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After Same-Day Diagnoses, Oregon Mom and 4-Year-Old Son Begin Parallel Cancer Treatments

Doctors moved Jamon into a weeks-long radiation plan at Stanford following a second operation.

Overview

  • The family learned roughly an hour apart that 4-year-old Jamon has an aggressive brain tumor and his mother, Britney, has gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
  • Jamon underwent a second major surgery on Nov. 17, and physicians are monitoring post-operative symptoms they believe are likely from irritated nerves.
  • His next phase includes six weeks of daily radiation in Palo Alto and several months of chemotherapy at Stanford Medicine.
  • Britney has started chemotherapy after her diagnosis was linked to a rare complete molar pregnancy.
  • The family is traveling between Southern Oregon and Stanford for care, and their GoFundMe had raised over $61,000 as of Nov. 19.