Ok everyone....breathe.
It is 8:55pm PST. Scarlett is out of surgery. She is doing well and is stable. We saw her as they wheeled her to PICU and she is moving all 4 limbs and coming out of sedation well. Hooray!!!!!
However, we're not done. The surgeon removed 70-80% of the tumor. He felt this was somewhat easily and successfully removed and he could have continued, but he was concerned about her blood loss. She lost twice her full volume of blood (her entire blood volume is equivalent to a can of soda). She was successfully transfused and is stable, but he wanted to be conservative, so she will go back into surgery next week to remove the remaining tumor.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 216 of 216Wonderful news! My husband and I have been including baby Scarlett in our thoughts and prayers! Our little one, Sophia, wore red to bed last night too in honor of her little friend Scarlett. Praise God for His wondrous deeds!
My daughter had brain surgery at 5 months old to remove a cyst in her brain, which was found in utero via ultra sound. It was an incredibly exhausting, stressful, worrying and emotional experience so I've been riveted to your blog since a friend emailed it to me yesterday. Your descriptions of handing her over to them, waiting in the PICU, watching her as they brought her in from surgery brought me RIGHT back to our identical experience. After a careful recovery, my daughter is now a happy and thriving 13 month old who is taking her first steps, clapping and showing me where her head is (ironically.) Hang in there and stay positive. Know that someone you don't know in New York is thinking of you and your little girl.
Such fantastic news! We are still praying for you all!
Praise the Lord! So happy for your family! Will keep praying and hope Scarlett completely recover very soon. Now hope all of you get some rest too!
How are things going today sweetie? We all hope you are doing well and our prayers remain strong and loving....Let's go Scarlett! You can do this ....Fantasy BBC July 2010
I'm happy to hear the surgery went well. Hope everything goes well with the next one too!
Wonderful news! Prayers for you and your family.
Wonderful news! I am so glad that she is doing well. We will continue to pray. Scarlett is always on my mind through out the day. I keep her, you and your husband in my prayers constantly. My kids have been praying as well. They will be thrilled to here she is doing well after her long surgery.
I am so happy to hear that Scarlett pulled through her first surgery. My family continues to pray for a healthy medical discharge. My heart goes out to you Brandi and Chris for being so strong in all of this. You both are so much stronger than I think I could be having to go through all this. Scarlett, you need to stay strong and continue to fight. You are such an amazing little girl who is loved my thousands!! Keep us informed with the progress and we'll continue to pray for all 3 of you. Love you!!!
I was thinking of your little girl all day yesterday and couldn't wait to hear an update. I cried I was so happy! We will continue to pray for little Scarlett and send lots of love your way. My little Katie sends Scarlett some baby love :)
Take care of yourself momma and daddy! I know this is a tough time for both of you and its hard to think about yourself when all you want to do is take care of her. (((((hugs)))))
-Jessica and Baby Katie
Sept. 2010 BBC
BLESS HER LITTLE HEART...YAAAYYY FOR SCARLETT!!! Not one day goes by that we don't pray for baby Scarlett and your family. We're so happy to hear that she is such a strong little girl. We will continue to pray for little Scarlett!
I just started checking out the babycenter clothdiaper pages a few days ago and noticed Scarlett's name many times. But just today I decided to check it out. I just sat here and read every blog from the beginning, having to stop occasionally to just lay my head down and cry. I do not pray often, but I will pray for Scarlett.
God Bless!
So very glad that everything went well! Looking forward to seeing more happy updates in the future! You guys and baby Scarlett are in my thoughts and prayers!
so glad everything went well! Praying that the rest of the surgery goes just as good!
wonderful news!!!! i am so so thrilled! I am keeping up the prayers, and cannot wait to read about the other miracles coming this way!
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