Rebecca's Journey

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Friday, August 30

• The tests were altered, so the fifth chemotherapy session has been postponed until Monday.

Thursday, August 29

• Following the abdominal ultrasound, it was observed that the main tumor has decreased from 7.5 cm to 6.7 cm.

Wednesday, August 28

• Rebecca will undergo a bone marrow aspirate under sedation. A sample of bone marrow will be extracted for analysis.

Monday, August 26

• Rebecca receives her sixth blood transfusion.

Thursday, August 22

• She begins her fourth chemotherapy session.

Saturday-Wednesday, August 17-21

• We stay at home and are very happy that Rebecca is playing with her little brother Theo and spending quality time with family.

Wednesday, August 14

• Rebecca is losing her hair and has received her fifth blood transfusion.

Tuesday, August 13

• She had a chest CT to check for COVID infection.

Monday, August 12

• Rebecca tested positive for COVID, and we are isolated on the third floor.

Friday-Saturday, August 9-10

• She receives her third round of chemotherapy.

Wednesday, August 7

• Rebecca receives a platelet transfusion, which is necessary to help increase her platelet levels in the blood and prevent bleeding, as platelets play a crucial role in clotting.

Monday, August 5

• Rebecca receives her fourth transfusion.

Thursday, August 1

• During the abdominal ultrasound, it was found that the abdominal tumor mass has decreased from 12 to 7.5 cm, which means Rebecca's body is responding to the treatment 💛

Wednesday, July 31

• Rebecca starts receiving continuous infusions for 48 hours to ensure proper hydration and to eliminate toxins from her body.

Tuesday, July 30

• At 12:00 PM, the second round of chemotherapy was completed without any adverse effects.

Monday, July 29

• Today, Rebecca started the second round of chemotherapy.

• The two medications for this round are Cisplatin and Vincristine.

• Cisplatin will be administered through a continuous infusion for 24 hours.

Friday, July 19

• Two weeks after the diagnosis, Rebecca starts chemotherapy.

• It is the much-awaited beginning of the long and difficult road to recovery.

Wednesday, July 17

• Following numerous problems encountered at the Pediatrics 2 hospital, we voluntarily transfer to the Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuţă Oncology Institute.

Tuesday, July 16

• We travel to Oradea for a PET CT scan.

Monday, July 15

• We are transported by ambulance to the Pediatrics 1 hospital, where we wait 3.5 hours for the surgical procedure to place the port-a-cath.

• The procedure is successfully carried out.

Sunday, July 14

• The altered general condition persists.

• Blood tests are collected again, and antipyretic treatment continues.

Saturday, July 13

• Rebecca's general condition deteriorates: apathy, lack of appetite, irritability, fever.

• She receives antipyretic treatment.

Friday, July 12

• We celebrate Rebecca's birthday together with her father and brother, Theo.

Wednesday, July 10

• Sample collection for routine analyses.

• Treatment with Tasectan begins. From July 5 to 15, Rebecca receives daily antibiotic treatment and hydration infusions with glucose, potassium, saline, and aminoven.

Tuesday, July 9

• Second lumbar puncture to collect cells, later sent to Fundeni Institute to determine the n-Myc gene amplification.

Monday, July 8

• MRI with full body scan and general anesthesia. Multiple (7) metastases are identified in the following sections:

  • neck-chest

  • chest-abdomen

  • renal pedicles

  • two secondary bone lesions.

Sunday, July 7

• Preparation (intravenous) for MRI begins.

Saturday, July 6

• Post-transfusion, a considerable improvement in physical and emotional condition is observed.

Friday, July 5

• First blood transfusion and confirmation of the diagnosis of NEUROBLASTOMA STAGE 4, HIGH RISK.

• First abdominal ultrasound performed in Cluj - another tumor mass, 12 cm, oriented to the left, is identified.

Thursday, July 4

• Emergency admission to Pediatrics 2, Cluj, hemato-oncology department. Samples are immediately collected for analysis, and the medical file from Sibiu is reviewed.

• First lumbar puncture. The presence of cancer cells is confirmed.