is the not quite 11 month old daughter of this family
After about a month of ear infections, breathing treatments and fussiness, her parents brought her to the doctor again. Here is an excerpt from their blog on January 25
Thursday afternoon we went to an appointment to make sure Cora's ear infections had cleared up. Joel decided to come along because we were frustrated that she kept getting sick. I felt like she just wasn't herself and we had noticed a few things we were concerned about. Cora's stomach seemed very tight, she had gotten two "mystery" black eyes recently, and she wasn't eating very much. Our pediatrician decided to do some blood work and x-ray her abdomen. After lots of waiting he came back into our room with tears in his eyes. He told us that from the x-ray he could tell that Cora's liver was enlarged. He said there is a chance it could be nothing, but in his experience it is usually related to cancer. We left his office in shock and headed straight to Wesley. I don't think Joel and I hardly said a word to each other the whole way to Wichita. We just cried.
Later tests showed she was in Stage 4 and the cancer was all over her little body. That was 3 weeks ago. Sweet Cora passed away on Sunday. 3 weeks ago she was at home and all was well (or so it seemed) and now she is in Heaven. It is absolutely unimaginable. This definitely makes you hug your babies a little bit tighter. We all need to be so grateful for it all......we never know when it might be taken away.
Say a prayer of healing for this family. There are no words to describe the sadness.....
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I read about this on Wednesday and cried my eyes out. I can't even imagine. What a beautiful little girl, too. It's heart-breaking.
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