March the 22nd 2009 the Day I finally got into a Dr's a Sunday at that but we get told she has a lump (tumor) on her Liver and possibly just FAT!!! we are told to get in for urgent Ultrasound the next day asap on Monday, no instructions about this scan only asap, so today 3 years ago I take both girls to imaging for Alex to have a scan, we got sent away as Alex had to fast so we went window shopping for a little while, the sonographer does her work then gets up with a worried look and brings another person in to double check the scans, this is alarming me but I am staying calm for Both girls and trying to keep a steady head, they ask about a CT scan I was not asked to get one so they call the referring Dr and Alex gets a Chest X-Ray before we are sent straight back to the Dr with only the scans and nor report???
we are told by the Dr to go straight to the Mater Hospital in Brisbane as he suspected its definatly a tumor and we would see our little lady get very sick before she gets better ( no mention of Cancer as a word and still the liver) but we did understand what was happening and I was fighting to stay calm for the girls still.
while walking to the car I called home hoping to Catch Pete before he went in for afternoon shift but I just missed him so I called the mobile and he called back with-in minutes even before I had got into the car, we decided that he would come home and we would all go in together lucky the GPS on my phone works ok? we had no idea where we were going?
at the mater we waited for 5 hours before we were seen again she was not urgent and in no real pain? once in the Dr said its a Kidney Tumor and excessively large so we were referred to the Royal Children 's Hospital as they have Oncology ( we now knew it was cancer 100%) we get instructions to the next hospital and they gave us sandwiches and we were back on the road seeing Brisbane in the Night lights,
the the RCH we had been referred to a specific oncologist and told he is one of the best (Dr Tim Hassall) he told us what he though she had and that it was on the verge of rupture which will make things 100% worse if that happens due to massive spreading so she was admitted straight away
sorry for the marathon page you can read this back in May 2009 may be slightly different as aI remember more or forget details but it is still there like a reminder that things can change in a heart beat but I am so grateful to see my girls every day enjoying life to the max ♥
2 comments:
Wow 3 years! I bet you replay each and everyone of those moments in your head over and over (I know I do with V and Me too)
Alex is amazing!
yes it still stirs up memories on specific dates
Hugs to you and V know you have seen so much ♥
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