My great niece, Hannah, is a young 19 yr old woman, but considered a child in this case. She is facing a big battle with cancer. Prayers for the family for strength and a good outcome are requested.
After going to family doctor for what was believed to be a bad sinus infection from cold or allergies, has been diagnosed with tumor in her right sinus and behind right eye - . Toward the end of the week, the diagnosis that the tumor was malignant was known and defined as rhadomyosarcoma, a juvenile form of cancer - two subtypes were suspected, but they did not know which at this point.
Chemo therapy treatment began yesterday - she will receive chemotherapy over the next year and will begin radiation therapy on Monday - M-F for 6-8 weeks. The chemo path is an aggressive one, but as aggressive and quickly growing as the tumor has been, she decided that fighting back as aggressively as possible was best.