Today's MRI

As many of you have already seen on Facebook, our MRI results were good today with no cancer present in Mikey's brain.  We were very relieved and happy.  It's amazing the stress we feel before these scans even though we try not to think about it and put it in the Lord's hands. 

Thank you for your many thoughts and prayers today.  There was some miscommunication with the hospital about our MRI time and then I ran into bad traffic in Denver so we almost missed our slot for the MRI.  They were just about to bump us (we would have had to wait another week), but thanks to some awesome nurses, we slipped in just in time.  I feel like Heavenly Father blessed us so that our burden could be lifted for today.

iphone pic while waiting to get the MRI.  Gotta love those hospital jammies.

Dr. Foreman, our oncologist, said that there is no need for Michael to see the multi-disciplinary clinic at this point, which is a change from earlier plans.  He didn't clarify exactly why, but said that right now, all of the things that he would need to be seen for in a multi-disciplinary clinic, he is doing alright at this point.  For example, although Michael is not putting on weight easily, he is growing in length, which means that he still producing adequate growth hormone.  We will monitor that over the next 6 months before meeting with an endocrinologist.  His shunt is working fine (neurosurgeon), and his physical and occupational therapies are going well (rehabiltiation doctor).  His eyes are being handled by our opthamologist and we will see him on Tuesday.  Unfortunately, Michael's right eye is starting to retract to the center, so the surgery has not been as successful as hoped.  We will be discussing our options with Dr. Arnold on Tuesday.  Dr. Foreman is also referring us to a plastic surgeon so we can begin finding out any options for Michael's face, such as cross-nerve grafting.  

Tonight we took the children to exotic Chick-fil-a to celebrate.  Although it sometimes seems ordinary to us, we have to remind ourselves that it is not ordinary, every day is special and we have no idea what the future holds for Michael.

As we celebrate today, we also ask that you please keep our dear friend, Hazel Sievers, in your prayers.  You may read more on their website:
https://www.mylifeline.org/hazelanne/

This is our reality with babies with cancer.  But we also know Hazel to be one of God's best.  We send our love to the Sievers family.