As some of you may already have heard we have had some recent bad news. On Wednesday, Kristoffer had a fever and said his stomach hurt. I took him to Urgent Care at 7p.m. They did an x-ray of his abdomen and saw a mass but didn't know what it was so they sent us to the ER. They did a CAT scan and found a tumor larger than a grapefruit on his left kidney and several walnut size tumors on his liver. Needless to say I am devastated. We were life flighted to Phoenix Childrens Hospital early Thursday morning. They did a CAT scan of the lungs and found no tumors. Finally a little bit of good news. On Friday morning the doctors performed a biopsy on the kidney tumor. It is very large. They think it has grown just over the past 3-6 months. We will hopefully get those results soon as some tumors are better than others. Kristoffer has been quite a trooper through all of this. The biopsy was quite painful because they had to cut through muscle and move intestines around to get to the tumor. He didn't do much but lay in bed the first couple of days but today we were able to walk him to his wagon and take him to a special toy room for the children with cancer. There I said the C word. It is horrible to see him suffer and not be able to make him understand. Through all of this even if he is in pain when the nurse walks in and asks how he is doing he says, "great." He is such a special boy. The plan for right now is to hopefully get the results of the biopsy tomorrow, then we will start doing scans of all other parts of the body to make sure how far it has spread. Hopefully nowhere! Then we will form a plan for his chemotherapy to shrink the tumor so that it can then be removed. We are hoping to do most of the chemo at UNM so that we will be closer to home to be with our other children. I will try to keep everyone updated through this blog daily. Thank you to all who have prayed, fasted, sent gifts, or helped with my children. The outpouring of love for this child has been amazing. We can feel all of this love for him. He is our special boy. I will keep you all updated and try to figure out how to post pictures of our little trooper.
Braces off!
3 years ago
8 comments:
Im so sorry poor, little guy! He has been in our thoughts and prayers since the day we heard and just know that we are all praying, fasting, and thinking of you guys! Hopefully he will be able to get better very soon!
Thanks for the post! Kristopher and all your family have been in our prayers. Dustin and Angie went to the Albuquerque Temple Saturday and put your names on the prayer roll. We love you!
I don't even know what to say. You are definitely in my prayers. It's bad enough someone who is a little older gets cancer, but when things like this happen to little kids, it just doesn't seem fair. I'm glad Baric was able to come thru and make a hospital stay special for him. It's good to know that you have such a strong support system with family and caring friends. My kids pray every night for "people who get sick", and now we'll add a name so maximum blessings go your way.
-Sean
Audrie, both Jonathan and I love you and your family so much. We are praying, fasting and putting Kristoffer's name on the temple roll.
We've been out of touch for so long and happened on your blog today. . . Wow. We want you to know that your family is in our thoughts and prayers. We hope that Kristoffer will get better real soon and that you will all have Heavenly Father's comfort. What a darling family--we miss you guys.
Love, Hal and Mercy
Audrey, Thank you for the update. It is nice to hear it straight from you. I have heard everything thru the grapevine and am glad to hear from you directly. You are in our prayers everyday (time about a million). Tim and I are sending positive energy and much hope your way. We love you all so much. Please stay strong. He is going to be healthy soon. Much love, Tim and Shay:)
I'm sorry to hear about Kristoffer. What a hard thing to go through for everyone. *hugs* We're thinking about you and praying for him. That's really neat about the football player :)
Our thoughts & prayers are with you guys!
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