Team Katie Bug

In February we were sent to Scottish Rite for a spinal tap test to see if Katie had meningitis. The spinal tap came back clear but the ER doctor wanted to have a CT Scan done to see where the pain was coming from in her neck. A few hours later we were sat down and told that Katie had a brain tumor. Our world came to a sudden stop! A neurologist came in and spoke with us and told us that Katie had a lot of pressure in her head and he wanted to drain the fluid pressure by doing surgery that night and putting a drain her head. After the 45 minute surgery we were told that everything went great and they were very happy they put the drain in because the pressure in her head was 30% and normal pressure is 15-20%. The next day Katie had an MRI done which revealed a total of 4 tumors. Three of the four were in her brain and one was on her brain stem, on her spin. The next day, Katie had emergency brain surgery, 8 hours long to remove to tumore that was on her brain stem on her spin. The doctors mentally prepared us for her to be completely unconscious for the next 24-48 hours to control the swelling on her brain as well as having tubes in her and all over her body. When her surgery was complete the doctors came into the waiting room with the biggest smiles on their faces and said, "She's awake, smiling, and talking...She's a FIGHTER!" they couldnt believe it!!! God and a whole bunch of angels were watching over her that day. We stayed in the hospital for about 2 1/2 weeks after that. We were home for 2 weeks before we went back to the hospital to begin chemotherapy for next 6 months! 
The first cycle of chemo went great until we got home. Four days into us being home Katie became very dehydrated, couldnt keep any food, water, medicine, ect. down. She lost a lot of weight and became very pale. I took her into the ER and we ended up being in the hospital for 1 month and 1 day. Most of that time was spent in the PICU. One of the chemo drugs caused Katie's lining in her stomach to be torn out which is called typhlitis. Before going home Katie had a GTUB put in her stomach to help with meds, feedings, hydrating, ect., it has been wonderful! The last 2 cycles of chemo have been great for Katie. Her oncologist decreased the percentage in two of the chemo drugs to avoid another first cycle experience. We are about to begin the 4th cycle at Egleston. I have been told that the last 3 cycles are the worst of the worst in chemotherapy. We are expected to be in the hospital for 3 out of 4 weeks for each cycle. We are hoping and praying that all goes well and after all that Katie has endured we can say, "We Beat Cancer!!!"