"I have never seen it take this long to get test results" is what I was told by a second year resident yesterday. They are doing studies on Georgia's DNA to get to the bottom of this but the picture is becoming clearer. By last night we were told that although the final pathology results are pending they are almost certain that we are looking at Leukemia..that is the first time I have typed that word and my hands are shaking. The next step is to figure out what type, they have narrowed that field to two and will need to do further testing to determine the next steps. The treatments are vastly different for these two. We have been told to anticipate being in the hospital for the next month.

Even with narrowing to two she is still puzzling the doctors and they have reached out to other experts around the world to see if anyone else has seen the combination of symptoms that Georgia is presenting. Tomorrow there will be another bone marrow draw, Thursday they are going to put in a Hickman catheter and we are hearing that likely Friday she will start chemotherapy. There is also a good possibility that we are going to need to do a bone marrow transplant. Because Georgia doesn't have a sibling they will go to the world donor bank to try and find a match. Unfortunately family isn't usually a good match. The future also will likely hold blood transfusions, we have started to encourage people to donate blood - you can't donate specifically for Georgia but it will help.
My heart is broken.