Updating on the Drug so far and what funds we need to finish treatment.
12 January 2019We were told about this new drug, that's not funded in New Zealand called Keytruda, where there is some evidence that it works on patients with colorectal cancer with deficient mismatch repair.
So far the tumours have reduced and some have gone. which is a fantastic results from having this new drug.
So far we have spent $104,507.00 on the drug and we have another 11 infusions to go before the 2 year treatment is finished ( which we still have to pay for).
Jack has had 23 infusions and some of the tumours have gone and reduced in size. He has only 1 tumour left on his small intestine..which has stayed stable for 9 months and hasn't grown..., which is great news. Considering May 2017 Jack had multiple cancers and was given 2 to 6 months to live....The oncology doctors in Nelson are amazed in what the drug is doing.... this has been the results from receiving this new drug called Keytruda (Immunotherapy Pembrolizumab).
For a successful result to get no evidence of disease the drug has to be administrated for 2 years.
Being an unfunded drug we have been continuously fund raised to pay for this miracle drug.
We still have to pay to Manuka Hopsital in Nelson $1133.00 every three for the next 11 infusions ( 33 weeks left of treatment).
We still have a long road to go and we dont want to give up now. It has been a huge battle finding the funds for this, and we want to Thank so many people who have helped us.
Thank you, all we want is Jack to live and to watch his children grow up. He has fought this battle so many years and this treatment is finally working . He deserves to have the opportunity to live. He is an amazing husband, Dad and Friends to many people.
Thank you in supporting in this calendar fundraiser.