Cancer Champion

Just a quick note to update everybody on Christina’s condition and the whole story behind another tumor that she went in for surgery today.

The last MRI from November show a new small spot, the doctors and we were not too concerned about it that much since it was small and we were discussing a different kind of treatment.  He suggested some trials and another chemo, CCNU.  We were thinking about alternative treatment and natural healing methods.  We did a PET scan to see what the new spot really is, but that scan came back inconclusive since it wasn’t the right kind of PET scan.

We met with the doctor last Tuesday for more followup and had to schedule another MRI to see what is going on.  The next day, Christina started to get weak kneed and nausea with vomiting.  She seemed to lagged and had delayed responses since the weekend before, but then it just started to get worse fast.  The doctor suggested we go to the ER the get the MRI right away instead of waiting for the scheduled one.

So, six weeks later, this MRI showed that the new spot has grown substantially and we had to act faster now.  They recommended surgery and Avastin, a more aggressive type of chemo.

She had the surgery today, went in around noon and finished around 4pm.  We are in the ICU right now, she is sleeping and recovering.  The doctor said they took out about 70% of it.  We will have to talk with the oncologist on our next steps, but right now we are just letting her recover from the surgery and the anesthesia.

All your thoughts and prayers are welcomed and very much appreciated.

Christina is at Moore’s Cancer Center in La Jolla getting her “baseline” MRI done. They just took her back – should be 45 to 60 minutes before she’s done…

Results: According to the neuro-oncologist — no significant changes… sweeeeet!