News that was recently so bright in the treatment of four-year-old Megan Leverrier has been dampened by the discovery of another area of cancer.
In a Facebook message posted Sunday, the Leverrier family relayed the news that a nodule which was spotted on Megan’s lung is angiosarcoma, a similar type of cancer as previously thought to exist in the tumour discovered on her liver.
Megan has been in Toronto’s Sick Children’s Hospital since April. Many in the Shuswap created fundraisers and made donations to help the family with expenses for their extended stay at the Ontario hospital.
“Not much to say as we feel shocked and devastated right now,” they write. “Hopefully a CT scan will be done next week to see if it has spread.”
In August, Megan’s parents, Michelle and Jamie, were jubilant after Megan received a liver transplant and pathologists had determined that Megan’s 13.2 pound tumour was benign, with no trace of the cancerous angiosarcoma that had been previously diagnosed.
Angiosarcoma is a cancer of the inner lining of blood vessels, and it can occur in any area of the body.
Jamie is an RCMP officer with the Salmon Arm Detachment. He has been on leave since Megan became ill and has been with his wife, son Gavin and Megan in Toronto while her treatments have been taking place.
