zoe goss....continued....

PASSING ALONG MORE OF ZOE'S STORY!!!!!

such a SWEET FUN little girl!!!!

anyway, this is copied from another blog :)



"Well...it was brought to my attention tonight by Buddy Boy's "mother" that I have not shared the story of the naming of the tumor. I believe I typed this out at one time but that post was erased with my tapping of a wrong key. So the story goes...

Zoe and I always have our serious talks at the swing set in the backyard. It has been our meeting place after school to discuss the days events. The official diagnosis of neuroblastoma was made on March 3. I had spoken to the social worker that day who encouraged me to in time identify the "thing" in Zoe's belly as cancer. I thought that to be a discussion best had with the social worker present. However, that evening as we were at the swing set the opportunity came about to discuss her diagnosis. I began by talking about our friend, Brady, who HAD neuroblastoma and is now enjoying himself in school...disease free! I then explained that she, too, had neuroblastoma. She apparently knew that this meant "cancer" without me saying the actual word. Kiddos are aware of so much more than for what we give them credit! She said to me, "mama, I DO NOT HAVE CANCER!" I tried to explain that yes, in fact she does, but we are going to fight it with medicine. She emphatically denied cancer. So, I said to her, "think of the thing you like least in this world and that is what we will call the tumor." She quickly responded with "Buddy Boy." Buddy Boy is her Aunt Samantha's dog. He is a rat terrier(I think that is correct.) He is very active and likes to jump on Zoe. She is a spaz when he is around. Just terrified! And that is the story of the naming of the tumor.

I have not tried any further to convince her that the tumor is cancer. I feel like that is the energy that God has given her to conquer this battle. It is GOOD energy!!

her grandmother left a message this morning that said they were at the hospital. and that zoe's main concern was that the gift shop wasn't open. :) i love kids. they really are the best."

mom went to visit zoe today at childrens hospital today in LRock. She starts her Chemo tonight. Please lift up a prayer for Zoe :)