Saturday April 16, 2005

Ok - the first update post on the blog - and a little bit of history.

This all started about a month ago shortly after Rebekah fell. A small bump appeared just outside of her left eye. After a week or so the doctor said it was a bruise (hematoma) and would go away. It didn't.

On Monday, April 11th, her teachers said they were concerned about the increase in the size. When she came home from school it was definately larger and her eye was starting to be distorted. We took her to the doctor that day and he scheduled a CT Scan for the next day.

On Tuesday, April 12th we went to the hospital for a CT Scan. The result was a tumor of pretty large size around her face and neck.

Wed - more tests and doctors. Thur - more doctors. Fri - more tests. Today (Saturday) - biopsy. So far Rebekah has had 3 General Anesthesias in 5 days. She now starts crying when we approach the hospital.

So far we have no results back and we won't have any diagnosis until next week some time. We are, however, extremely concerned and absolutely require prayer.