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This is a brave story of a young lady in Yorba Linda and I am calling all Caring People because Brielle is a  woman of faith that needs our strength in the form of this prayer request.

I hope to show her this posting, at the end of the week, with dozens of get well comments, dozens of re-posts, and many good wishes that will make her day!

Brielle Murray is 12 1/2 years old.  She is the big sister to two younger siblings.  In January of 2008, she was diagnozed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer that attacks soft tissue.  The baseball-sized tumor in her right ear canal was so large that it was deemed inoperable.  Brielle went through eleven months of Chemotherapy and Proton Beam radiation so you know she is one tough cookie!  On November 17th, 2008, the cancer was not evident on her MRI and PT Scans.

Brielle had a standard 3-month check-up on February 25th, 2009 and was still cancer free, but on April 21st, 2009 a new tumor had grown in the same location.  This one was operable, so Brielle had surgery to remove the tumor and underwent extensive chemotherapy and a Stem Cell Transplant over the next eleven months.

Brielle had a routine 3-month check-up and she was well enough to come home on December 7th, 2009. Brielle was so thankful to be home for Christmas, and her Mom and Dad planned many fun activities and learned to appreciate living one-day-at-a-time. Brielle was able to celebrate her 11th birthday at home in January, and again there were no signs of cancer in her body. Brielle's 3-month check-up in February showed she was cancer-free, but her next check-up on May 21st showed that new tumor growth had occurred in the same location as before, and in the lining of the brain, and another which is wrapped around a facial nerve in the ear canal on the right side.

Brielle had her second surgery on June 9th, 2010 at UCI in an attempt to remove these tumors. Dr. Djililian was able to remove a considerable amount of tumor, but because of the complexity of removing the remaining tumors, Dr. Djililian decided to stop, and give opportunity for Brielle's parents to consult with him and the neurosurgeons at UCI about the risks and benefits of proceeding with further surgery.

To show you what kind of spirit Brielle has, when she woke up in the recovery room, she looked at her Mom and Dad, and said "Big Eyes" and made a funny face. She did this because the day before, her little sister Jaden was goofing-off and being funny, and made the "Big Eyes." The very next thing Brielle asked was, "Did they get all the tumor?" Jim and Lisa were honest with her, and said that they did not. Brielle knew exactly what this meant, and said, "What do we do next?" This little trooper is a fighter, and she is determined to win this battle with her cancer. Upon further evaluation and consultation with Brielle's parents, with the neurosurgeons at UCI Medical Center, where the recent surgery was performed, with City of Hope head of oncology, where Brielle has been treated over this past year, and with the head of Oncology at CHOC Hospital where she was treated during her first year, it has been decided that Brielle will have yet another surgery on Wednesday, June 16th. The surgery will begin early in the morning and is expected to take at least 20 hours, as three different surgeons with different areas of expertise will be coordinating their efforts.

More details can be found here.  In the meantime; help me by calling all Caring People to this prayer request.

A referral is sending someone you care about to someone you trust! 

Vic Steele, Broker, CA DRE License No. 01349863
Valet Real Estate Services
571 N. Poplar, Suite H, Orange, CA  92868

Vic@SteeleGroup.net