Monday, April 4, 2011

MRI and Clinic

Dr. Effinger gave us the good news that Keira's MRI came back clear. She assured us that she went down to Radiology to look at the scan with her own two eyes and all is well. :) This is what we expected but it is always nice to hear. Her next MRI is schedule for the end of June.

We took a few pictures while we were waiting for Keira to go in for her MRI. Grandma and Grandpa were in town so they were able to help keep the little one entertained, which was especially nice since the MRI was not scheduled until 11:30am and she could not eat or drink anything that morning.


Bear got his own wristband and pj's this visit. I am actually surprised she didn't think of that idea before!


The red popsicle was a bit hit in recovery!


It is so hard to believe that it has been SIX MONTHS since Keira's first diagnosis. We are so proud of how tolerant and brave she has been with all the medical procedures and treatments. She truly inspires us to Livestrong! In addition, her doctors continue to be amazed with how well she is doing and continue to push to reduce her medications. The goal for April is to get her steroids down to an every other day dosage. We are also going to push the next IVIg infusion until the end of May, which means 8 weeks between medication instead of the 4 week intervals we have been doing so far. Naveen and I have such mixed emotions about all these changes - of course we want Keira to be off the medication as soon as possible, but we also do not want to see any of the OMS symptoms come back and interfere with her development.


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