@jasonfitz Sending positive thoughts and prayers. 🙏🙏🙏
Wishing you success today and looking forward to your posts after the surgery.
Good luck! You got this!
Today’s the day. My heart will change but I won’t. Thanks for all the amazing well wishes. I’m gonna be fine.
It’s a blessing they found the issue not a curse that I have it. Thankful for the amazing docs that will have me up and running in no time.
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I am struggling to find the right words. I woke up this morning thinking it would be another busy but normal day. Our six-month-old baby, Charlotte, had an appointment with an eye doctor to find out why her eyes were crossed. We scheduled this appointment two months ago and didn’t expect anything serious. I went to the appointment with all three of my daughters. After examining Charlotte’s eyes, the doctor noticed something unusual and sent us to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City for an eye ultrasound to check more closely.
I drove the half hour to the hospital, and Stuart left work early to meet me there. He arrived just as the ultrasound was happening. I held Charlotte close while facing away from the screen so the doctor could get clear images. Stuart was looking at the screen and suddenly said, “Whoa, that’s big.” In that moment, my heart sank. The doctors found a cancerous tumor behind her left eye and partly in her right eye. It is called retinoblastoma, and it is the reason her eyes will not straighten.
I didn’t know how to react. So many thoughts, fears, and emotions rushed through me all at once. I am still trying to understand it. I am still in shock and unsure how to think or what to do. The doctors told us Charlotte needs an MRI to confirm the diagnosis and to see how much the cancer has spread, if it has spread at all. They talked about treatment options, including chemotherapy and surgery. They also explained that the specialist team for this condition is in Phoenix, and we need to get there as soon as possible to start treatment.
Right now, everything feels overwhelming. I don’t yet understand what the future looks like for Charlotte, for Stuart, for our family, or for myself. But I do know the most important thing I can ask from anyone reading this is to please pray for us. Please send a sincere prayer to our Father in Heaven and ask Him to make everything okay, whatever that may look like. I believe prayer is real, prayer is powerful, and prayer will help carry our family through this. Please pray for baby Charlotte.
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