Kicks for Conan

There will be a Quad-Cities alumni soccer tournament on Dec. 27-28 to benefit Rock Island girls' soccer coach Conan Dalton, who is battling a recurrence of brain cancer. All proceeds from "Kicks for Conan" will be donated to his family to offset his medical bills.

The event will have a 30-and-over and 30-and-under bracket of alumni teams. There also are sponsorship opportunities for those who want to help.

Dalton was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008. During his fight, he has encountered two operations. A recent surveillance visit with his oncologist revealed three lesions on his brain, resulting in chemotherapy sessions in Iowa City.

For more information, contact Amy Kent at 309-236-2544 or ankent39@gmail.com.

(From: http://www.qconline.com/sports/high_school_sports/kicks-for-conan-to-benefit-rocky-girls-soccer-coach/article_a9b457d9-7af5-5030-9d99-31eebb7b1f2d.html)

(Correction from Amy: The paper today stated that this event was set to be at the end of October. That date is wrong. The correct date is at the end of December. December 27th and December 28!)

More info . . .

After additional discussions with the doc, Gretta gave me more info.

They didn't start the temodar right away because they wanted to make sure it wouldn't disqualify him for a potential study. It doesn't, so that will start this week and continue for 8 weeks. At that point they will scan again.

Meanwhile, they are still in discussions with other med centers to see what new treatments are emerging for recurrent brain tumors.

Not Good News Monday

Review of the latest MRI revealed that this chemo wasn't working. The tumors were not smaller.

Big hit, but the doctor also said this is not the end. UIHC staff called around for second opinions and has made some suggestions.

Also, these tumors are still small and were found because docs were looking with quarterly MRIs.

Conan is restarting temodar, the chemo he had in 2008 & 2011.

Conan and Gretta are still sorting through the news and looking at options. Continue offering your support as best you can.