September 17th

Hi everyone! I've decided to keep a blog of mom's progress so everyone can be up to date and I don't have to make so many phone calls!!!!!

Mom had her brain biopsy on Friday morning. Dr. Steuer said that they don't know exactly what it is we're dealing with and they have sent it out for pathology. But he thinks it is more than likely some type of cancer. We should have those results back on Tuesday. Depending on what they get back on Tuesday, if they still don't know, then my aunt Pat is going to fly over to Houston and take her pathology slides and MRI's over to MD Anderson, which is the best Cancer Center in the nation. They would be more likely to know what exactly it is and can give a better diagnosis.

As far as operation recovery, she is doing very well. She is a little upset at the amount of shaving they had to do! They did take her dressing off today and now she has the incision uncovered. She's looking better everyday. She is also responding well to the steroids and pain medicine and we finally have her pain under control. It looks to me like the steroids have also given her a little bit more facial movement on the left side (the tumor is resting on her trigeminal nerve, effecting her face and causing facial paralysis/numbness and pain).

Dr. Steuer said that she can go home today, but she wants to stay one more night in the hospital. From there, she will probably go home with my grandparents and stay with them. Her stitches will come out Monday, Sept. 25th and her radiation will also begin then.

She's at Northside Hospital in room 449 and if you want to give her a call, the number is 404-459-1449... that's the direct number to the room.

Please continue to pray for her. Thanks for all your kind thoughts.


~Lindsey