Catching Up

Hi everyone,

It’s been a while since the last post and we do apologize. Everything has been going very well with Hannah and the family. Hannah had her LAST CHEMO TREATMENT last month and she was super excited about that. Her hair is starting to grow back, hopefully it will be long enough to keep her head warm during the winter (not that it gets very cold in souther cali).

School started last week and Hannah was very jazzed about going back. She was somewhat nervous because she is a big sixth grader now and it is a new school. But the nervousness lasted all of 3 minutes as soon as she saw her friends. it seems that the majority of the other students at school are very supportive and do not treat Hannah any differently, which mom and dad were relieved as she does not need any more emotional stress.

The next course of action is probably another surgery to remove some more lymph nodes. We were hoping that it could be avoided but the reality is that it is in her best interest. If you do not recall… four lymph nodes were removed during the mastectomy and the preliminary results showed that they were clean. After the pathology report came back it indicated that the sentinel node was positive (less than 1mm). To be honest, Dad was against surgery, i feel like she is being robbed of her childhood. But the oncologist is suggesting surgery and has a valid point in saying “we want her to be an adult later”. So, if surgery is going to help guarantee that… So be it. We will let you all know when we know for sure. 

That’s about all for now. And again, We do apologize for not keeping you updated as often as we should. Thank you all for your continued support. It means alot to Hannah and us all.