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Chelsea carter with Elizabeth journey
We are raising funds for Elizabeth in the hope that
once she is in remission for ALL she can access further treatment in the US
that could potentially prolong Elizabeths life and lessen the risk of relapse
and other cancers.
Most children with stage four nuroblastoma have a
survival rate of 40% and children with ALL have a survival rate of 80% there
have only ever been 4 recorded cases of a child with stage 4 nuroblastoma and
with a second new cancer of ALL, so we are unsure as to what the future holds.
Elizabeth was born with stage 4 neuroblastoma a
form of children's cancer, Elizabeth's cancer was in her Lung, liver and kidney
form ten days old until 18 months old Elizabeth went through chemotherapy,
radiation therapy, Stem cell harvesting, High dose chemotherapy, immunotherapy,
as well as so many scans, X rays, ultra sounds, blood counts, blood and
platelet transfusions, we have lost count, plus over 7 different operations we
were given the all clear in August of 2018 and then we were given another hit out
of no where Elizabeth became unwell we went to RMCH once again and found out
our little super hero had bacterial/ pneumococcal meningitis/sepsis.
Elizabeth fought like thee amazing super hero she
truly is and came through it all, unfortunately this time Elizabeth had lost
her hearing in both ears and is now profoundly deaf, I say unfortunately but we
are extremely lucky and being deaf has not stopped Elizabeth achieving
everything she wants to and her sign language is beyond amazing.
Then in may of last year Elizabeth developed a limp
and was unwell so after going through what she had we decided a trip to our
second home was needed just for a check up after over two weeks of tests and
scans and LPs we received the dreaded news Elizabeth had a second cancer, this
time it was ALL (leukemia) not only was our super hero still in remission for
neuroblastoma she was now about to begin yet another battle with leaukemia, and
battled she has and still is, Elizabeth is now NG fed again which means she is
fed and all medication goes through a feeding tube through the nose, and is now
using a wheel chair too which is all done to the chemotherapy and the amount
she has had since being born, Elizabeth is now in the maintenance phase
of her treatment with another year to go we will hopefully get the all clear
and ring the end of treatment bell around December 2023 the same year she will
hit five years remission for her neuroblastoma she will start her remission for
ALL.
Elizabeth is, has been and always will be a little
super hero she is just unbelievable.
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