Rosie Rush

Update 3: Acceptance, CT Imaging and Steroids

It’s Thursday, December 19th, 2024.

I apologize for the lack of updates last week;
It was finals week and I was balancing that with work, which left me with little energy for anything else.

Tissue Sampling: Inconclusive

Rosie was to have her right submandibular lymph node sampled. After waiting, I got the call that the results were inconclusive.
The assumption is that they mistakenly sampled another area. However, their consensus remained the same- A cancerous mass is present.

In this X-ray render, you can see how far her right eye is pushed out by her cancer. Her right eye is ~50% further out than her left.

DICOM Imaging

For Rosie’s CT scan, I asked the AHC for the raw output of the procedure, and they delivered.
The results are 1.47 GB of DICOM imagery, of which I have processed some renders, seen above and throughout this update.

It’s really bad. I had seen the slices of imagery in the AHC, but the full 3D renders made in (the unceremoniously titled) 3D Slicer reveal developments I had not seen in detail before.

You can see the cancerous mass on the right side of her skull is larger than her eye itself.
It’s sickening to me. Poor Rosie.

DICOM Data Released Next Week

Next week, Rosie’s CT scan output in the DICOM format will be released into the Public Domain.
The public paid for the scan, the public gets the data– For any purpose whatsoever.

Note: This applies to the source DICOM data itself; The renders I have made are released under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Supportive Care and Steroids

Due to her age, Rosie will not be getting chemotherapy, nor will she be getting radiation therapy. Rosie’s on steroids which I am grinding into her wet food.

Rosie’s steroid Prednisolone cost $12 for a month’s supply, and since may be the last cost of her care, Fundraising is no longer a pressing matter.
The rest left is of pre-campaign costs, such as her initial vet/AHC visits.

Rosie has Weeks to a Month Left

Rosie’s life expectancy is poor.
The estimate is that Rosie lasting another month is at the higher end of her life expectancy.

Rosie is Stumbly

Rosie’s cognitive and motor abilities have been clearly affected. She cannot move her head in a straight arc, instead wobbling to her final angle. More recently, she is having difficulty navigating herself as well. I will be trying to ease her navigation around the house.

But Rosie is Energetic

Nonetheless, Rosie has actually been very chipper. She’s been more social, wanting to explore more, and has been going wherever she wants. She even explored outside- something Rosie never wanted to do before- And even met the neighbor’s cat, James, something we never thought would happen!

I hope she keeps that energy.

All Rosie Rush donors will be enshrined on Rosie’s webpage.

Thank you,
- Wolfgang de Groot and Rosalind “Rosie” Franklin