Jillian's Army

A site to provide updates on Jillian Moore's fight against Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer

July, 2013

Thanks Linda, Jayc and Dad!

Jillian and I had a good night sleep only waking up a few times. Aside from her not wanting her eggs for breakfast she is happy and enjoyed her pre eating walk. We did some reading this morning and now she wants to do it alone. Dr B came in this morning and said she […]

Good news

Ok good news first. Dr B just stopped by and checked on Jilli. He is happy with her progress and her stomach has shrunk a bit. Depending on how she is this week she might get to go home after her second round of chemo starting August 1st. She is sitting up and walking a […]

Saturday, July 20th

Jillian has been happy and in good spirits recently. She is taking the (Neupogen) white blood cell shots like a trooper and her WBC count looks like its on the rebound from 0.2 to 0.7 this morning at 4 am and this is great news. Amber and I are still rotating overnight shifts and Jilli […]

Better Day

Jilli had a pretty good day, even though she was sleepy. We made her walk around a lot. That will be the fastest way for her body to recover. We are on the downward swing of her immune system…scary! But she was just super happy to not have a foley catheter in anymore. Time to […]

Update

Ok busy day yesterday. Jillian is now on day 2 of her white blood cell shots for the next 2 weeks before her next round of chemo. Yesterday was good because she got her catheter and heart monitor leads removed. She is still in pain but now she will be more able to get up […]

The battle begins.

Our world had been demolished by a nuclear bomb.  We have been blindsided…now forced to fight a war we never asked for.  We are all fighting for the life of this precious little girl. Survival rates are based on a four year average, so as of four years ago her chances were 50%-60%; a flip […]

Here’s how it all went down…

Symptoms: All her symptoms were masked as typical childhood crap. Our baby, Jillian Elaine Moore had just turned 3 in April and started getting clingy to me.  She was grumpier than normal and throwing tantrums more.  Her eating became picky and every meal was a fight to get her to eat more than just a […]

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