Kate McRae

Meet Kate McRae... this sweet, beautiful little 5 year old's world (and her parent's world) was completely flipped upside down on Monday. Her mother, Holly, took her to the doctor for a hand tremor that appeared on her right side. They completed a CT scan and PET scan and the results were rather devastating.

The results showed a very large brain tumor growing in the area of her brain concerning motor skills. The PET scan indicated that the tumor is very aggressive and malignant.

Kate had a craniotomy yesterday to remove as much of the tumor as possible. Going into the surgery, the neurosurgeons knew they would only be able to remove a portion of the tumor because of how vascular it was. Their assumptions were correct; they were able to remove about 50% of the tumor and it still appeared to be very aggressive and malignant.

The doctors told her parents that approximately 2000 children each year will have some type of brain tumor. Some tumors, sadly, do not respond to treatment.

They are waiting on the pathology report now. If this tumor appears to be responsive to treatment, Kate may undergo future surgeries, bone marrow transplants, chemotherapy and radiation.

Please pray specifically for a few things:

* For her parents, Holly & Aaron, to continue with the strength they have and for her siblings, Olivia and Will.

* For the tumor to be responsive to treatment

* Kate has shown some movement on her left side but absolutely nothing on her right side. They will be doing an MRI this morning to look for bleeding.

Please pray for a miracle to happen for this sweet family.

You can continue read about Kate's very brave battle here.