The Strickland Family Blog

Paris underwent her first brain surgery yesterday.  The surgeon was able to successfully removed ALL of the visible tumor that was visible to the human eye, without damaging a significant part of the cerebellum.  The entire surgery lasted about 5 1/2 hours.  Under the situation this is the best news that we could have heard.  She will need to undergo physical therapy later in life to re-strengthen the left side, focusing on coordination.  She conquered the first of many steps and is doing fine.  She will have a MRI scan today to compare the first image to ensure that the tumor is gone.

She will undergo a minor surgery to insert an ommaya revisor in her brain to allow treatment of the antibody, and another surgery to insert a port in the chest area to allow chemotherapy after about 10 days after she recovers.  I believe that this will be done at Children’s in Chicago since the surgeons are familiar with her and she is already recovering there.

I will have more information regarding the exact treatment plan and duration later this week after numerous discussions with Children’s and Solan Kettering.

Thank you all so much for keeping Paris in your thoughts and prayers.