Allex Admitted to Hospital

Wednesday is our regular day at Children's hospital and we were scheduled to update all of our MRI's and CT's to gauge how well the Tarceva and other treatements are going.  I wish yesterdays scans would have showed encouraging news for Allex's health, but unfortunately it was the opposite result.

Based on the test results Allex was admitted inpatient at Childrens yesterday.

The MRI shows dozens of brain tumors and the tumor in her brain stem has regrown.

The CT scan shows her left lung has collapsed and this has caused her heart to shift in her chest and it is now working even harder.  Her right lung to be about 50% tumor and then 25% collapse and is surrounding by a growing amount of fluid.  Her oxygen sats were as low as 83% last night and she is struggling to breathe.

The tumors elsewhere in her body are also multiplying and growing in size.  We have her heavily sedated and on anti-seizure medication to ease the pain and make her body less aware of the lacking oxygen levels.   

She is at Childrens on the 4th floor due to admit timing but we expect to transfer her to the HemOnc inpatient ICU sometime today.

The doctor says we only have a matter of days left.

Sharon