Praise God, we are getting off the merry-go round.
I can't say it's been a lot of fun, and I'm certainly a little dizzy, but we're going to jump off soon. Katie had a CT scan this week which showed that the tumor in her chest has continued to shrink. What started as the size of a softball is now down to about the size of a walnut. We expect the PET scan next week to show no further active disease, and then she will have her implanted port removed shortly thereafter. Her white counts seem to have stabilized, so she has been released to return to school right away. I have a lot of emotions whirling inside of me with this report. Certainly, I am so relieved to hear good news. I am so happy to be moving out of this difficult season and back into some semblance of normalcy. I am proud of my girl as she has tolerated so much and kept such a good spirit through it all. I am grateful for the providers and nurses and radiologists and pharmacists and phlebotomists who have stuck, counted, calculated, planned, and cared for her in so many ways. I am anxious that this might not be our last ride. I am angry that cancer takes kids captive like this. Dealing with cancer really does feel like a merry-go-round. When you are on this nauseating ride with your child, everything else becomes a blur. You can't enjoy all the other activities because you're stuck on one ride, and the only way to keep from upchucking on everyone around you is to concentrate so hard on the one thing in front of you. When it is finally time to get off the merry-go-round, you are so excited to jump off and it happens so quickly that your head keeps spinning and you can hardly stand up straight. The dizziness doesn't go away immediately as you try to get re-acclimated to solid ground. Then you realize that life has kind of stopped for you for some period of time while all these other activities have kept going. And, looking back at the merry-go-round, you see some of your friends still going around and around and around, and you really just want to puke for them. Yep, we're pretty dizzy from it all. It wasn't a ride we wanted to take. We're thankful to be getting off. We are praying for a completely negative PET scan next week, an easy transition back to school, and that physical adverse effects normalize quickly. Thank you to those who cheered for Katie. Thank you to those who prayed for us. And I know some of you have a little throw-up on your shirt from standing so close and watching us go around and around. You never walked away from us, and I appreciate that. Blessings, Sarah Psalm 62:11 - One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving.
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Miranda Young
3/2/2017 03:37:51 pm
Such wonderful news! Continued prayers for test results and easy transitions!
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Tim Bolick
3/2/2017 10:53:48 pm
We are so thrilled to hear the wonderful news. We give praise, thanks and glory to God. We will continue to pray for the specific things you mentioned. We love Katie and all the Cobb clan. You guys are an inspiration ⛪️🙏 Beverly and Tim
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Stuart
3/3/2017 04:34:16 pm
I'm so happy to hear that you get to get off the merry-go-round! And what an apt analogy. So much packed into it.
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Jacquelyn
3/13/2017 08:02:01 pm
We are thrilled for the great news! Love you guys :)
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