Annabelle just went in treatment 15’ ago. She is a star...she went in smilling at us. She is a real fighter.
Thank you all for your messages of support and prayers for Annabelle. We reviewed the results of her PET scans with the doctors yesterday, which gave us an explanation of her recent decline.
Sadly, Annabelle’s tumor has returned, and she also has a new tumor in her pons. Both tumors are putting pressure on, and may be extending into, the cerebellum. All of these thing...s help explain why Annabelle has been having such a hard time walking and is having other symptoms. She is also been on oxygen machine fulltime the last 5 days now and it’s hard to watch 💔
In our discussion with the doctors about our next steps, they said that they want to move her treatments up to every three weeks. They feel confident that they can get the tumors under control by doing this.
Of course, this brings up many concerns for us. We are worried about the possibility of side effects from treatment. While the drugs target and kill tumor cells, they can also cause unwanted effects, including inflammation. But this is a risk that we have to take.
Which leads us to our second concern: finances. We have been struggling to fund each treatment, and pushing them even closer together means we have to raise more money, faster.
I wish I could express the absolute terror that this brings us. Without this treatment, Annabelle WILL die.
I know it’s so much to ask. I know that we ask again and again. But I have to keep asking.
I am on my knees begging you to please keep supporting our precious daughter. She was on her way to beating this beast before, and I know in my heart that she can do it again. But we simply cannot do it alone.
Please stay with us. Please don’t ask me to take my daughter home to die. Please believe in Annabelle. And even if you think this tumor will eventually kill her, please help us, because she is still here now, breathing beside me. Please don’t give up on her now 🙏🙏🙏 Tell everyone that you know about Annabelle and help us share her page, her story 💚
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