On Wednesday August 31st we received an unfortunate phone call from Darby's doctor, Dr. Keller informing us that Darby had relapsed and that one of her blood tests came back positive showing leukemia cells were growing in her bone marrow again. This news, news that we had hoped to never hear came as a shock the the system and took the wind form our sales. Prior to this everything seemed to be going great. Darby had been in remission for over six months, her doctors were so confident in how well she was doing that they removed her port just two days earlier not thinking that she would need it any more. Darby was admitted the hospital on September 1st to begin a five week regiment of stronger chemo including arsenic. She has been in the hospital for a week now and if all goes well she will be able to come home in the next couple of days. That would be an answer to prayers so she, mom and baby Vivienne can get some much needed rest. If she continues to handle treatment well she will be able to stay home and but will have to make daily trips to the hospital for chemo therapy. Even with the many long trips back and forth it would be a blessing just to have our evenings together as a family. Our doctors are hoping to reach complete remission with this round of chemo. After this five weeks of treatment Darby will under go a bone marrow transplant. We have more questions than answers right now, but we do know that it will mean lengthy hospital stays and weeks of high risk of infection. Most of the details are still being worked out, but we know that it is a very invasive procedure and will be hard on her. We love our big girl so very much, and know in our hearts that all will be well. But it is unbelievably difficult to watch her go through this challenge. She is so tough and such a fighter. She loves her big brother and baby sister so much, as well as being a wonderful big sister.
At this time we do not have any active auctions or fund raisers, but would grateful for any support and prayers for our Darby. Donations can be made here on the Dollars for Darby page by using the Donate button to the right or at Wells Fargo by asking to donate to the Dollars for Darby fund.
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