Our Fight Begins

Today, Madey went to the doctor. Again. As they sat in the waiting room, Madey practiced wheeling herself around in our borrowed wheelchair. She stopped in front of our parents and looked down at her hands to see that they were lined with charcoal colored streaks. She yelled "Ew! Dad! I need hand sanitizer!!" He jumped up (ish) and got a humongous bottle of hand sanitizer out of one of the offices. He sat down and slammed the pump down to squirt out some of the stellar cleansing goo. Instead of squeezing out of the pump and into Madge's hands like normal, the giant glob shot sideways and splatted all over mom's pants! Dad looked shocked, Mom just stared at it and Madey about pee'd her pants she was laughing so hard!!
Hand sanitizer helped relieve the tension that filled the empty waiting room before the doctors came to let us know what comes next. We learned Madey's tumor is about the size of a small football, close to the same size as the one Landon got for Christmas (thus all the pain she's been in). Her tumor is in a "good" spot (if you can say that a tumor is a good thing...) This will help the doctors treat it easier and we're so thankful for all the little blessings that we've seen during this 'hard thing'.
Tomorrow, Mom, Madey, and Dad will go back down to Primary Children's Hospital where Madey will have an echocardiogram. Big word, not scary meaning. It just measures and watches Madey's heart to make sure she's strong enough to undergo chemotherapy. After that they'll meet with the oncologist, aka: the tumor doctor. He's kind of a genius! Then Madey will be admitted into the hospital because they rock at what they do! She will begin the first round of chemotherapy. The doctors described her tumor being like the sun baking the insides of her body. That's why it hurts so darn much. The chemo will be like pouring water onto it and will make her stop hurting. I really need the tumor to stop hurting her because when she hurts, I hurt. She will be in the hospital anywhere from 2 to 5 days. She's not allowed to have visitors once she starts the chemo treatments. Our house has to basically be quarantined and sanitized (maybe we should've kept that big bottle from the waiting room.. haha) We greatly appreciate everyone's love and support. Your prayers have carried us through so far and will continue to do so. Please remember Madey by wearing blue tomorrow and keep her in your prayers always.