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Skylar Wathen – 5 years old – Type II Astrocytoma
On Sept. 5th 2011, Skylar as a 4 year old child had a seizure during our return home from a labor day visit at the lake which changed our lives forever. Upon being admitted to Kosair, a CT scan found a large mass in the right frontal lobe of her brain. A biopsy was performed and the initial diagnosis was a Type II Oligodendroglioma which is a cancerous non-resectable tumor. Over the next 9 months, Skylar was treated mainly for reoccurring seizures that would present every 4-5 days. In May 2012, Skylar underwent brain surgery to partially resect her tumor and hopefully impede any more seizures from occurring. A new diagnosis was discovered thanks to the surgery so pathology diagnosed her tumor officially as a Type II cancerous Astrocytoma. Thanks to the pharmaceutical and surgical intervention, Skylar has been seizure free since Aug. 16th 2012. However, due to the new diagnosis of Astrocytoma, the Pediatric Oncology team thought the best precautionary step would be to start chemotherapy to prevent her tumor from growing as most Astrocytomas tend to do at some point. Currently, Skylar is a healthy 5 year old undergoing chemotherapy every Friday for the next 9 months. She has completed her 4th month of chemo and the tumor has not grown!!!

Skylar’s favorite things in life are going to the beach and lake, playing a princess, birthday parties, going for walks, family, pizza and potato chips!

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