Trip To New York

Last Thursday October 8th ABC’s Good Morning America flew us all (yes, Nana and Papa too) to New York. They have been following Hannah’s story for quite a while and wanted to do a live interview in the Big Apple. None of us had ever been there and had no idea what to expect. What a shock to all of us! We stayed pretty much in the heart of Times Square and spent very little time in the hotel. There was way too much to see in a few days, we tried to experience as much as possible. The hustle and bustle of New York is completely different than that of Los Angeles. All of us thought “Just another big city” yeah…  right! It was a very exciting and memerable experience that none of us will ever forget. Actually, we are going to try and plan our next vacation there so to experience the thing we were unable to see. If you are on the left coast, you probably did not see the interview as it was pre-empted by president Obama’s acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize. If that is the case, or you just want to see it again. You can see it here

Race For The Cure

We meant to post earlier but we have been a little busy…

Sunday, September 27th Hannah was invited and recognized at the annual Susan G Komen race for the cure event in Newport Beach, CA. There were about 30,000 survivors and supporters there. Hannah was introduced in front of everyone as the youngest survivor along with Elizabeth, the oldest survivor (who will bee 100 years young in November). What an experience to witness how many women and men who have been affected by this illness.

The family just wanted to thank all who treated Hannah and us to such an awesome experience. We cannot wait to be there again next year to support the effort to find a cure for this disease.

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.