Lia just finished her 8th chemo treatment yesterday. Her blood values are fluctuating a lot now. Her ANC level dropped again to 1173. Hemoglobin came back low again, too at 8.4 and the Potassium/Plasma was a bit too high at 5.1 - the potassium level getting too high can cause Lia's heart rate to increase too much.
Lia is very pale now, and even the nurses noticed. We hope these treatments are worth the illness it is causing. Around the 11th week of treatment, we will know if the tumor has shrunk at all, after her next MRI. Here are a few pictures of her blood work and chemo drugs being introduced into the chemo port.
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Lia Warrensford is a beautiful 10 month old baby girl who was diagnosed with Optic Pathway Glioma, a rare childhood brain cancer.
ONLY 5% OF CANCER PATIENTS HAVE THIS TYPE OF BRAIN CANCER. THIS TUMOR IS INOPERABLE.
Lia has had a chemotherapy port implanted into her side at Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando, Florida and she has begun chemotherapy to attempt to shrink this tumor, which is about the size of a small chicken egg.
This tumor will NOT go away as a result of chemo treatment. And the doctors are worried she may not even survive the Chemotherapy.
Lia will battle this tumor for the duration of her life.
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