Okay...Okay

I've gotten a lot of flack for not blogging already today. Sorry... for those of my soap opera fans who needed their daily fix : )
Ivee looks great today...color, eyes, actions. The swelling has gone down well, still a little in her neck. According to the CT scan yesterday, her ventricles look great and alot of the other swelling has gone down. She had another hearing test, and once again her left ear failed. So there probably is some hearing loss there. Still not sure why, or if it is permanent. She is now receiving food in her G tube. She is taking well to it, and now up to 5 oz a feeding. We are slowly wenning her of the TPNs and Lipids. We have put her back on rubinol to help dry up secretions, cause we were having to suction more and more. She'll have another swallowing test tomorrow or Friday to see if there is any progress. She'll also receive one more hearing test before Chemotherapy starts. Her weight is back up to what it was when we first came to the hospital. The physical therapist came by to "play" with her for a little while and was very pleased with her progress since last time she was here.
Also, the oncologist and nurse came by with the chemotherapy plan. The short version is... she'll receive chemo for 3 months. After 3 months she'll have an MRI to see if there is any progress. Then she'll resume the same treatment for 3 more months. MRI again, and depending of the doctors opinion, we may continue on chemo or start radiation. I know, usually radiation is not done on a child under 3, but it does happen in rare cases, and Ivee's cancer is rare and agressive. Emmett and I are praying for perfect healing after her 6 months of chemo. We know God can do it. He is able. So, if her liver enzymes and blood are at the right levels, she continues to receive food fine, and Dr. Martino clears her of needing a shunt, Ivee could possible start chemo this Friday. We'll keep you posted.
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