Team Jaylie: Good Results!!

We had Jaylies neuro oncology appointment on Tuesday and went over her MRI results. Wonderful news! NED! No sign of cancer for this girl! It is always such a huge relief. It is so hard going into these days, so much worry and anxiety, Kip and I swear it ages us 10 years every 3 months when she gets her scans. We feel so blessed, in so many ways. We are so blessed to have her with us, she is an amazing little girl and teaches us so much. She is recovering very well from her surgery. Hopefully this will be the last time anyone cuts into her head!! She has a harder time for the first few days then she did the first time around. More pain this time, and she would throw up everytime she took her pain meds, but she is a trooper and doesn't complain. Love this girl! She will have another scan in 3 months again then we will probably go to having it every 6 months.
Jaylie had her neuro Pysch testing this week too, at the cancer survivors clinic. She undergoes intense annual testing to follow the cognitive, mental and social effects from the high dose radiation and chemo she received to her brain. We go back in a couple weeks to meet with the neurophysiologist to review the results. This testing helps us and her teachers to allow Jaylie to be as successful as possible in the school setting. They put a 504 plan in place for Jaylie last year and they will change and update it as needed. She is actually doing really well cognitively and is average or above average in her schooling. She really is doing so amazing considering what she went through.
Due to the radiation and chemotherapy involved in treating Jaylie's type of aggressive brain cancer (sPNET), the number of adverse treatment outcomes can be extensive. These can include neurocognitive difficulties, endocrine, thyroid and growth hormone issues, hormonal deficiencies, hearing difficulties, fatigue, weight problems, fertility dysfunction and secondary tumors. We pray for the best outcome for Jaylie in regards to surviving and working through her long term effects. She is doing so well, we try not to think about the longterm effects we are starting to notice and hope and pray that they will stay minimal. Jaylie has an appointment with the endocrinologist this week too. her TSH levels are off so we will change her thyroid dosing again. We will look at her growth also as she is not growing how she should. We had a bone age test done to see how many more years of growth she has left for when we talk about and consider putting her on growth hormone. She is shorter than most friends now but she is still on the charts luckily because she started off so tall :) Jaylie is such a joy to have around. We are thankful for each day we have with her and our other children. We are thankful she is here and she is doing so very well, we can't complain! So blessed! Please remember all the other little cancer warriors in your prayers and those parents who have lost their warriors. Thank you all for your continued support and love!!!!