Hi cdmom,
First of all, Thanks for taking the time to reply. 12 sounds so young to be having surgery. What made you ultimately decide that it was the best option at this point? Is the disease severity an issue?
Hopefully we can avoid surgery for as long as possible. If it gets to the point where it's the only logical treatment, then I won't continue to avoid it.
I really hope that your child will do well and not see any recurrence for as long as possible if at all.
Tom.