April 16, 1999
CAT scan shows brain tumor.
April 17, 1999
MRI confirms tumor.
Surgery. Medulloblastoma. Shunt is inserted to allow drainage of extra cerebrospinal fluid.
April 22, 1999
Shunt removed!
April 25, 1999
Home!
May 26, 1999
Spinal tap (Results: negative for tumor cells).
Surgery for placement of infusaport, for chemo treatments.
May 26-31, 1999
First inpatient chemo treatment.
Cisplatin and cyclophosphamide.
June 3, 1999
Vincristine given weekly as outpatient.
Etoposide (VP-16) given daily orally at home.
June 24-26, 1999
Second inpatient chemo treatment.
Cisplatin and cyclophosphamide.
July 20, 1999
MRI seems to indicate that the tumor has grown back.
July 27, 1999
PET scan confirms tumor.
August 10, 1999
Second surgery. Remarkable recovery. After his first surgery, it took Logan more than a month to walk again.
August 13, 1999
Home from surgery! Walking already!
August 17, 1999
Spinal tap (negative) and bone marrow aspiration (negative).
August 26, 1999
Focal radiation treatment begins, daily at 8am, M-F.
October 7, 1999
Logan's third birthday! Last day of radiation.
October 12, 1999
Bone marrow harvest and surgery for placement of Hickman catheter, in preparation for bone marrow transplant (autologous--from self).
October 14, 1999
Post-radiation MRI. Some evidence of tumor spread. Three lesions on spine and questionable area on left optic nerve.
October 15, 1999
Spinal tap (negative!).
October 15-18, 1999
Third inpatient chemo treatment.
Cyclophosphamide (3X previous doses in May and June).
October 21, 1999
PET scan shows evidence of tumor spread, contradicting spinal tap results.
October 24-30, 1999
Logan goes inpatient because of a bacterial infection.
November 10, 1999
Post-chemo MRI. Some tumors shrink. Largest tumor on spine unchanged.
November 15, 17, 19, 1999
Stem cell collection (phoresis).
November 29, 1999
Total craniospinal radiation treatment begins, twice daily (M-F) at 11am and 6pm.
December 22, 1999
Last day of radiation treatment.
January 20, 2000
Post-radiation MRI. Of the three tumors on the spine, the two smaller ones remained the same and the largest one grew larger. The tumor on the optic chiasm is larger. The original tumor between the cerebellum and the brain stem is back again, and there is a new, large tumor in the left temporal lobe. The long-awaited bone marrow transplant is not going to take place after all. Logan is considered "terminal" by the oncologists at Duke.
January 28, 2000
Logan begins receiving a drug called "antineoplastons" from Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski in Houston, Texas.
March 2, 2000
MRI. Extensive tumor spread in brain and spine.
March 5, 2000
Logan passed away at 4:13pm.