We heard back from the oncologist and got the preliminary pathology report this afternoon. All this information will have to be confirmed and the tumor is being sent to Denver for examination as well. There is a possibility Kaity may have a full body bone scan next week as a follow-up imaging procedure. The lab in Denver will also conduct genetic testing of the affected cells to determine additional information on the nueroblastoma.
There is a neuroblastic spectrum with two primary families ranging from ganglioneuroma (the benign "safe" kind) to the more aggressive neuroblastoma type. Kaity's tumor is sorta in the middle and is being termed a ganglioneuroblastoma. At this point she is considered a Stage One (the lowest risk category). If nothing new is revealed over the next week or so then Kaity would have no immediate treatment plan and they would simply watch her carefully in the coming months to check for a re-growth of the tumor.
This could have easily grown into something much more troublesome, even a few months of this growing unchecked and unseen may have changed where we are. God's providence is amazingly good in Kaity's life. We continue to be incredibly grateful for having caught this so early, for the thoroughness of our medical providers and their aggressive treatment once this was discovered.
Kaity still has several weeks to fully recover and probably multiple follow-up appointments but this is wonderfully good news for our daughter. As parents we are of course relieved, we're also very aware of God's grace and provision during this season. Thank you all for your prayers and love. It has been unbelievable and indescribable.
Kyle & Terra
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