Becca is doing well today and has a good spirit with her. She is still weak, but was able to sit in a wheelchair for about 40 minutes. That unfortunately takes about everything out of her. She was able to take the sacrament today, which helped a lot. I was comforted today in knowing that so many continue to pray for us. It seems every day they change their minds and we tend to start doubting. I know that this team is one of the best and I have to trust their decisions. The only thing more we know today is they still haven’t discounted the fact that the MS may again just be a side affect of the tumor and not really MS… hang in there, I know we are.

A friend of ours gave a cancer center a phone call to get more information about this type of cancer. They broke it down like this in the e-mail. Oncogenic osteoblastic sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. Oncogenic means: cancer causing, Osteoblastic refers to the Osteoblasts which are cells responsible for forming bone matrix (bone matrix is the connective tissue and mineral that gives bone its strength) and a sarcoma is a cancerous tumor arising in the bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, or muscle. So more easily said, this is an osteosarcoma or bone cancer. (Please be careful what you look up, as I know I am. Most of what you find is only part of what it is. Apparently this is a common cancer found in children, and mostly in the femur bone. So that’s why it’s still a little difficult to find anything.)

I just wanted to share what little information we have for now, we should learn more tomorrow. Keep up the prayers and I’m so grateful for all the help we are receiving. I know some don’t feel like they have helped like they have wanted to… but hang in there, this might be a long trip for all of us. In the mean time, keep asking our Father in Heaven for a miracle.

Becca is doing well today. She is resting and trying to get her strength up. We should know more tomorrow as to what therapy they will start. The doctors will be meeting on Friday to discuss everything together and firgure out a treatment schedule. Keep praying and the faith, she will be healed.

Sorry for the late post. Not much is going on other than a MRI this morning.  She just needs to rest and keep doing the therapy.

So what do we have behind curtain #1?

Get out your pens: chongrogenic (it is not chondrogenic you google fans) chongrogenic osteoblastic sarcoma. It’s a level two tumor. Good luck finding it, it’s not out there. It’s a very rare tumor that is low-medium grade and malignant. So where does that leave us? Not sure yet other than the doctors are compiling information from library’s that specialize in cancer. The good news is it’s a very slow cancer and can be treated. From what we know they will wait a while (weeks) for Becca to get better and more strength before they start the treatments. It should be radiation, but chemo is not out yet.

So, that leaves curtain #2… a separate issue for now, a type of demyelination inflammation. MS is in this same group. MS can usually only be determined after multiple breakouts. This could be a one time issue, or it could happen several times. Only time will tell on this one. The treatment for this has been done with the steroids and blood therapy.

So, we will get more results from the MRI from tonight and the one of her head that will be done in the morning probably on Monday. But the current thing we are doing is working on getting her strength back and working with psychical therapy. We have to keep her spirits high and make her want to get better. The good news is we are talking about Becca. I know she has a huge team behind her and I know she can do it.

Thank you all so much and please keep praying… we are hoping the tumor hasn’t had a chance to spread yet and that she will get better quickly. We love you all!

Well, not much to update yet. They are going to do an MRI and Ultrasound sometime today. It seems the type of tumor she has is so rare everyone is trying to get a hold on this. They say for now it’s a level two cancer tumor, but it’s not confirmed.  We should know more in the morning.

Ok, so how are we?  Good. The Lord has us in His hands.  We aren’t alone in this at all. I know the word ‘frustration’ has come up a lot and it’s ok. We are just trying to take this one day at a time. Keep praying for a miracle, I know we will see one 🙂