mass and removed it instead for biopsy. After waiting 3 days for results we found out that Sinjin has Burkitt's Lymphoma. He went through 8 months of chemo and was finished in December of 2007 and getting ready to be able to return to school in just a few weeks so excited to have his life back.
On Jan 16th 2008 Sinjin said to me " mama I feel pain again and I think there is something there in the same place as before". We got him in to be seen and a Ct scan was done. We were told on Jan 22nd the cancer was back. This news was devastating to Sinjin as well as us. Sinjin is now starting all over again and his chances are not near as high as the first time around. We ask that you pray for a miracle for my most precious son.
