As always it is my joy to introduce these little ones to all our followers ~ tonight I get to tell you all about Miss. Makenzie Marie!! Makenzie Marie is a 1 year old little girl that has Retinoblastoma, which is a form of eye cancer.
She was diagnosed in April of 2012 at the age of 4 months old and has since done 5 rounds of chemotherapy that made the tumor go away, but had a scan a month later that showed not only that the tumor was back, but that it was larger than when originally found.
So this sweet princess has laser treatments done every 3 weeks to her left eye and with all the faith, hope and prayers they are doing their job in eliminating the tumor. As with every child the scariest moment for the parents is the day of diagnosis. Especially when they are so "new" to the world and then the doctor's start throwing out words like tumor, cancer, chemo and more.
The most exciting moments for Makenzie Marie and her family right now are when she has good reports from her scans ~ and of course that is when everyone else gets excited too!
She has her treatments and care at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
You can follow and support Makenzie Marie through Facebook at the following page:
www.facebook.com/mmretinoblastoma
And to learn more about Retinoblastoma use the following Links:
(I like using resources specific for children ~ in case you haven't figured that out yet)
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7cfb061585f70110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD
http://retinoblastoma.com/retinoblastoma/frameset1.htm
She was diagnosed in April of 2012 at the age of 4 months old and has since done 5 rounds of chemotherapy that made the tumor go away, but had a scan a month later that showed not only that the tumor was back, but that it was larger than when originally found.
So this sweet princess has laser treatments done every 3 weeks to her left eye and with all the faith, hope and prayers they are doing their job in eliminating the tumor. As with every child the scariest moment for the parents is the day of diagnosis. Especially when they are so "new" to the world and then the doctor's start throwing out words like tumor, cancer, chemo and more.
The most exciting moments for Makenzie Marie and her family right now are when she has good reports from her scans ~ and of course that is when everyone else gets excited too!
She has her treatments and care at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
You can follow and support Makenzie Marie through Facebook at the following page:
www.facebook.com/mmretinoblastoma
And to learn more about Retinoblastoma use the following Links:
(I like using resources specific for children ~ in case you haven't figured that out yet)
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7cfb061585f70110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD
http://retinoblastoma.com/retinoblastoma/frameset1.htm
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