Jinxed's blog: "Pray for Jessie"

My beautiful 13 yr old daughter was diagnosed with Cancer today and would appreciate for her to be in everyones prayers.I wont really find out much until she sees the specialist on Friday and I will update this then.PLEASE keep her in your hearts. The appt. went well today.Atleast this dr wa able to give me some information unlike the dr. who removed the moles.Jessie does have a rare form of Melanoma that isn't usually found in children.On Tuesday Sept. 2nd we will start going through the Hillman Cancer Center which is widely known for the best of the best. Jessie will have to have more of her back cut out and skin from her leg to cover the wound.She will also have a Lymph Node biopsy to see if it has spread.I will update this more when I know more. Please keep Jessie in your prayers! 9-24-08 Well yesterday Jessie had the dye test to determine which lymph node was going to be removed to see if the Melanoma had spread.They discovered the Lymph was being equally distributed to 2 nodes. One under her arm and one in her neck.Today they removed both nodes and cut out more of her back.She will have a drain tube in her back for 2 weeks:( and hopefully the results of the node biopsy will be here in 7-10 days with good results. Ty to all my friends who have kept Jessie in their thoughts and prayers and please continue to do so!! 9-30-08 Well today we got the results of the Lymph Node biopsy and it confirmedthat the Melanoma spread to the node under her arm.Nothing was detected in the node removed from her neck.Unfortunatly this means that Jess will have to go through more surgery in about 3 weeks and have all Lymph nodes under her arm removed.Then we will "explore" other options after that as her doctor said. 10-21-08 Had a meeting with the doctor today to discuss some things about the upcoming procedure that he didnt inform me of in the beginning.I was worried after reading some of the side effects of removing all the nodes which include her arm filling with fluid and having to wear a compression device for the rest of her life.So my question was ...is the absolutly needed or is there something else i can do without her possibly having a lifelong deformity. The answer i received was horrible.If she does not have this done she will die!. Needless to say surgery is scheduled for Oct.29th.:(