We want the childhood cancer survival rate to keep climbing. Joseph Kuechle, MD, PhD, an orthopedic oncologist, used a special magnetic treatment to Alex’s leg to expand the prosthesis millimeters at a time. A portion of his leg bone had to be removed, in addition to some muscle, and a metal prosthesis was implanted in his leg to help Alex maintain his height. Alex was diagnosed with stage 2B osteosarcoma in his left femur, with surgery scheduled for just before Christmas that year. By the end of the week he was meeting with Denise Rokitka, MD, MPH, Director of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Survivorship and Director of the Young Adult Program and Oncofertility Program at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Less than an hour after an MRI later that week, they received a call to make another appointment the following morning. The next day he had an ultrasound on his left leg and that’s when they noticed an anomaly.” She suggested physical therapy and at that point he was playing football two hours a night. We didn’t think much of it until the doctor’s appointment. He was due for a physical in September and had started football practice but sat out some plays.
“He had a bubble on the side of his leg that was bruised. “We thought it was just growing pains,” Penny says. A month later, deep into football season, it was still painful. A tough kid who was thriving in his football league, it seemed odd that he couldn’t just walk through the discomfort. In August 2016, the family, including older son Harrison, had gone to a fair and Alex, then 11 years old, hit his knee. It’s been a long few years for her family. She’s also relieved that, for now, Alex’s cancer, and her own, is in the rearview mirror. His mom, Penny Newark, is equal parts glad that her son is acting like a normal teenager and grateful for the neighbors who help keep an eye on her youngest son.
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He’s another teenager emboldened by the freedom that comes with getting a driver’s license and seeing the whole world open up in front of him. These days, Alex Newark is hard to miss, driving around his hometown in a tall truck adorned with flags, mischievous grin flashing.
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