Top: February 24, 2010 MRI - Showing Brain Tumor & Cyst
Middle: Approximately 1 year Post Op - River Nile thru my head
Bottom: Almost 2 years Post Op- Closing the gap - PRAISE GOD!
Middle: Approximately 1 year Post Op - River Nile thru my head
Bottom: Almost 2 years Post Op- Closing the gap - PRAISE GOD!
Today was a BIG day! A few weeks ago I mentioned I had to get my annual MRI, but I had to wait until after the New Year to get the results. Yes, I snuck a peek, looking for noticeable abnormalities, but honestly I don't know what I'm looking at. Today was the day I finally was able to get my Neurosurgeon's opinion. I'm putting the three MRI's here for comparison. The first is from February 2010 when the tumor & cyst were discovered. The next day I had emergency surgery to resection it. The second picture shows the path the Neurosurgeon took to the tumor & cyst. 'The river Nile' was left. I was under the impression from my last years appointment that this path/whole would ALWAYS be there. The final picture is last months scan which shows my current state and according to Dr. Kralick, it's filling in & my brain is moving back to where it was. He says I'll always have a whole, but it's getting better. Yeah! Praise God! It's great to have confirmation that I'm still healing. I look forward to what it looks like next year!
As tradition, I brought a brain treat into Dr. Kralick. I brought a 'jar o brains' I found on the Internet. It's edible and according to Dr. Kralick, yum! He had already dove into one before I checked out. Imagine: it's a slice through the skull (grey), blood (red), and into brain (pink). I must give credit to Living Locurto for this idea - http://www.livinglocurto.com/2011/10/halloween-recipe-brains/
Darren & I grabbed a celebration Starbucks on the way home! We've been through an interesting journey and I'm excited to see what God has in store for us. Side note: Even though Starbucks in a secular company and I'm sure that the figure on the cup is doing something else, I like to think the figure has its hand raised,praising God. ;0)
Thank you for the continued prayers, support, love, and encouragement.
Blessings
Awesome, Awesome, AWESOME!!! God is SO good and it's great to read about one more of His miracles here. Thanks for being so quick to praise Him - it challenges the rest of us to be like minded in our own lives. Love you!
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