Thank You

First, let me start by saying THANK YOU so much for all the prayers yesterday! We definitely felt them and saw them in “action”.

Yesterday was such a big deal for Hutton because this was her first PET scan where she was not sedated, and this was her first time getting an IV.  Hutton has had IVs before, but since she is SO terrified of them, we have always asked that they be placed while she is sedated and removed before she wakes up, so this was the first time she has gotten one while she has been awake, and she took it like a champ! Most of the time, when any medicine goes into her body, it goes in through her port, so she’s very used to her port being accessed and prefers that over the IV, but she can’t lie flat on her back with her port accessed, like she has to do for the PET scan, so an IV was the only option. 

Hutton was nervous about the scan, but Steph was able to stay in the room with her the entire time to calm her, and it worked.  She did great!  She laid still and let the machine do what it needed to do, and she listened to her music the entire time. It was fabulous. 

Typically, it takes about a week for us to get the results of her scans, but today (which also happens to be Stephs dads heavenly birthday), we got the message that the results were back and that her doctor is pleased with the results.  HER TUMOR IS SHRINKING!!!!! Her doctor is so pleased that he has changed her chemo to one day every other week at the infusion center, meaning no 5-day hospital stays! We will go up in the morning, get chemo for a few hours, and then head home! 

This is obviously not the end of her fight, but it is definitely a little victory and a step in the right direction!!