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Re: Stories/Introductions - Sigrid - Very long |
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Kari Vassbotn |
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Jan 31, 08 - 12:59 AM |
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kava@start.no |
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It was early morning, a couple of days before Christmas 06. Our two boys were dressed, and mom was to change littlesister Sigrids diaper. It was a busy morning, as all school, kindergarten and work-days.
As mom removed Sigrids diaper, she noticed that her belly was very strange. It looked like she had swollowed a small football, and that it was stuck on the inside of the left side of her belly. It felt like a football to the touch, as well. Her right side was soft and normal.
"What is this" mom wondered, and dad came to see. Strange, he said - and we agreed dad would take the boys to school/kindergarten, while mom called the doctor.
We got there at 10 am. 10.19 mom called dad to ask him meet us at the hospital.
At the hospital, Sigrid wen through an arsenal of tests, bloodtests, urineanalyzes, ultrasound. At the ultrasound, the doctor went out of the room, retourning with another doctor - not saying anything to us. The two docs just stood there, watching the giant black area on the ultrasound-screen. Both looking very grave.
Still - no one had told us what they suspected.
The head doctor of the childrenswing, came over and told us that they needed to send us to another hospital, and that the ambulance plane would get here any minute. Still, no one said anything about cancer - and we were to afraid to ask.
Dad rushed home, got both boys, packed some clothes for them and brought them to moms sister for the night. He grabbed some clothes for us, and a couple of christmas presents "in case we have to be on the other hospital over Christmas". Grandma and grandpa were called, and the flew in to be with the boys "in case we'll stay in hospital a few days".
The next day Dec. 23rd (what we call "Little Christmas eve"), we were sent to Tromsø by ambulance plane. By now, a nurse had slipped that it was possibly cancer, Wilms (the "golden ticket" among cancers...), but we knew very little.
In Tromsø, we were met by our team of childrens onchologists - whom diagnosed Sigrid with wilms. They believed it was stage one, but could not guarantee it.
Then followed: Four weeks of chemo (Vincristine + one other) - and then she was operated on. It turned out it was stage III, the tumor ruptured upon being removed - and the pathology came back: Diffuse anaplasma, witch put her in the "hig risk" protocole. (so much for "golden ticket").
Since then 16 radiation treatments, each of 1,5gy - to the entire abdomen.
16 rounds of chemo (four kinds)
Sigrid was OT oct. 24th. She is now in remission.
Her caringbridge site is updated in Norwegian and in english (most entries are, aneyway) English is in blue text.
www.caringbridge.org/visit/sigridvhansen |
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