Thursday and Friday were very busy days for me. On Thursday, mom, dad, my brothers and I went to visit Dr. Steiner, my surgeon. He said the pathology report came back that the tumor was 99% dead! Yea! He said there were only a few cells that were live in the tumor. He also said I am healing from the surgery very well and released me back to my oncologist, Dr. Gardner.
On Thursday I also went to meet my Radiologist doctor. They wanted to do some CT scans to set up for radiation treatments. I did not want any part of that, and so they scheduled for me to come back on Friday to try again.
On Friday I went back to New Orleans again. This time mom, grandma and my baby cousin Lainy went with me. I still did not want to cooperate with the radiologist, so they gave me some medicine to make me sleep and they took the pictures they needed. When I woke up, I was wobbly and loopy. I sure got happy too! Grandma called it happy medicine and said we might need to get more of that kind of medicine when I get cranky. I told her I wanted more happy medicine. Mom sure thought I was funny.
I met with Dr. Gardner, my oncologist, on Friday too. This picture is of me and mom, my baby cousin Lainy, and my aunt Michelle, who came to visit us while we were waiting at Dr. Gardner's office. We all went to lunch after we finished, and we had a good time.
I still need your prayers.
Chemo treatments will continue, and Dr. Gardner says they will start again in two weeks. She also said that the pathologist could not determine where the tumor originated from, so we still don't know the answer for sure. While they got the tumor out, the CT scans the radiologist took on Friday showed a "suspicious" area that she plans to zap with radiation. There also some pretty serious side effects to the radiation treatments that I will need God's help with. Even thought the surgeon moved my ovaries and uterus over as much as he could, I am still just a little girl. Chances are that my uterus will suffer scarring and my ovaries will be radiated. This means I probably will not have children when I get older. It also, more importantly, means that I might not go into puberty on my own. In addition, my pelvic bones will get radiated, and I might develop "soft bones". This will result in my bones in the pelvic area not growing and developing as they should. This means I might not grow to the size that I would have normally. Please pray that these side effects, that the doctors are saying are highly likely, will not be the case for me. Pray that I will grow and develop normally as other young girls do, and that I will live a long, abundant and happy life!
Love and kisses to you all, and thank you so much for your prayers and good wishes. It really does help to know that I have you all out there cheering me on in this journey.
Amelya
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