February 11, 2015...The Day That Changed our Lives Forever

First of all we would like to thank everyone for the support, love and prayers for Kira! We appreciate it all so very much!!!! We thought we should start a blog so we can keep in touch with everyone and send updates on how Kira is doing!  
We just wanted to start of by sharing a little of what has been going on... On February 5, after having a slight limp for a week (no complaints of pain), being checked by our family physician and x-rayed in Stettler, Kira was sent to the Children's Hospital in Calgary for a CT scan, MRI and Biopsy of her left femur. On February 11, Kira was officially diagnosed with having Osteosarcoma, which is a type of bone cancer. They also discovered 3 spots showing on her lungs (the size of the head of a pen) which is usually the second area this type of cancer attacks. On February 13, a biopsy was performed to remove the 3 spots from her lungs and put in an IVAD (implanted venous access device) port in her chest for Chemo injections. On February 16, she started her first round of chemo, which was two days. She remained in the hospital for and extra day to allow more time to control the nausea associated with the chemo therapy meds. We were then able to bring her home for 2 weeks for a rest. On February 23 we were informed that the spots on her lungs were not cancerous!!! It was also confirmed that the cancer had not spread to any other bones!!!! We are VERY happy with this news!! Given that the cancer is localized on the femur and has not spread to any other bones or her lungs, greatly improves the chances for a cure! (80%) For the next 10-12 weeks she will be alternating between the Calgary Children's Hospital for Chemo treatments and home for a rest. During this time she will be kept at home for the most part as her immune system will be unable to fight off any cold/flu bugs that may be around. At the end of this 10-12 week chemo therapy session, Kira will have to have surgery to remove the cancer tumour from her leg, followed by several more weeks of Chemo. (about 32-40 weeks of chemo total) Kira has been very scared but is being super super strong! She is amazing us everyday!!! Considering what she has gone through in such a short time, she's doing great! And still smiling!!! Thank you for being a part of Kira's Army!