This all started at her 4 month checkup on November 19th, when her pediatrician noticed something 'odd' in her abdomen during the normal exam. She gave us an order for an abdominal sonogram and told us to make and appointment. There happened to be a radiology lab in the same complex, and when we called we mentioned that we were in the building in case they had availability then. It just so happened,they had a bit of time between patients and they would see us immediately. They took quite a few images, and then sent us back to our pediatrician. This was where Derek and I started to get a bit nervous. We went back into one of the exam rooms, and a few minutes later Dr. Anlage popped in and explained that the sonogram showed that there was a mass about 6 cm long on her left side. She said there was no way to know yet what it was, and that she was on the phone with Children's National Medical Center in DC "working her way up to the boss" to get us a CT appointment for the next day. After she got through she told us that we may be there for an hour or two, or we may end up seeing specialist after specialist so we should be prepared to be there all day.
Also, Cambria has gotten SUPER interactive by now, so this video was literally taken at this appointment, after the nurse came in to weigh her, but before we saw her pediatrician:
She is so precious
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