News is in...

The scans are done and the news is in... There was NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE on her MIBG scan!! This is the best possible news we could have received!!! The MIBG scan is the scan specific to Neuroblastoma and if there are cancerous cells present they light up on this scan (very dulled down details)!! Addie's scans showed nothing... No cells present!! God is so GOOD and we are singing his praise and rejoicing in His promises!!! He is with her/us and we are so thankful!!! 

Is this the end of Addie's struggle with Neuroblastoma, is she cured, is treatment done?! No, no and far from it!! But we are rejoicing in the victory today!! We are taking this fight one day at a time and today Addie is victorious!!! 

I have heard parents of children with Neuroblastoma say, "we are as cancer free as it gets with Neuroblastoma!"  And what that means is that with this particular cancer you never really know with 100% certainty that this cancer is gone... It can hide and lie dormant and the recurrence rate is large.  The scans we have to detect disease are not full proof and that is where FAITH and HOPE in Our Heavenly Father comes in!!! We can worry, worry and worry each day away; it is our choice to LIVE each day to its fullest and be happy in the gifts He has bestowed upon us!! I am overwhelmed at the blessings we have and continue to receive through this!! I am going to enjoy my gifts (my family, my babies) everyday and never forget how precious our lives are!!! 

I can't believe we are here and Addie has reached a point where her scans are clear... I pray from this day forward they will never be anything but clear!!! I pray that we can find comfort and peace in this and not anxiety in the fear of its possible return!!  Please Lord let your healing continue and protect my baby girl from this awful cancer and the treatment we have to kill it!!!   

If every Neuroblastoma cell is killed, it can NEVER come back!!!  We got this... Naughty Randall doesn't stand a chance against TEAM ADDIE!!