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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Patient of the Month - July 2006
Peter Martin
2 years old
Diagnosis:
Peter was found to have a brain tumor called pineoblastoma in November 2005.
Peter's Story:
Kellei suspected something other than an ear infection was responsible for her son’s limp and difficulty running – something “in his head.” But she dared not give voice to her fear.
But words, it turned out, would not be necessary. Kellei saw her worst fear in the face of the technician who performed Peter’s CT scan. “I was trying not to think the worst, but when I saw the tech’s face – and then he had someone else look at the image and I saw that person’s face – I knew. I knew.”
A rare, cancerous tumor had developed in Peter’s brain called pineoblastoma. Doctors felt an operation was out of the question and began preparations to start Peter on a very aggressive chemotherapy. Nervous about the tumor remaining in their son's brain, the Martins began to research pineoblastoma and, at the suggestion of Kellei’s sister, contacted St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
After reviewing Peter’s records, a doctor at St. Jude said the words that Kellei and her husband longed to hear: Peter needed an operation to remove the tumor. “He couldn’t have said anything better,” Kellei said.
At St. Jude:
Two days after arriving at St. Jude, Peter underwent a six-hour operation during which surgeons removed all but a tiny fragment of the tumor. “It went better than anyone could have hoped for,” Kellei said. Peter emerged from the surgery with some weakness on his left side, but he has worked to regain that strength. “Now, you can’t tell he had any weakness,” Kellei said.
Peter, who is receiving radiation treatments to combat the remaining bit of tumor, now has the opportunity to visit the Memphis Zoo where he enjoys seeing the goats. And, his mom said, he enjoys coming to the hospital.
“It’s not unusual to hear the nurses or the doctors tell Peter that they love him,” Kellei said. “And I truly believe that they do.”
July 2006
