Update
Hi everyone. This is Kirsten. I just got off the phone with Kimberly, and she gave me permission to post an update for her, as she is going to be living at Children’s Hospital for the rest of the week.
Zen Baby has been admitted to hospital until at least the weekend, so that various tests can be performed. The diagnosis of what type of cancer has been made, but they still need to figure out a lot of other factors - what stage it’s at, what systems the tumour is affecting, etc. A biopsy is going to be performed, and the results of that won’t be in for about two weeks.
Kimberly is doing okay, as well as can be expected. She’s handling the tests one at a time, and she reports that the hospital staff have been simply wonderful. They’re kind, they’re willing to try new things to accommodate the comfort of both their patient and their patient’s mom, and they’re very supportive in general of the family unit as a whole. What a blessing that is, to have the medical staff, who aren’t required to have perfect bedside manner to work in their profession, to be so kind and compassionate. It’s an extra that really matters at a time like this.
Kimberly’s parents have stepped in and are taking good care of Diva Girl, who so far only knows that Zen Baby has a boo-boo in her tummy, and she gets to sleepover at Grandma and Grampa’s while mommy and her sister stay in the hospital for a few days.