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6-7-07

My 14 yr old sister just told my parents that she has a lump on her breast (1/3 of her breast is a lump!) and has been spotting off an on from her nipple since January! :/ I wish she told them earlier, but they got her in the to doc this morning. The doc squeezed her nipple and he was able to get enough blood out to run tests on. :cry And she is having a u/s of her breast at 1pm EST. We won’t have the results until the evening probably. Please pray for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right now we figure (although I don’t think the docs have said it) that there are 4 options:
1–an infection (since January!)
2–an cyst
3–a benign tumor
4–a malignant tumor

Only one of those options is really bad…so we are praying for any of the other 3. And infection would be best probably because antibiotics would hopefully take care of it. Any of the other options may require surgery…or more…

UPDATE:
It is not an infection or a cyst as we were hoping. It is a solid mass. She goes to the biggest hospital in the state on Tuesday–5 hours away. Going to see her now…when my mom was calling I heard my sis tell me to come see her…and mom had sure I knew she said it. So I am on my way out the door. Tonight is her 8th grade graduation, but she isn’t up to going…until she got the results she still insisted she wanted to go. Pray please!

*Oh and after being at my family’s house I found out she hasn’t been bleeding since January.  She noticed a lump in January.  She talked to one of my sisters about it.  My sis told her some lumps are normal.  But the bleeding started recently.  She noticed she had dried blood in her bra, but didn’t actually know it was from her nipple at first.  She thought it might have been from a black fly bite or something.  But when it kept happening and more often she knew that something was up.

She is being strong considering…she is having faith that God is watching over her. She did break down while I was there though and cried on my shoulder for at least 20 minutes. I smoothed her hair, rubbed her back, and prayed for her. She isn’t going back to school–only tomorrowand Monday left, but she isn’t up to it right now and I don’t blame her at all. My sis who lives a few hours away will be up omorrow and Saturday. Kim will love that! Waiting for Tuesday….and praying….

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