My 33-year old daughter Nikida was admitted to the hospital on Monday, August 3, 2020, for emergency surgery. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one was allowed in the hospital to be with her during her entire ordeal.
The surgeons and doctors removed both of Nikida’s ovaries, along with two and a half gallons of built-up abdominal fluids, diagnosing her with Stage 3a ovarian cancer. Some locally spread to the nearby abdominal walls, yet thankfully no cancer was detected in her lymph nodes, uterus, or other organs! They removed all cancer they could see, and Nikida started aggressive chemotherapy for 18 weeks in Denver on August 20, 2020. After that, the plan is to have her on mild oral chemo for as long as needed.