Cyndi's little brother, Hezekiah, was just diagnosed with cancer this past weekend. Her family adopted him in May and he's 2 years old now. They took him to the doctor because he was having troubles eating and was fussy. The doctor drew blood and told them he'd call them when he knew what it was.
When they got home, the phone was already ringing with the doctor telling them to take him to the ER. They found out he has a hepatoblastoma, which, as far as I can tell, is fetal cells left in the liver that become a cancerous tumor. It responds well to chemo and surgery, so the outlook is very good all things considered.
We're looking at Cyndi heading to Colorado to stay with her family while Ki goes through chemo. Her dad can only take so much time off of work and travels a lot and all of her sisters are either out of the country right now or going to school, so Cyndi's the only one that can take time to help her mom. We were going to have her quit her job in a few months anyway, so we'd just be moving that timetable up a bit. We'll know more after we spend some time with her family this weekend.
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Oh no, how awful! Even with a good outcome, no littole kiddo should have to deal with chemo and stuff. Boo. You'll be in our thoughts!
I'm so sorry. That is such terrible news. I'm glad that Cyndi will be able to go help. I hope all goes well!!
I'm so glad to hear that Cyndi will be going to help out. I picked a bad year to go to Germany, it seems.
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