September 3, 2025 We didn't know if we were going to lose our daughter.

September 3, 2025 We didn't know if we were going to lose our daughter. One year ago today, fresh from the trauma of finding out that my sweet little girl had a mass in her brainstem, we walked her into the hospital for a craniotomy. We were praying she wouldn't experience any of the catastrophic complications that could come with a surgery like this. We knew there was a mass in her brainstem. We knew they needed to take a sample. But we didn't know what it was. And that was one of the scariest parts. Was it DIPG? What kind of tumor was it? Was it treatable? How much time did we have? We had questions. We had no answers. She was going into an incredibly dangerous surgery so doctors could get those answers. And I remember feeling completely numb. Terrified doesn't even begin to describe it. It was also our first Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Just weeks after hearing the words: "Your child has cancer." And now it's September again. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. But this time, we're looking at it from a completely different place. Yesterday, one year after that terrifying September... Bean went back to the hospital for another MRI. And this time, we knew what we were looking for. Her cancer is currently under control. There has been no change on her MRI. One year ago we were terrified of how much time we had. Today, we're just grateful for more time. One year. One MRI at a time.