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6 Month Update for the Brain

Chris had his 6 month follow-up MRI and appointment. His tumor has grown a bit (not significantly though only a few mm). So they will be doing another in 6 months and if it’s still growing he will be doing radiation. His tumor is very low grade so while it’s concerning, it’s not aggressive.

Update!

Dr. G. (his Neurosurgeon) prescribed him medication to drain the build up of spinal fluid and it seems to be doing it’s thing. He’s having horrible side effects but he only needs to be on it for a short time. But I will be calling on Monday to see if he can switch to something else.

Last Update… for now…..

Chris is doing super well. His incision is healing well, no signs of seizure or infection. The tumor came back grade 1, which is what we wanted. He hasn’t had a seizure since before the surgery.

So the plan forward is to meet with neurology in a few months, to see if he still needs to take the high amount of seizure meds. Then in 6 months he will have another MRI to see if the tumor is growing. After that it will be a watch and see.

I will be keeping this blog open so we can keep everyone updated with his health.

Have a safe and wonderful day!
– M

COMING HOME TOMORROW!

Today he was working with PT and will continue after he gets home. But by the time I left to take care of Iverson he was walking on his own and joking around about everything. I left right when they were wheeling him down to an MRI.

The MRI looked good. Since they couldn’t take out the whole tumor without cutting into that main blood vessel they showed how small his Neurosurgeon was able to get it which looks like it was 2.1cm X 0.9 cm. Beyond that, everything looks on track for a person who had surgery 24 hours ago.

He’s doing so good that he gets to come home tomorrow

Apparently this surgeon doesn’t update…

He’s still a great neurosurgeon though… so sitting back and wondering if they even started is nerve wracking.

And he’s wheeled away!

So his check in nurse reminds me of Piglet from Winney the Pooh. Just that soft spoken, bit of a higher pitch voice. The surgeon came in and marked him said he’ll spend tonight in ICU and then be moved to a room and depending how things go he will get to go home after two days. I said after this no more surgeries for at least a year, he said “we’ll see…”