Journal entry by Heather Lowery —
The words "your child has cancer" are some of the worst words a parent could hear. Hearing, "he may have relapsed" are just as terrifying.
At the end of June, we noticed a lump on Declan's belly near his old incision. Not thinking much about it, we took him to the pediatrician more because he had a bug bite that left him looking like cromagnum man than concern for a relapse. After an ultrasound and follow up CT/MRI, we were told that whatever the lump was, needed to be removed.
This past Tuesday, Declan had the mass surgically removed. The surgeon told us the tissue looked suspicious but that the pathology report would take some time to come back. We were devastated all over again thinking of the nightmare that began last year and fearing the worst.
By the grace of God and what we attribute to all of your prayers, we were told that the final pathology report revealed that Declan is not relapsing. The growth they removed is treated by excision (surgical removal) and surveillance (which we are already doing post Wilms). Our baby is still in the clear, for now, and will still ring the bell for end of treatment on August 13.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your continued prayers and well wishes. When they say it takes a village, they weren't lying. We are eternally grateful for ours.
At the end of June, we noticed a lump on Declan's belly near his old incision. Not thinking much about it, we took him to the pediatrician more because he had a bug bite that left him looking like cromagnum man than concern for a relapse. After an ultrasound and follow up CT/MRI, we were told that whatever the lump was, needed to be removed.
This past Tuesday, Declan had the mass surgically removed. The surgeon told us the tissue looked suspicious but that the pathology report would take some time to come back. We were devastated all over again thinking of the nightmare that began last year and fearing the worst.
By the grace of God and what we attribute to all of your prayers, we were told that the final pathology report revealed that Declan is not relapsing. The growth they removed is treated by excision (surgical removal) and surveillance (which we are already doing post Wilms). Our baby is still in the clear, for now, and will still ring the bell for end of treatment on August 13.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your continued prayers and well wishes. When they say it takes a village, they weren't lying. We are eternally grateful for ours.
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