Not a Fan of the Scan

Izzy had her first of many CT scan follow up appointments at the hospital today. She is such a brave girl! She didn't have to be sedated, we were so thankful for that. She had to get an IV poke, which we didn't know about in advance and we had assured her "no pokes today!" We were disappointed to find out that there would be an IV for the contrast dye during the CT, I thought Tom was going to jab a needle into someone for not informing us. But Izzy handled it like a trooper and got a new green stuffed puppy as her "poke prize". She named him Barky.


Izzy didn't like the whole idea of the CT machine...we had practiced at home laying still on the kitchen table, but the real thing wasn't as much fun! It was more the fear of the unknown that bothered her, once she realized it wasn't going to hurt she was fine (she didn't trust us after the IV incident!) She isn't a fan of the whole scan experience, but who can blame her. Two year olds shouldn't have to go through any of this, but we trust God that she will only have happy memories. It's amazing how she doesn't dread going to the hospital after all she has been through, she is always excited to go see the giant inflatable Minnie & Mickey Mouse in the lobby. It's as if God has carefully filtered out the scary memories from her precious mind.

We will meet with the oncologist next Thursday (4/26) to review the results from the scan. This is the first scan since her surgery in January, which will tell us if the surgeon was completely successful in removing the entire tumor. It will also confirm that there are no other tumors. We believe that she has been healed of cancer, we have hope for great results!

Izzy is changing right before our eyes, moving on from her toddler stage and becoming such a spunky little girl!  She is completely potty trained now, once she decided she was ready there was no turning back! Praise God! Now if she can just teach Emma we'll be all set!

Izzy was able to go back to Susie's house for day care with Hailey & Emma starting last week. She loves being reunited with her little buddies Eli, Ethan, Jack and Nolan. We were so blessed to have "Grandma Deb", Sarah, Allison and Grandma & Grandpa help take care of Izzy when she couldn't go to Susie's, but we are thankful to have our girls together again during the day.

Things are almost back to normal...we are getting out and about a lot more now with Izzy (armed with hand sanitizer!) She still can't go to places like the mall, Sunday School, the YMCA kid zone etc. because of the high risk of germs. Chuck E. Cheese probably won't be meeting Izzy any time soon, but all things considered, I think that is a sacrifice we can deal with.  Izzy has been protected so far from getting sick, we were so concerned that it could cause a relapse of OMS because her anti-bodies could freak out and attack her brain again. It could still happen, but we are optimistic...so far, so good. Our prayers have been answered all along, angels are watching over Izzy.