01/22/2026
Nora's biopsy results came back, and it's even better than I expected! They checked for the Monosomy 7 in a few different tests, and every single one came back with it undetected!!!! THE MONOSOMY 7 IS GONE!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 It is such a rare phenomenon that it completely disappears, it's only been reported in a few cases, so her hematologist has reached out to St Judes to see what this means, if it can come back or if it's gone for good. Her hematologist and I are under the impression that the transient part meant it could fluctuate and bounce around from 1%-99%, and that if it went to 100% it has completely taken over and will never go away and it's time for a transplant. And that if it completely goes away, then it'll never come back. The rescue gene is present in her marrow in small amounts, but it is there!! The rest of the results came back better than they previously have. Some are in the normal range, but even the ones that are still abnormal have improved. Based on the biopsy results they are not sure why her numbers are so out of whack, as nothing abnormally concerning was found.
Additionally, her platelets went up on their own for the first time!! They had dropped from 45k a few days after the IVIG to 27k on Saturday, a week and a half after the IVIG treatment. Tuesday we did labs and they went up to 31k. They are still low but this is the first time they have gone up without a current treatment!
Thank you everyone for your prayers! She is so loved!!! ❤️❤️❤️