I am so sorry that I haven't updated our blog. Since it has been a couple of months since the last post I will take some time and let you all know what has been going on. In December Megan saw a Neurologist. That was a joke and a waste of time. They just kept telling us that the cyst was nothing and normal and not to worry about it. I still had them send the CT scans to the Radiologist to see what he thought. From that it was suggested to get an MRI done to get a better picture of the cyst. Megan was able to get in on December 26th. That was an all day event. We had to wait to get the results from that until the first of the year since the Neurologist was out of town. We got the call saying that there was a cyst for sure but, also a solid mass. Now we need to find out what that mass is so I needed to schedule blood work to be done and an appt. with a Neuro Surgeon to get his oppion on the case. It took some time to get the orders faxed to the hospital for the blood work. We got that done on January 19th. I talked to our family doctor on Tuesday the 23rd and he said that it was negitive. Meaning from that test she doesnt have cancer. That brings us to today. We met with the Neuro Surgeon today. It is for sure that she has a tumor but, the questions is it benign or not. He order more blood work today and a urine sample. They took 6 tubes of blood. My poor baby! She was so brave. He also order a spinal tap. Now the reason for all of this is to rule out other types of cancers. The blood work will rule out certain cancers and if the counts are low the spinal tap will confirm cancer or not. Because the tumor is in the brain there is a good chance the blood isn't asborbing the cancer cells where as the spinal fluid will give us better results. After the results come back from both of these test then we will discuss what road we need to go down. I hope this makes sense. I will try to be on top of this more as we go through each step.***The picture above was taken before the fall. Before church she was playing with my camera.***
4 comments:
WOW! Your family is sure going through a tough time lately! I hope and pray everything will be ok with Megan. I will keep her and your family in my prayers. So how did you find out she had a tumor?? Is there a bump?
Thanks for the update...hang in there. Cute picture of Megan!
Did you shave her hair?....you left some there...you gotta do it uncle darrell style!!
Thanks for the update. Megan is being so brave to have all the tests done.
If you need anything at all, please call.
Lisa
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