Playing Catch-up

Kensley has been doing really good these last few weeks. She has been able to keep some weight on which we are so grateful for. Kensley started to bare down and push again which really made us nervous. She was acting exactly how she was when this started. It scared us because we were hoping the tumor was gone. We called the Doctor up at primary's and they scheduled a scan here in cedar to see what was going on. We got the results back, the tumor has decreased but it is not completely gone. It was not the news we were hoping for, but the doctor's don't seem to be to worried at this point. This last week we had her evaluation. We took her up to primary's to get her trial chemo. This is the really hard one for her, but since they modified the medication a little she has taken it a lot better then the first time. When we got all the results back from the evaluation they said everything is going good and everything is on track. They said if the tumor is not gone by the end of her treatments they may have to go in and get what is remaining if it's not completely dead. We are hoping and praying that will not be the case. The doctor's don't want to touch the bladder. We are so happy our Kensley is taking this round well. She has been able to play and be a normal kid. Right now Kensley is a die hard fan for Dora. She would watch it 24/7 if we would let her. She will come up to me and say "Mom, mom, swipper the fox" in her cute little voice. She is liking Korbin more, and loves when he crawls after her and chases her. She is constantly acting like animals, especially a horse. She makes all the little sounds, it's so cute. We feel so blessed to be her parents. We want to thank everyone for all the prayers and support on our behalf.

Benefit dinner

We wanted to give a quick update on Kensley and on the dinner that was held for her. Kensley has been doing really well these past few weeks. She is running around and playing like her usual self and it has been great to see that, she is also gaining her weight back so that is helping with a lot of things. She handled her last round of chemo really well, so that was a small relief for us. We are going back up on Monday for another treatment and hoping that she will handle this one okay. Last Saturday Our employers put together a benefit dinner and auction for Kensley and it was a huge success. We wanted to thank everyone at Mel Clark and Shear d lite for their generosity in putting this event together. We also want to thank everyone in the community and those family and friends who traveled down here to show your support to our family. We are so thankful and grateful to have Kensley doing so well and to have so much support from others around us. Thanks again to everyone for your love and support, love the Kings

Benefit dinner

The last two weeks...

This past week Kensley has been doing a lot better. Two weeks ago we took Kensley to the emergency room in cedar. She had a high fever, two ear infections and couldn't keep anything down. We were scared, She looked horrible and was barely coherent. After they got her fever down they released us and we headed up north the next day. When we got there we took her in and they admitted Kensley right away. She spent the next week at primary children's where they were monitoring her, having her take different medication for her nausea. Kensley couldn't keep anything down, and was losing weight. After a long week in the hospital she started improving and getting back to her old self. They released her on friday and she was able to come home for the weekend. This week has been such an improvement. She has been playing, laughing and running around. It makes us so happy to see her feeling so good. She was even up for a visit to see her great grandparents and cousins, which made Kens so happy. We finished out her 5th week of radiation, which has been going as planned. After radiation I was changing Kensley's diaper and accidently pulled out her cath. which turned out to be a good thing. It allowed her to try and pee on her own... and she was able to! : ) One less thing for her to have to deal with. Next week is our last week of radiation.. Whoo Hoo!! We start Chemo again on Monday, which makes us sad because she has felt so good. We are hoping this round will not be as bad this time, its hard to see her getting better just to knock her down again. But Kensley is a strong little girl and she will get through this. We are so thankful for all the love and support for our Family. We are very blessed to have such great people in our lives.

Pushing the halfway mark for radiation completion

It's Been a busy last couple weeks for us. After the first week of radiation was complete we had some good news that kensleys tumor was about half the size it was when we started. After we got home the docs called and wanted to set up another surgery for her ovaries because they were afraid they were still in the radiation field. It was basically the same procedure she had done a few weeks before so they used the same incisions and it went just as planned. We finished that week of radiation and friday she was running a little temp so that held us up for a while getting out of here. This week she has been doing her chemo everyday along with radiation and so far so good. We are hoping she handles this round a little better than last time. The feeding tube has really helped her out, she is gaining a little bit every week so hoping to only have that for a few more weeks. We are counting the days down to Feb10 that is the end of radiation and hopefully the end of the cathedar so hoping she will be back to her busy little self. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts, prayers, and concerns . Love the Kings

Radiation week

Well we are ending the first week of radiation in the morning and it has been a rough week for Kens. Last Friday with her last dose of irinotecan she threw up and it has been throw up everyday since. We started the radiation Monday morning then Tuesday we had to take her into primary's to get her blood work done. She was getting down on her weight so they decided for a feeding tube for Thursday if she didn't improve in the next two days. We were forcing any liquid or food on her we could and she just wasn't having it. They say it is common for loss of appetite and no urge for eating or drinking while the radiation is going on. And as many of you know it makes it that much harder for a two year old to understand what has to happen. So long story short I had to hold her down and let them put the feeding tube in today. I felt so bad for her but it had to be done she is starting to look pretty hungry the poor little thing. We don't know how long it will stay in but most likely until the radiation is over or until she just starts eating like she used to. We hope to put a little meat on those bones while we are in control of the feeding for a day or two. The weeks are racing by most of the time so hopefully before we know it the year will go by and she will be healthy as a horse. Thanks for the thoughts, concerns, and most of all the prayers from all of you. Susan I know you check in on this and just wanted to tell you and Mike thank you so much for letting our family stay at your place while we are up here, we couldn't ask for more. Thanks again to all of those who have helped us and that are helping us out. Love the Kings

This past week we took kensley up for her her first round of the chemotherapy treatment that takes a week to do. The chemotherapy she gets is irinotecan that is the one that is part of her trial run. We also had to take her to huntsman's for her simulation with the radiation. They gave her the tatoos that line the machine up with her when she gets her treatments. Primary's wanted to admit her for the week to run the chemo treatments and she how she would handle it. She did really well with it so we were able to bring her home last night and finish her treatment here in cedar at the clinic. The six hour drive home in the weather was terrible but I would say it was worth it once we got here. We are grateful that she is handling this so well and able to do some of these treatments here in town. Next week the radiation starts and we will get to be home on the weekends so we will keep everyone updated through the process. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and concerns for our little sweetheart. Love the Kings