Updates & Prayers for Kenzi

Another 2 weeks have come and gone and we're grateful for progress being made. We spent almost the whole time together as a family and it's been wonderful. We explored Lynn Canyon, went to the Abbotsford Airshow, celebrated Linden's 9th birthday and spent some time at White Rock. We want to make the most of our summer and enjoy these moments together.  Kenzi's chemo was delayed 2 days because her platelets were too low, but we were told that is to be expected the further we get into treatment. Wes came with her last Friday to start chemo and I came on Sunday to trade places. She just finished her last dose today and is receiving fluid overnight before we are discharged tomorrow. Kenzi is feeling well and is mostly in good spirits, which we are thankful for. We have one more round before they repeat the scans and do surgery, Lord willing, the middle of September.  Wes headed home to Vernon on Sunday with Linden, Ayden and Beckham. He called several times along the way to...

We are back in Vancouver and back to cancer life. While we were home last week, we got a call from our doctor on Monday saying Kenzi was booked for chemo to start Wednesday morning and to arrange a zoom meeting for the next day. At that meeting they informed us that they consulted with the adult tumor board and they all agreed that it was best to try some more chemo before proceeding with surgery. Kenzi's tumor is still very large, which was crushing news. It is turning to a jello-like consistency, which is positive and means it's most likely dying, but this also makes it difficult to remove. They reached out to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto and the doctors there also agreed to look at her case and see if they have any other ideas. Unless they come up with something different, the plan is to bump up 3 of her rounds of chemo and then proceed with the surgery. This will give them time to get a full surgical team in place and give the chemo some more time to hopefully shrink the t...