ALL IS DONE

Sophia has officially completed her chemotherapy treatments....Round 3 was a little rough and probably the sickest she felt the whole time and it definitely took her quite a while to recover from it....She also felt like she was having a little problem with her hearing so they changed her drugs for the 4th and final round of treatments.

She finished her 4th round of treatments on March 4th, and as of yesterday, was her first day back to feeling good again.  As it stands now, she will go back monthly for bloodwork or catscans for 6 months and once every 6 months following that.  So keep the prayers out there that she will continue to stay free and clear!  So far all is good and her Dr's say she responded great to the treatments!

She wants to thank everyone again for all the prayers and support!  It made all the difference for this crazy journey!  Shea

Cat Scan Results

SOphia got her cat scan results back yesterday and everything is looking great....the scanned her lungs pelvic and abdomen and everything is looking clean....3rd round of treatments start on Monday Feb 9-11!

2nd round of treatments completed

Sophia finished her 2nd round of treatments Jan 19, 20 and 21...everything went really well....they have found that one of the drugs could be causing some minor complications with her lungs so they will take her off of the Bleomycin....they will also be doing a full body cat scan tomorrow just to make sure everything is up to par and that her lungs are ok...they don't think it is anything major but they take every precaution at this stage! Her 3rd round of treatments start next week...she is halfway there!!!

Another round of treatments next week

Sophia has been doing great....I would say around day 10 after her 1st day of treatments, she started getting her energy back....this week her white blood cell count was a bit low so she had to get a shot on Tuesday and Wednesday as well as a pill (not sure of the names of the medications) BUT....they help produce more white blood cells which she needs to be able to start her next round of treatments. The side effects of these pills and shots are very sore bones all over her body....which she has definitely felt....but still a trooper!

She will start her 2nd round of treatments on Jan 19, 20 & 21

I didn't mention this before but we wanted to make sure we thank her ob/gyn Dr Sheryl Ross who has been a superhero from day 1 and made sure Sophia got the best and quickest attention she could have possibly had....It is very comforting to know you have someone like her in your corner during times like this....

end of 1st weeks treatments

So Sophia is officially finished with her first week of treatments....she is doing good....having a little bit of nausea but overall is handling everything so far very well.  

She wanted to let everyone know she is so appreciative of all of the phone calls, emails, flowers, cards and visits...I think the best medicine of all is a great support group and I don't think it can be any greater than what she has!  

Day 1 of 1st Treatment Cycle

Day 1 was very good....she is taking 3 different drugs each day which are Bleomycin, Etoposide and Cisplatin the regimen is the Chemo world is BEP.

It was a very long day, she has to have 9 hours of hydration and each drug is administered individually all intravenous they also are giving her drugs for nausea which are Dexamethasone and Emend!

So far so good

The beginning

Early November Sophia started not feeling well and noticed her belly had starting swelling....after going to a Gastrointestinal specialist and coming back with a clean slate I started researching swollen abdomen in Females which was immediately directed to ovarian cancer! All of her symptoms were becoming more clear. We had her in to see her Gynocologist where they discovered a mass the size of a cantelope. The sent her right away for MRI test and a CA125 blood test which is the only testing they have available for ovarian cancer. Her blood test came back clean. She was scheduled to have surgery to remove the mass on Dec 1. During surgery they removed the mass but also a gallon and a half of fluid (as thin as she is she looked about 7 months pregnant in a months time when she went in for surgery) During the removal is when her Dr discovered the cancer. All was removed and he did a biopsy on all areas that the cancer could potentially reach.

At her follow up it was determined she had one of the rarest forms of ovarian cancer, A Granulosa Cell Tumor...it makes up for only 2% of all ovarian cancers and although it is rare it has a great chance of recovery following treatments of chemotherapy.

Sophia will be doing 4 treatments total and each treatment consist of 3 days 8-10 hours per day

Treatments start Dec 29, 30 and 31 at Cedars Cancer Center.

Her Oncologist is Dr Ronald Leuchter who performed her surgery and is overseeing her treatments and all follow up.

Dr Gregory Sarna will be handling her treatments

I will say...although this has been such a crazy experience....all the doctors and staff at Cedars and St Johns in Santa Monica have been absolutely incredible

As crazy as this has been Sophia has an incredible attitude!