Welcome to Katelyn Benson's website!
This has been created to keep family and friends up to date with the latest news
regarding our brave daughter.
At the age of three, Katelyn was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma Stage 4, a rare childhood cancer for which there is no cure.
She was diagnosed on Monday 16th May 2005 and since then has undergone 8 rounds of chemotherapy, a 5 hour tumour resection surgery, further high-dose chemotherapy followed by a
stem cell transplant, radiotherapy and 6 rounds of Accutane (Retinoic Acid). In September 2006, we discovered that Katie had relapsed and so the battle begins again.
Despite the devastating prognosis, we have great faith that our precious daughter will be granted her miracle cure.
Thank you for joining us on our rollercoaster journey. Words cannot express the uplifting joy we feel to know we have
such a wonderful "team" standing behind us every step of the way.
We thank each and every one of you for the endless love, support and prayers.
Children with cancer are like candles in the wind who accept the possibility that they are in danger
of being extinguished by a gust of wind from nowhere; and yet, as they flicker and dance to remain
alive, their brilliance challenges the darkness and dazzle those of us who watch their light.
Unlucky
It's been so long since I updated, I had to rack my brains to remember my password. The computer chair is nearly always occupied by Joshua on the Sims, or Katie on the Barbie website. Friday 13th is an unlucky one. Katie is in hospital with a high temperature and an immune system of basically zero. Haemoglobin was 9.0 (good) and platelets are back up after a transfusion. We believe Katie has some kind of Hickman line infection - sound familiar? When they are able to indentify which strain of bacteria it is, they should be able to administer a more specific antibiotic. As of an hour ago, Katie's temperature was down & she had another dose or oral paracetamol which is subsiding the throbing pains in her head. Quick thank you - to Emma and Tim for sending us a batch of different pink hats. Katie was getting really irritated by the itchy clumps of hair in her bed. I will email a few photos of her in the hats - she put 3 hats on at once, it's funny!
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