Hope for Skylar

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for following Skylar's blog! My name is Julie, and I am Jourdan's sister and Skylar's auntie. I wanted to write a post on Skylar's blog on behalf of all my family. We have created a website called Hopeforskylar.com, to raise support and efforts for little Skylar's journey. We have designed really cute arm bracelets that we are selling in which all the proceeds go to the Randall Family. They really need help with all the extra expenses that are being tacked on everyday for medical bills and traveling.

There are so many of us who want to help Skylar and her parents, but we don't live nearby or are able to contribute much....This site will provide a way for all of us to show our love and support of this family. We are all praying everyday for Sky's recovery and for her to be protected and strengthened. This family needs all of our prayers and wishes of comfort. On the site you can either buy a bracelet to help support Skylar or just send a donation.

Thank you for everything that you all have done so far, we couldn't ask for better friends or family.

Once again the website is: hopeforskylar.com

Time in Utah

Today we visited Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake to meet with Skylar's peds surgeon Dr. Meyers. After doing a cat scan of her abdomen, we found that the tumor had shrunk from a grapefruit size to a golf ball size! The good news is we know that the chemo is doing it's job, the bad news is it's still to large to operate on. Skylar is going to do 2 more rounds of chemo back in Tucson and then its back to Utah for surgery. We are looking at the first week in April and this is 90 percent sure. Skylar continues to fight hard and deal with the blahs.. of chemotherapy. So I guess its back to Tucson!

Before and After Chemo

New Pics

On to the Next....

Skylar and I are heading off to Salt Lake Utah this weekend. After 2 rounds of chemo it is time to scan her belly and take a look at her tumor. If the surgeron believes it to be small enough...she will do surgery to remove a chunck of her liver that is affected. We found a wonderful surgeron in Utah who specializes in this type of cancer and is head of the pediatric surgery department and liver transplant team. If the chemo did not decrease the tumor enough for surgery than we will stay in Utah to get the third round of chemo. A week after that we will scan her belly again and try surgery at that time. We maybe in Utah for a few weeks to a couple of months. Ryan will stay here to work and keep that wonderful health insurance going! And he will come up and visit us on his days off. We will miss him very much and it will be hard for our little family to be apart, but it is whats best for our little girl.
We continue to ask for your love and prayers for Skylar. I want to thank everyone who has brought us meals these past weeks it has been a blessing. We love all of you very much. And a special thanks to our family for the support they have given us. My mom will be coming up with me to lend support and help wherever needed...thanks mom for being my best friend and Skylar's best babysitter!
Wish us luck and I will keep you all updated as much possible :)