My 24 year old niece Kimberly is from Lampasas, Texas and she was 7 months pregnant, when we found out that she has small cell cancer in the cervix which is a rare and aggressive cancer therefore, the baby had to be taken immediately. This was last Monday, so I dropped everything and went to Temple Texas at Scott & White to be with my brother and niece. The baby was born Wednesday, April 22, 2009 by c-section. Barrett Jay weighs 3lbs 11 oz and is 15 1/2 inches long and is doing great! The doctors at Scott & White have a team on him and he is in NICU but they are so pleased with his progress. He didn’t require a breathing tube and is breathing on his own with oxygen mask to help make sure his lungs are at full capacity. Barrett took his first bottle Friday and it is amazing he is already doing that! I believe GOD is taking care of him and he is a strong Shaw baby! And of course he has stolen my heart! My request is to pray that he will continue to grow strong for us and his mom Kimberly!
Kim is a different story, the next day on Thursday they did a pet-scan on Kim and put her port in to prepare for her chemo treatments to start on Friday. The Dr. Capen, oncologist, was very honest with us and right to the point of the results. The cancer is in her cervix and pelvic lymph nodes but had not spread to any organs. He explained the cancer is aggressive and that her tumor is 6 inches which is very large. There is no cure for this cancer but there is treatment for the cancer. The plan is to do three rounds (nine weeks) of chemo and radiation and then do a ct-scan to see where we are. Survival rate is low but since she is young we are all being very strong in faith and in the fight. Dr. Capen just reminds us that this is her fight with him and they are going to go at this as aggressively as he can and perhaps we will be a success rate for this type of cancer. My request is to pray to give Kim the strength and will to fight this cancer so she can raise baby Barrett. She is already a great mom with all the pain she has been in.
The Ronald McDonald House has been amazing to all of us! They have set up rooms for family to stay while Barrett is in the hospital and when Kim gets out of the hospital to do her treatments as an outpatient; as long as the baby is at Scott & White they have set Kim and her mom a room up there so she can be close to him. They are great and I never realized just how great until last week! The support and love they have given to us has been so touching especially when you’re out of town and tired.
I have sent a picture of Barrett holding his Aunt Aprile’s finger and my brother’s hand! I just love them both and pray for a cure. We are all wearing zebra ribbons since cervical cancer is teal blue and zebra.
Again, to all my prayer warrior friends, pray for Kim and Barrett and feel free to add her to any prayer list you’re a part of. I do believe prayer and faith makes one stronger during the fight and cures many!
Kim is a different story, the next day on Thursday they did a pet-scan on Kim and put her port in to prepare for her chemo treatments to start on Friday. The Dr. Capen, oncologist, was very honest with us and right to the point of the results. The cancer is in her cervix and pelvic lymph nodes but had not spread to any organs. He explained the cancer is aggressive and that her tumor is 6 inches which is very large. There is no cure for this cancer but there is treatment for the cancer. The plan is to do three rounds (nine weeks) of chemo and radiation and then do a ct-scan to see where we are. Survival rate is low but since she is young we are all being very strong in faith and in the fight. Dr. Capen just reminds us that this is her fight with him and they are going to go at this as aggressively as he can and perhaps we will be a success rate for this type of cancer. My request is to pray to give Kim the strength and will to fight this cancer so she can raise baby Barrett. She is already a great mom with all the pain she has been in.
The Ronald McDonald House has been amazing to all of us! They have set up rooms for family to stay while Barrett is in the hospital and when Kim gets out of the hospital to do her treatments as an outpatient; as long as the baby is at Scott & White they have set Kim and her mom a room up there so she can be close to him. They are great and I never realized just how great until last week! The support and love they have given to us has been so touching especially when you’re out of town and tired.
I have sent a picture of Barrett holding his Aunt Aprile’s finger and my brother’s hand! I just love them both and pray for a cure. We are all wearing zebra ribbons since cervical cancer is teal blue and zebra.
Again, to all my prayer warrior friends, pray for Kim and Barrett and feel free to add her to any prayer list you’re a part of. I do believe prayer and faith makes one stronger during the fight and cures many!
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