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Fiona's doing great!

August 2000 -- Sorry everyone that it has taken us so long to update Fiona's site. I think the last time we updated you was back in March after Fiona's February successful MRI.

Well Fiona is doing marvelous, she had two more MRI's since on May 7th and July 24th and, thank God, no trace of tumors.

Fiona has finished 5 three-month cycles of chemotherapy and her doctors feel that she doesn't require any more. She is about to commence a 6 week low dose radiation (1800/5000) schedule beginning Thursday August 24th, and then her treatment will be complete.

Fiona has beaten so many odds in making it 14 months tumor-free and we as a family know this and are so proud of her achievements. She is considered right now in remission however radiation is considered necessary as a precautionary measure.

Fiona's chemotherapy went extremely well in the past two cycles. She was able to fulfill all appointments and was rarely sick after the initial 12-24 hours following her monthly inpatient treatments of cytoxin and cisplatin. Her high-pitch hearing has been affected slightly by the cisplatin but her doctor's halved her doses when this was observed. Her kidney function levels were a little down with her last GFR testing but nothing that cannot correct itself in the future please God.

Fiona is and always will be an amazing child. She brings a smile to our faces every time you look at her. She is so happy when she knows her hair is coming back and feels very sad initially when it's taken away again by the chemotherapy medications. The evaluation she received at 2 years, 10 months, was of a child developing away above her age. She is a very bright and happy three year old and with God's help she will continue to progress so well after her radiation treatment.

She had a beautiful 3rd birthday party on July 16th with her sister Niamh and lots of friends and a cute clown. She is a asking to go to pre-school where her big sister Niamh goes, so we plan to start her at The Mulberry school in mid-October. She wants to be a big girl like her sister.

Again, our family is so grateful to everyone, - doctors, nurses and friends for their great care, their wonderful support and constant prayers in helping us through this time.

A very special thank you to Tina for this wonderful site. It's a credit to you and we really appreciate it.

Thanks and God Bless
Fiona, Niamh, Maureen and Ger Mulrooney

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