The Word of our God says:
"你求告我,我就應允你,並將你所不知道,又大又難的事指示你." 耶利米書 33:33
"Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3
Mama Carmen says Cassidy was responding well to this round of Chemo, other than sleeping a bit more than usual, she's basically eating and doing well. If her blood counts are good, she's looking at coming home in these couple of days.
On the other hand, the Orthopedic Surgeon met with Mama Carmen yesterday and suggested that he would like to operate earlier then the original schedule and he says he can arrange that as early as within 8 days. But with the options that he has presented, Mama Carmen is not yet ready for this idea of change again.
The option of surgery the doctor recommended is called RotationPlasty and that is to turn the Ankle joint into the Knee Joint, and with fitted prosthesis, this procedure is said to be the one most doctors recommend for children with Osteosarcoma in the leg. Although it gives the best function and mobility in the long run, the trade off is the cosmetic appearance of the post-surgical appearance of the leg. If CaCa was to take this option, her affected leg will have the ankle working as her knee and her foot will still be attached to joint however with the whole foot rotated 180 degree. This is somewhat a "great and unsearchable thing" that Mama Carmen and Papa Andy have to face, as well as all of us who cares and loves Cassidy and wants the best for her.
It took Dr. Jesse quite sometime to think through the whole new idea and is still searching for all other possible alternatives that were recommended by surgeons. But besides that, we are all to get down on our knees and ask God to grant us all wisdom to know what and how to think about this whole situation, the right words of encouragement to support Carmen and Andy, the right questions to ask the doctors, the best way to communicate all that is going to happen to Cassidy, according to God's will.
Please pray especially at this time for the peace of God to be with Mama Carmen and Papa Andy as well as Gor Gor Aaron, so that they are strong in their faith and trust in God and be courageous in facing whatever our Father God has planned for them, and thus become a blessing to all others.
4 comments:
Dear Carmen, Andy, Aaron & CaCa
May the Lord grant you peace in your heart and soul, and through prayer, I believe God will guide you the best way for CaCa.
Here is the link to a video I found on a girl after rotationplasty fyi : http://www.medicaledge.org/2006april-1.html
上帝說: 求就得著, 尋找就尋見, 叩門就給你開門, 你求告我, 我就應允你, 並將你所不知道, 又大又難的事, 指示於你.
Blessings
Agnes
Dear Carmen and Andy,
Although this is a hard decision to make, keep in mind that God's unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. Trust God that he will give wisdow to all the doctors and God will give the blessings to Ca Ca. We will continue to support you through our prayers. May God give you mercy, grace and peace in your heart.
Lesley
I would like to thank Agnes who introduces the link to us about rotationplasty, it's very informative. I know that whatever the decision has to be made will be an extremely hard one. But I'm sure that the doctors would do what is the best for Cassidy. And I'm sure that Cassidy will be able to walk, run, swim, skate....just like the girl appeared on the video. Don't give up! Cassidy, you can do it! We all love you!
Aunt M.
Dear Carmen And Andy,
Please look at the website see if we can get some useful information.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/osteosarcoma/erinsweeneyannualreport.html
http://www.wmt.com/expandableimplant/Patients/tlearnaboutrepiphysis.asp
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