12/6/18 Madeline Update

We are heartbroken to share that Madeline’s cancer has returned. She started having pain in her left leg a few weeks ago and unfortunately, the scans and biopsy confirm osteosarcoma in her tibia. We are at Medical City-Dallas where she had a port surgically implanted on Wednesday morning and she will start chemo later this morning. They said to plan to be here for about a week. Please pray for Madeline - we are just devastated that she must endure all of this again. No person, especially a child, should have to go through this and especially not a second time.

Our family is so blessed to have so many people praying for Madeline. Thank you for all of the texts, Emails, and offers of support. We are so thankful to have so many people thinking of our girl and of our family. Brad's mom is already here and my mom will arrive tomorrow. I promise we will let everyone know how to support us, but for now we just need to get through this hospital stay. Madeline is in good spirits but of course, devastated to have to go through all of this again and probably the most upset about missing school. I think the anticipation of knowing what is to come makes this time that much harder on all of us. The treatment plan is to have two rounds of chemo, surgery to remove the tumor, and then a few rounds of chemo after the surgery once they see her response. We have heard these chemo drugs are quite difficult so please pray that she doesn't get sick and that her counts can stay high enough to let her be at home to recover, rather than back here at the hospital. 

It was really nice to wake up and see so many texts and posts of people wearing their shirts and bracelets from the last time. It really made us feel loved. Thank you!