02/01/06 - PLEASE PRAY FOR HANNAH & HER FAMILY!!!!!WE GOT SOME VERY UPSETTING NEWS TODAY!!!! Hannah went in for her bloodwork today and things took a TURN FOR THE WORSE!! Hannah's preliminary work from her bone marrow aspiration show's a RELAPSE in Hannah's condition. Her blood counts have all been rising VERY SIMILAR to her first admission 1 year ago this week. Her platelets dropped down to 24 today and she required a blood transfusion. The doctors have told Karen & Stephen that they are 95% sure that her cancer has returned. All the blood results are testing positive for J.M.M.L. Hannah was released later this afternoon to go home and ENJOY the weekend. She will be admitted to Sick Kids Hospital on Monday or Tuesday to start chemotherapy. It has been an EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL, AND TRYING day for Karen & Stephen. It was exactly a year ago this week that Karen & Steve got the news that Hannah was diagnosed with J.M.M.L. and they are now RELIVING the cycle all over again. The doctors have said for Hannah to go do WHATEVER she wants to do this weekend and HAVE FUN. She has a AN0THER ROUGH ROAD AHEAD. They will start by giving her 3 rounds of chemotherapy (3-10 days each). They will also be removing her spleen. This will HOPEFULLY hold off some of Hannah's BAD CELLS until she is able to have another bone marrow transplant. Usually it is a minimum of 1 year wait before the body can handle another round of intense chemo for conditioning the body for a bone marrow transplant. The doctors feel that if Hannah can hold on until her 10 month mark which is May they may be able to do a transplant early. But it will require her to have FULL BOOY radiation before the transplant, which is also risky. In the next month Jacob will be tested as a possible donor. His cord blood was saved at birth and if he is a match it can be used for Hannah's transplant. Maybe Hannah's little brother will have the chance to be his big sister's HERO!!!! If Jacob is not a match they will have to go back to Hannah's previous donor. But since her body has already started to reject the new bone marrow and her BAD CELLS have over taken the GOOD ONES her chances of a successful transplant are minimal. Things are NOT LOOKING GOOD right now, but until Monday comes Hannah is going to have as MUCH FUN AS SHE POSSIBLY CAN!!! PLEASE KEEP HANNAH & HER FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS!!! SHE HAS BEATEN THIS BEFORE AND SHE CAN DO IT AGAIN!!!! WE LOVE YOU HANNAH!!! STAY STRONG!!!!YOU ARE A TRUE CHAMPION!!!