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: Well my friends, I just want to thank you for
: all your support and kind words....as most
: of you know my 6 yr old daughter was
: diagnosed with a brain tumor this past
: Feb....Dr removed as much as they could but
: it kept growing back....she had 33
: treatments of conformal radiation....and
: still there were signs left of the malignant
: ependymoma trying to grow back.....they
: wanted to do chemo I refused....they wanted
: to operate once more at St Judes, which
: could leave her with as much as a 60%
: deficit in certain areas like her speach and
: ability to walk, etc and I
: refused....needless to say I wasn't very
: popular with the dr's and nurses lol of
: course I researched all of this of
: course......anyway now as she is home
: recovering...still smart as a whip, swimming
: like a fish....and on no
: medication.......What I'm trying to get to
: is I have just talked to 2 different Dr.'s
: and they have viewed her MRI from last week
: and my Kayla is completely CURED!!!! There
: are NO signs left of any residual tumor AT
: ALL and there are no chances of recurrance!!
: She is completely healed....and I am just
: ecstatic Furthermore they are opening a
: Childrens Brain Tumor Clinic in honor of
: Kayla since brain tumors are so very
: different from any other kind of
: cancers.....There currently have 10 enrolled
: from this state and that includes people
: from as far back as 20 yrs ago....they will
: have a total rehab and individual treatment
: programs specially designed for these
: children....I wanted to share this with you
: all as I have had tons of emails and cards
: from y'all over this trying period and I
: thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
: Thanks again all Shawna aka Mississippi
: Moon
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