Konner's Dinner Benefit

A couple of Police Officer's that work with Kyle (Konner's Dad) have organized a dinner benefit for Konner. It will be great fun and food provided by Olive Garden, Taverna Greek Grill, and Boon's Thai Restaurant. There will also be a Bike run as well. So Come out and enjoy the yummy food and fun. Lots and LOTS of prizes. And come Meet lil Konner!  A big THANK YOU to ALL who have helped with this event.

pictures from the run

FINALLY!

Konner Dowdy

All the run winners!

ALL the Amazing Volunteers

Konner's brother Kyesun

Dowdy Family

Konners extended Family

One of the bestest friends & The Organizer of the Run!

The Police/Firefighter run group

Their shirt they had made. 

Konner's other brother Kayben 

Sorry it took me so long to get these on here. hope you enjoy and THANK YOU again to all the runner's and Volunteers! You are all AMAZING PEOPLE!

8/19/2010 Check up

So Konner had his monthly check up today. He had his blood drawn and his urine checked. He also had to get his monthly dose of Pentamidine. While we were there for 5 hours we got his blood test results and everything looked good. His white blood count was down a little but was still in the good range. We will get the results back from his urine next week. So Konner is doing good so far. He goes in for his scans on September 14 and that is our next appointment and monthly urine check as well! Thank you all for following Konner's journey and for ALL your prayers and continued support, it is GREATLY appreciated!

We finally have the internet in our house now

I am so sorry to all who read Konner's blog daily and have gotten NOTHING in the past month, Maybe even longer. We have been super busy moving and had no internet.

Konner is doing good and has been such and amazing baby during the move. We were able to go to his new clinic and it was a new experience. They are great there as well but I must say I MISS PCH!!!!!!!!!!! I think Konner would agree with me lol. Konner has been in pain lately and im not sure why. He has an appointment this Thursday to get another dose of Pentamidine and to check his urine and his blood. I hope we can figure out what is bothering him. He is growing so much and is showing his true personality. He is a HAPPY baby boy still and will make everyone smile. He also has scans coming up sep. 14th.

Again sorry for not posting sooner. I will make sure to get caught up!!

Thanks and love you ALL

picture update

(Konner's shirt says: Dont blame me, I was born awesome.)

So here are some recent pictures of Konner. We are sitting here today in our hotel room waiting for tomorrows appointment. Konner will go to his new clinic tomorrow at the University of New Mexico. We are excited and nervous at the same time. Tomorrow Konner will have his monthly urine test and also another blood test to check his ANC Levels. We hope they are climbing and not still dropping. Please pray for Konner. I will post and update as soon as we can. Konner has also turned 5 months old. He is a happy baby and absolutely loves his brothers. His hair has also started to grow back!!! Also our house is done so we will close as soon as we get back home. Then we will have internet up and running a couple of days after and I can keep up with weekly updates!

Sorry I have not posted pictures or updates on The Run for Konner's Fight and Konner's benefit Concert. I am still waiting to receive the pictures for both and the winners and such from the concert!

Enjoy the pictures. sry for the quality.. taken with my camera on my phone!

An update on Konner

So Today Konner had an appointment at the clinic. He had to receive his IV treatment of Pentamidine. He also got a blood count done and his counts were great except for his ANC levels. They were a little concerned because it has been awhile since his last chemo treatment and his counts should be somewhat normal by now. Well they just keep dropping for some reason. They gave us 3 possible reasons.
1.) It could be from the Bactrim the medicine they took him off of. This is the least likely reason because he has been off of bactrim from about 6 weeks now.
2.) It could be that he has an infection. So they tested his bowel to see if they can find anything wrong.
3.) It could mean that the cancer has spread to his bone marrow thus making it hard for his Neutrophils count to go up.
So we are scheduling him an Appointment at his new clinic University of New Mexico pediatric cancer center next week. There they will do another blood test to check his counts to see if it has changed. If it went down more then they will do more Bone Marrow aspirations. They will also do his monthly urine test.

Please continue to pray for Konner as his battle is definitely not over yet!


Today was also Konner's last Dr's appointment at the Phoenix Children's Hospital Oncology Clinic. It was a bittersweet see you later. I say see you later because that is the honest truth. These people have been so amazing to our family and most of all to Konner. If you could see the smiles that Konner brings to peoples faces it would melt your heart. They have become part of our family there. They have known Konner since he turned 2 months and he is now 5 months. I know that is not a long time but Konner has definitely endured alot in his short 5 months. PCH will always be apart of our family. Right now I would like to thank you All for helping make Konner feel so comfortable and helping him through this process. You will be missed and never forgotten.

Also thank you to Dr. Wilcock for always bringing your A-Game to work and for sending Konner to Dr. Price who then also brought her A-Game to work. If it weren't for you ladies Konner would not be where he is today. So THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! You are also so very special to us and I look forward to future visits!

Thank You to Dr. Adelson and Dr. Acosta for operating on Konner and for getting as much of the tumor out as possible! Thank you for being apart of Konner's treatment and for always being so understanding to all the MILLIONS of question we asked you. Thank You for Helping out our baby boy!

A thanks and big bear hugs to:

Dr. Allison Wilcock (Konner's Pediatrician)
Dr. Harper Price (Konner's Dermatologist)

Dr. Francis Eshun
Dr. Andrea White-Collins ("A")
Dr. Michael Etzl
Sharon Denny (Konner's Nurse)
Marcia Soldavini (Konner's Case worker)

Dr. David Adelson (Konner's Neurosurgeon)
Dr. Juan Acosta (Konner's General Surgeon)

A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU to ALL the nursing staff at PCH! All the nurses and Dr's in PICU F! All the Nurses on Floor 2! Thank You for your long conversations with me. Thank you For being so amazing with my son.

Konner Dowdy Benefit Concert!

So this Saturday July 17 at Long Wongs in Tempe. Some Amazing people have put together a concert to benefit Konner!! It is sure to be lots of fun! For all ages!... Games, Music, Food and many more!!!!
Come by and check it out!!!

When: Saturday July 17th, 2010 ~ 10:00am-2:00am


Location: Long Wongs at the Firehouse.
1639 E. Apache Blvd.
Tempe, AZ 85281