Saturday 3 March 2012

My brave little girl

D-day arrived. The hours on the clock dragged all morning. I gave up waiting at 1.30pm and rang the hospital. The secretary took my number and said she would have Michael call me back. 2.00pm came and went, still no call. I was getting pissed off at this point, sick of waiting. I had literally just text my mam giving out saying we were still waiting when the phone rang. My heart sank looking at it ringing. We had been waiting a week for this phone call and now it had arrived I wanted it to go away. I didn't want to hear what the doctor had to say to be honest. I was expecting to be told the tumor is small enough now for an operation. I was wrong. Instead we were told Karagh's in remission. Her cancer is gone. Gone. Disappeared. Her fight was over. And she won. My baby beat cancer at 6 months old. No more treatment. No more doctors & nurses poking at her little body. No more medicine. No more having to wear gloves changing her nappies after chemo. No more keeping her covered in public. No more. No more. No more. She did it.

I remember when Karagh was diagnosed I pictured the next year (at least) of our lives being surrounded by hospitals, doctors, nurses. I know we still have a long road ahead of us with her needing her freddie removed and having check up scans and that but she is soooo lucky this was caught when it was. There is such a difference between stage3 & stage 4. I wish other childrens NB stories were the same as Karagh's.

Thats all for now I will go into finer detail soon right now I am too busy spending my time with my baby. Cancer free and no worries for now.


7 comments:

  1. I'm so happy for ye, I'm struggling to keep in the tears. And i'm a man. I guess thats what having 2 little girls of my own does. Fairplay Karagh!

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  2. I'm so happy for all of you. Way to go little princess, u did it! I will continue to pray for her to stay in remission. God bless all of you!

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  3. This is really excellent news and we are so excited :) You are all wonderful.

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  4. Sarah and Keith, I am so happy for you. And especially for Karagh. And you should be very proud of how you've done. You were both strong, even when you didn't feel it. You worked hard to face it down, and raise awareness and funding at the same time. I am so proud of you. Well done. Enjoy this time, you deserve it.

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  5. carmel Heffernan4 March 2012 at 16:02

    So so happy for yee,Karagh is a beautiful baby and a little fighter and well done to both you and Keith for being outstanding parents and for keeping the heart up through lots of tough times,take care xxx

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  6. such an amazing story. your little Karagh is certainly a tiger just like her daddy dubbed. continued prayers for your family. Celebrate the day and enjoy every minute of your little angel girl.

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  7. You are both in my thoughts since added on Facebook. Everyday I check to make sure she's doing aswell as the last. Your so strong and she takes after you both. X

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