Our entire world has been flipped upside down yet again but we know we serve an awesome God and He will see us through.
Below are emails Hope’s wonderful soccer coach has sent to our team to keep everyone updated. I thought this would be the best way to catch everyone up.
Good Evening Players and Parents,
This is probably one of the hardest emails I have had to send as a Coach and probably a harder one for families to read.
Hope is currently at PCH in the PICU.
Information from Jamie and Jill:
(I did not want to shorten the info since this team/families are pretty bonded and it helps to know exactly where she is currently)...Hope woke up Saturday in the middle of the night with a headache and throwing up. As the morning went on she started getting lethargic so we called 911 and they checked her out but couldn't see anything wrong. We took her to the hospital just to be safe. When we got to the hospital everything went downhill and they ended up doing a CT scan and found a large mass (6cm) in the center of her brain that is restricting the flow of her spinal fluid, which is causing her brain to swell. They airlifted her to PCH and right now she's in surgery getting a biopsy on her brain and tubes to release the spinal fluid from both sides of her brain. She'll then get an MRI and the sample of the tumor will be sent for biopsy. Depending on what they find she could have surgery today or tomorrow or if they need to wait for full pathology she won't have surgery for several days.
The biggest thing the family has asked for is PRAYERS. Please no phone calls however texts or emails can be read when they have a moment. PCH limits visitors to direct family and the girls will not be able to visit Hope. Trina (Brookie's Mom) mentioned sending positive videos that Hope and her parents can watch ... and we know how much the girls like making videos!
Personally, I want all of you to remember, even on the worst games, HOPE does not give up. She is a fighter, she is positive, she is tough. Bubble wrap and Duct Tape can not fix this but knowing the kind of human she is, taking her lead, staying strong and positive and being a team is important.
Remember...WE HAVE HOPE!
Coach
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