Scout loves being outdoors and collecting rocks, sticks, and pinecones. She’s obsessed with trains!
Scout was diagnosed with Stage 4 Germ Cell Neoplasm on August 18th of 2022. Prior to her diagnosis, she had persistent low grade fevers for weeks, extreme lethargy and painful cries when sleeping at night. She also had a distended belly, constipation, loss of appetite, was reluctant to walk, and had become very serious (usually very joyful).
Scout has had 3 central line placements, one full cycle of the 1st line of chemotherapy, and just finished one round of a 2nd line of more aggressive chemotherapy. We have to avoid germs/people when she is immunocompromised from chemo.
Scout is currently not recommended to have tumor resection, because of the morbidity of the tumor position and what would most likely be life-altering surgery (probable colostomy). This makes her case unique and challenging in the world of germ cell tumor diagnosis.
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