Diagnosis

After the biopsies and scans were completed, it was confirmed as Hogkin's Lymphoma. Faye is in Stage 2a, "not what we'd had hoped for but not what we'd most feared either". The survival rate for Hodgkin's Stage 2a is 91%. Faye's prognosis is good.

Sept 20, 2011

"The group at children's are so awesome. There is a formal team of 2 oncologists assigned to Faye plus heart and gyno specialists. All of them are in love with Faye, she's been such a trouper through this ordeal. Yesterday the oncology team estimated a 6 to 12 month chemo regime followed by radiation. The PET scan this morning showed no disease below the chest and heart and the bone marrow biopsy taken Saturday came up negative ... all good news. Faye has a large tumor on the right side of her upper chest underneath her collar bone and extending below her heart as well as a number of lymph nodes that are cancerous in the upper chest. The good news, the Stage 2a diagnosis after today's testing now calls for a 3 month chemo regime in 21 day cycles followed by radiation for the localized lymph node cancers. Faye will most certainly loose all of her red hair and suffer some degree of nausea, vomiting and general ill feeling. She'll miss a lot of school too. I have no idea what the cost is going to be or how much we're going to have to assume....haven't even gone there yet."

-Steve Walker