Abby's Army: Fundraiser/Benefit on June 13th

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Fundraiser/Benefit on June 13th

There will be a fundraiser June 13th at Southside School for Abby. There will be BBQ plates, pie/cake sale, live auction, and silent auction. The food will be served from 5-8 p.m. and the live auction will start at 6 p.m. There will NASCAR and St. Louis Cardinals autographed items as well as items donated from local businesses to be auctioned. The BBQ plate is $6 and will include a sandwich, coleslaw, baked beans, dessert, and drink. To reserve your tickets call Sarah at 870-613-3469, Casey at 870-307-3784, or Valarie at 870-613-5643. Please tell all your friends-especially if they are NASCAR fans or Cardinals fans. They won't want to miss out on some of the items!

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AnonymousMay 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Just a reminder, Everyone is invited to join Oil Trough Preschool for a fundraiser supper for Abby, tonight, Thursday, May 28 starting at 5:00 p.m. We are selling Frito Pies, Hot Dogs and Chilli, Lemonade, and Tea. We are selling T-shirts,Lais, and Bumper Stickers that say Join Abby's Army and it has Abby's Blog on the bumper sticker.
Thanks!
Ms.Christy/Ms.Linda
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How We Got to Here-Updated August 2010

It all started with very small seizures. We are not sure how long she had been having them but they were getting more frequent. On April 23, 2009, we took her to Dr. Baker who sent us to the ER at Arkansas Children's Hospital. An MRI revealed a large brain lesion and Abby was taken to the ICU for 3 days. She moved out of the ICU and spent a total of 8 days at Children's. We saw several doctors who were all pretty stumped by what they saw. It didn't look like anything-tumor, infection, swelling. They put her on an anti-viral medication in case it was infection. Another MRI showed no changes. Some doctors thought it was gliomatosis cerebri but some didn't agree with that diagnosis so they decided to take some spinal fluid to analyze. They had to take it from the brain though because of possible swelling. We spent another night in ICU.

After she was discharged we contacted MD Anderson in Houston and St. Jude's. We flew to Houston where another MRI was performed. They informed us that it was gliomatosis cerebri. St. Jude's called later that day and informed us that they felt it was gliomatosis cerebri. That was not what we wanted to hear-gliomatosis cerebri has a 5% survival rate. However, St. Jude's neurosurgeon, Dr. Boop, wanted to try to remove some of the tumor. This allowed for a biopsy of multiple pieces of the tumor. On May 22, 2009, Abby underwent brain surgery. Almost all of her right temporal lobe was removed. Abby had to spend another night in ICU, this time at LeBonheur in Memphis.

The biopsy results surprised us all, it was not gliomatosis cerebri, it was a low grade glioma! God had answered everyone's prayers! The plan was to begin chemotherapy to stop the tumor from growing but our neuro oncologist, Dr. Armstrong, wanted to wait a few weeks to see how this tumor was going to act. We were once again surprised-the tumor wasn't growing. No need for treatment!! And that is where we are today. It has been over a year, and the tumor still has not grown. It's still there, big and nasty, but it is quiet right now. We go to St. Jude's every 3 months for an MRI and other appointments to monitor the tumor.

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