Today, Baby S went to clinic to check her levels, and they had more than QUADRUPLED!! What an amazing feat for the lil one, who is now receiving her first dose of the second round of chemotherapy at the hospital. She will be in hospital overnight, home tomorrow or Wednesday.
Thursday, she is being driven by C & B (Mom & Dad) to Gainesville (6-7 hours) away to be observed and tested for her surgery. We’re done with the hospital here. As much faith as we have in them for *some* things, this surgery is not one of them. TWICE they told us they should have removed the mass on her liver while they were in surgery with her for other things. TWICE they failed to do so, and only told us they thought about it AFTER she was closed back up and in recovery. Obviously, they do not believe in their own ability to handle this, so we’re no longer confident that she can be treated here.
So anyway. Today, chemotherapy (started just a little while ago, will be ongoing for four hours, then she will have four hours of hydration). Tomorrow, recovery. We are of course praying for a strong recovery, because she needs to be able to make this appointment on Thursday. If she doesn’t, we have to put off the surgery yet ANOTHER week (this putting it off crap is getting on our last damn nerve).
Thank you to everyone who has inquired about Baby S. Thank you to everyone praying, hoping, wishing her well. B & C are grateful for your support. I am grateful for your support. Lil Baby S will know she had people the world over praying for her, wishing her well, and sending her positive vibes. We’ll make sure of it!!
I am sorry I have not blogged anything sooner. We did not know anything, and I know all of you must be just as tired of the hypothetical situations as we are … I **will** update as we know more real-time information though. I hope that the next few days will bring us more GOOD news.
Right now, we are thankful for the answered prayers we have received. The daily shots last week worked … her good levels were up … bad levels were down … and Baby S was strong enough to go into hospital for chemo today. WOOT!
