Kensley's Journey

On sunday November 28 we life flighted Kensley to Primary Childrens Hospital with some stomach problems, her symptoms began about six weeks prior when she was acting like she was constipated. We took her in after a day or two of this went on. we treated her like the normal but as time went on it seemed to get worse. we took her to a specialist in st george and they checked her out and we were treating her for an irritaded bowel liner. almost a week had gone by and she stopped bearing down and seemed like she was getting better. just before thanksgiving she would be up in the mornings playing like normal then after her nap she would just lay around and want to be held. saturday night we took her to the er and they ran some tests and sent us home with medicine to treat a urinary tract infection. we went back in sunday for her follow up and they drew some more blood and they decided to get her up here as soon as they could. her and jenni got up here on life flight and they started some ct scans and different things. they discovered a tumor in her bladder that was around 9 cm wide. her bladder was pretty much taken over by the tumor. they got her in the operating room that morning and got a biopsy on the mass. they had a few more scans to do on her to make sure nothing had spread anywhere else. later on we got news that nothing had spread throughout and it was pretty well contained in her bladder. the biopsy had come back as what is called rhabdomyosarcoma. these are tumors that are found mostly in young children and teenagers. there are about 350 new cases a year across the country of this disease. they stage these cancers in 1 to 4 she is a three because of the location of it. the bladder is an important organ so this is why she is in that stage and why we have to go at it a little different way. most cases they can go in and cut these tumors out and treat them with the chemo therapy. kensley will do chemo and radiation to shrink the tumor down and perhaps just make it look like scar tissue. if it leaves any in there they will go back in when its small and cut it out. she started her chemo friday afternoon and was really sick yesterday.today she is doing alot better she has been playin with grandpa king and coloring along with playing with some toys. they took her cathedar out this morning but until the tumor can shrink out of the way so she can go by herself we have to cath her a few times a day and she is fighting this to the max. that is where we are with things after that week in a nutshell. we will try to keep posted as much as possible.we want everyone to know that we are thankful for your thoughts and prayers. please continue to pray for her we know that she is in good hands between the lord and primary childrens. Kensley has a long road in front of her and we are all here to help her through this. Thanks