Beating the Odds

Kelly had an appointment with her opthamologist at CHOC today. He has been following her since he first saw her in the hospital 2 days after surgery, when she couldn't read.   Dr. Sami hadn't seen her in 6 months.  After hearing how she has done with treatments and MRIs the during that time, he looked at her, smiled, and said "You're beating the odds."  She really is so far.  No one expected her to be doing as well as she is right now when she recurred about a year ago.  

Kelly's next MRI is October 29th, 2 weeks from today.  We pray she will still be beating the odds.

Shannon is away at 6th grade science camp near Big Bear.  She was so excited to go away to camp for 4 days with her classmates.   It is quiet here without her, but we know she is having a great time.  She comes home Friday afternoon.  Then we are going to see Wicked at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood that night (thanks Kevin, this was a birthday present from him last weekend.)    Shannon is very hesitant about going to see this show.  She used to be obsessed with this musical.  But the first time we were going to see it was when Kelly had her seizure, which was so scary for Megan and Shannon to see.  Kevin and Kelly were still at the hospital when I left with Megan and Shannon to get them to the show.  The plan was that Kevin and Kelly would meet us there as soon as she was released, which we were led to believe would be soon after we left.  They never made it.  Instead of being released,  the doctor came in and told Kevin they found a mass on her CT scan.  He called me at the theater to tell me, and I don't remember watching the rest of the show. This was the night our lives turned upside down. We couldn't leave the theater, we had been picked up by friends from the hospital.  Shannon must have felt my anxiety and had a hard time enjoying the show, knowing that her dad and sister were supposed to be there with us and they weren't.  

I told Shannon that going to see the show with Kelly would be a good way to be able to enjoy it again, knowing we were finally all there together.  I hope it works and she can finally enjoy what used to be her favorite musical.

It's not to late to join us for CHOC walk, or sponsor one of us to raise money for the hospital that helped Kelly still be with us today.  Thank you so much for those of you that have contributed or will be joining us Sunday.  If you still would like to help, please scroll down to the CHOC walk post below for the links.   You'll be making a difference in so many children's lives.