April’s Cancer Update

April’s world was turned upside down on Friday, May 19, 2019. While putting groceries into a shopping cart filled with three energetic kiddo’s, she learned that she had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. On Sunday May 26, 2019 April and I shared her diagnosis with our Amissville Baptist Church family and her friends. Below you will find her breast-cancer timeline, links her latest updates, and ways to support her and her family. Thank you for your prayers and your concern!

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April’s Breast Cancer Timeline

May 19, 2019: April diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer.
June 16, 2019: April enters the PROMISE Study at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She begins hormonal, pill-based therapy.
March 17, 2021: April’s hormonal, pill-based therapy fails. Breast Cancer tumors expand to her liver. She exists the PROMISE Study.
April 12, 2021: April Begins the EMBER Clinical Trial at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute.
May 4, 2021: April exits the EMBER Trial and begins chemotherapy (Ambraxane) at the UVA Breast Care Center to combat continued tumor growth in her liver.
February 10, 2022: April ends chemotherapy (Ambraxane) and begins taking Fluvestrant and Abemaciclib. Cancer remains stable.
May 15, 2022: April experiences new cancer growth, stops taking Fluvestrant and Abemaciclib an begins taking Xeloda.