Posted on 12/19/2018 1:11:53 AM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Nearly six months after an 11-year-old old Texas girl was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, doctors can no longer find a trace of it after her family and friends prayed for a miracle.
“And we got it,” said Gena Doss, the mother of Roxli Doss, in an interview with KVUE.
And now everyone is thanking God for His blessing.
“Praise God we did,” her husband, Scott, said.
Dr. Virginia Harrod with Dell Children’s Medical Center told KVUE that DIPG is a rare and devastating disease.
"It is very rare, but when we see it, it is a devastating disease. You have decreased ability to swallow, sometimes vision loss, decreased ability to talk, eventually difficulty with breathing,” she said.
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And in case there is any doubt about Roxli’s initial diagnosis, her father said her disease was confirmed by experts at several different hospitals.
"At Dell Children’s, Texas Children’s, at Dana-Farber, at John Hopkins, and MD Anderson, all agreed it was DIPG,” Scott Doss said.
Organizers of a support group on Facebook called Roxli’s Rox Star Benefit for the girl who was diagnosed with the tumor in June explained in July that she loves Jesus “to her core” and their community was heartbroken to learn of her diagnosis.
(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...
I did a little research on this family and they have been professing Jesus online for at least a decade.
I pray that this remission is permanent. But we all die eventually. So if this is just a short reprieve or she lives a long full life, I thank God for the extra time she and her family have and I'm sure they recognize these realities and feel the same.
Jesus raised the widow’s son at Nain (Luke 7:11-17), Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56), and Lazarus (John 11:1-44). They died again.
It’s is curable, but rarely.
http://www.danafarberbostonchildrens.org/conditions/brain-tumor/diffuse-pontine-glioma.aspx
Unfortunately, the prognosis for DIPGs remains very poor, although a small percentage of patients survive this disease and new DIPG research may provide the key to improved treatment options. Your child’s physician will discuss treatment options with you, including experimental clinical trials and supportive care.
That article is blowing sunshine. “Survival” means 5 years.
DIPG is the full-blown rabies of cancers.
“A child diagnosed with DIPG today faces the same prognosis as a child diagnosed 40 years ago. There is still no effective treatment and no chance of survival. Only 10% of children with DIPG survive for 2 years following their diagnosis, and less than 1% survive for 5 years. The median survival time is 9 months from diagnosis.”
https://www.defeatdipg.org/dipg-facts/overview/what-is-the-prognosis-for-a-child-diagnosed-with-dipg/
O Ye of little faith. Of course we all die eventually. The important thing is where we go after we die on this Earth. Jesus is telling us to have faith in Him. And I for one want to have everlasting life in the Kingdom of Heaven and be with my lord and savior.
To add fuel to the fire: My wife has been miraculously healed twice. The first time was the end of a life-long back pain. The second, about 17 years later (this year, actually), was a serious and debilitating sinus infection.
I believe that miraculous healings are one of those things that are happening all over the place, all the time, but they just don’t get press. And the doctors make wild excuses up to explain them.
The important thing is where we go after we die on this Earth.
Agree, which is why I stated I hoped to have everlasting life in the Kingdom of Heaven with my Lord and Savior.
Yes.
BTW, it was not really a slam on you. I use that same wording sometimes. I just try to catch myself.
I once said in a hot mic at a small church, after the pastor said, “Where are you going?! Heaven or Hell?!” I said, “Folks, eternity is not about geography. It is about condition. It is not about whether you are going to heaven or hell. It is about whether you receive eternal life, or perish - die.
It was a pet peeve of mine at the time.
They saw a shadow on the MRI and decided it was a tumor but it wasn’t would be my bet.
However doctors screw up everyday and all the 2nd and 3rd opinions in the world are subjective once the first diagnosis is in. Doctors at these well renowned institutes will not step on another's toes by going against a previous diagnostic.
We went through this with my father in law. Three different opinions from some real high level bone crackers that he had pancreatic cancer and needed a Whipple surgery. NOT. It was NOTHING once they got in but once it was started it had to be completed. He has been recovering for two years and still has not regained his strength. Sad. Before the surgery he was a picture of health at 89, now 91.
BTTT!
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