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Monday, Oct 26, 2009

On Friday, Dana and I brought Chloe in for her three-month MRI.  Everything went well, with her waking without incident.  Then all we needed to do was wait the weekend to hear the results on Monday… today. 

Chloe paraded into the office with the nice big windows followed by Mama and Me.  Traffic kept Dave for a little while but he got there before anything really happened.  Chloe was getting vitals done and all that was fine.  

The doctor came in and did all the coordination exercises with her and poked and prodded… all okay there. 

Then came the bombshell.  We were brought out to view the results of the scan.  The tumor grew one and a half times its size in three month.  It’s now about 13mm round.  To this layman’s’ eyes however, it appears the growth is all away from the brainstem and into the open/accessible area of the brain.  That’s a little bit of relief.  The doctor went over all the views and discussed possible follow-ups that will be considered. 

The first will be a visit with Dr. Dorsen, the neurosurgeon who operated on her before.  There is a chance he may want to go in a little more aggressively to see if he can get more of it this time.  After which the team would consider radiation and/or chemo to reduce it more and scar it up a bit to keep it from growing again.  Where it is makes it very unlikely they would ever be able to incise it out entirely.   

The visit went as you might expect.  Chloe and everyone strong for a while and then realization took over and some tears and nerves showed.  I think we are all on the same page with how to proceed now at least.  We will meet with Dr. Dorsen this week and then schedule another meeting with the Dr. Norwood team.   

We were assured that this isn’t a do it now situation!  It’s a do it situation, but we do have some time to actually get something done.  What we need to do right away is to get a plan in place and see what the timing allows. 

So, once again, we are calling on all Pray..ers.  Our options are scary and will be very expensive, financially and psychologically, but they are also necessary.  Chloe is ultimate importance and we will see this through to the best possible outcome.  Your help will always be welcomed. 

Blessings,

Ron