Wednesday, February 02, 2011

MRI

Hello friends,

Today we went to Vanderbilt with Caleb to get another MRI. The morning went great - our prayers were all answered. Caleb was perfectly fine with not eating and his cough was all but gone. Austin was not back to 100% but he was able to join us. These are all answered prayers in our book.

When we got to Vandy things went great as well. Caleb was relaxed and was in very good spirits about the whole process. When they put the IV in he hardly blinked thanks to this numbing stuff he had on his hands. When it was time to take him away for the MRI he was calm and quite the trooper about the whole thing.  Caleb was so proud of himself for how he took the medicine and how brave he was.... we were quite proud as well.

The waking up process is always entertaing because he is usually so far out of it. We got some cute video of him asking why mommy had three eyes and two mouths. After half an hour or so he was up and about and ready to go to pancake pantry for lunch. We enjoyed some delicious pancakes and then we were back to campus for a visit with the neurosurgeon.

The time reviewing the images was not nearly as pleasant. The news is still uncertain with regard to next steps but there have been changes and growth in the tumor that are not welcome. There is a portion of the tumor that shows "enhancement" - and this is troubling. There has always been this small part of it that has shown enhancement but that portion is larger in this scan.

The next steps are that a team of about 35 doctors will review his case on Monday to determine what is advised to do next.

We are really asking for your prayers for wisdom and peace at this time. Our little guy has such a great attitude and we want so much for him to lead a life with full function... we ask that you join us in prayer for his healing.

Thank you all for your calls and prayers today. We will update you when we know more.



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