Sun Day

Carly's favorite part of the weekend was her time spent outside, including a Sunday afternoon stroll/nap in the sun. She was particularly happy as she sat out back in "Carly's Garden" soaking in the healing love that everyone put into this special place. Her third tooth came through in the last day which was not a highlight of the weekend for her, but she persevered like a little trooper. Her shunt is working and she continues to regain her strength after the recent trips to the hospital.

During our last trip to UCSF, Carly had a routine MRI checkup to monitor the tumor growth. These images show that the tumor is growing faster than they would expect from this type of tumor. Because she is so young everything is growing quickly and the tumor seems to be no exception. While Dr. Gupta would have liked to wait longer before performing the second tumor resection, he believes that the advantages of waiting will be outweighed by the problems that the growing tumor may cause. He is recommending that the next major surgery be moved up to April 8, when they will attempt to totally remove the remaining tumor. Between now and then we will continue to shower Carly with love and help her build up as much strength as possible to help get her through the long procedure.

Love, Brad