Bridgette West's Cancer Fight Fund
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When Bridgette turned a year old she was bitten by a tick, she then started sweating excessively (when I say sweating I mean head to toe drenched hair soaked, dripping sweat. Sweat drops under her eyes. you could take a towel dry her off and when you were finished with that first swipe, she was wet all over again.) not only did Bridgette have the sweating to deal with but she started sleeping a lot losing her appetite. Bridgette went from being over weight to dropping pounds on the scale. Only when the dr weighed her, you saw she didn't lose anything. :( We had to start buying smaller diapers and getting out her smaller clothes. She started getting dark circles under her eyes. Her belly started to bulge. she started eating again in BIG portions like she was starving but never gained a pound or showed it. I then made a appointment with Bridgette 's dr they ordered to have some lab work done, little did we realize what a long tough road Bridgette had I front of her.
She went threw blood work lot of blood. she had a ultra sound, allergy tests, parasites, all kinds of testing for a whole year! Still no answers and we were no closer to finding out what was wrong with Bridgette. But Bridgette has developed a huge fear of the doctors.
As a parent and trying to find out what is wrong with your child and seeing nothing being found, when as a parent do you say enough is enough? Well for me it was time, my husband and I made the choice to bring Bridgette 3 hours away from home to Boston Children's hospital. Knowing this was going to be a hard trip ahead. We packed our things with high hopes to find out once and for all what was wrong with Bridgette .
When we got there she needed lots of blood work again and this didn't make poor Bridgette happy. She shakes cries and so scared I have never seen such a fear of doctors as she is. Then came the MRI of her brain, that was cleared but they did find abnormal test on Bridgette, she has a thyroid problem they found. Then more abnormal test made them find more. We still are not sure exactly what is wrong with Bridgette. But they told us she needs to be tested for a cancerous tumor. New MRI,pet scans, lab work and ultra sounds.
We are in a bind all these medical expenses have brought us to a painful halt.
The thing about Bridgette is she is a rare kid event tho she is very sick and she is still so happy and sweet.
So far at Boston we have been informed that Bridgette needs to be checked in to the Dana Farber Cancer Institution. They are now having Bridgette stay impatient for the next week. Being out of town we have no clue how we are gonna afford to be there with Bridgette and still maintain our bills at home. my husband and Bridgette's older sister Trinity, will have to come to Boston's children's hospital.
She went threw blood work lot of blood. she had a ultra sound, allergy tests, parasites, all kinds of testing for a whole year! Still no answers and we were no closer to finding out what was wrong with Bridgette. But Bridgette has developed a huge fear of the doctors.
As a parent and trying to find out what is wrong with your child and seeing nothing being found, when as a parent do you say enough is enough? Well for me it was time, my husband and I made the choice to bring Bridgette 3 hours away from home to Boston Children's hospital. Knowing this was going to be a hard trip ahead. We packed our things with high hopes to find out once and for all what was wrong with Bridgette .
When we got there she needed lots of blood work again and this didn't make poor Bridgette happy. She shakes cries and so scared I have never seen such a fear of doctors as she is. Then came the MRI of her brain, that was cleared but they did find abnormal test on Bridgette, she has a thyroid problem they found. Then more abnormal test made them find more. We still are not sure exactly what is wrong with Bridgette. But they told us she needs to be tested for a cancerous tumor. New MRI,pet scans, lab work and ultra sounds.
We are in a bind all these medical expenses have brought us to a painful halt.
The thing about Bridgette is she is a rare kid event tho she is very sick and she is still so happy and sweet.
So far at Boston we have been informed that Bridgette needs to be checked in to the Dana Farber Cancer Institution. They are now having Bridgette stay impatient for the next week. Being out of town we have no clue how we are gonna afford to be there with Bridgette and still maintain our bills at home. my husband and Bridgette's older sister Trinity, will have to come to Boston's children's hospital.
Organizer
Beth West
Organizer
Schenectady, NY
