MRI Results!

Well, I did not come to UC today with the intention of finding out
what the results of the MRI were. But as I boarded the elevator to go
to the 11th floor, in walked Dr. Parsa. "I caught ya" I said. He said
that he was hoping to run into me because he had seen the MRI results
and would come to see me in the ICU. Well, I started to worry
instantly since there had to be a bad reason why he would not just
talk to me there....

Anyway, he finally arrived with Dr. Wang at about 6:30PM and said
that there was indeed a slight amount of tumor growth, but definitely
nothing to ring the alarms over. He used words like "slight" and I
was left feeling that this is good news under the circumstances. So,
we are going to continue with the plan to place the "right oxcipital
shunt" ---surely spelled wrong, but a procedure that he feels should
help her "wake up". He did go on to mention that, worst case, he
would have to go ahead with a more serious procedure to re-establish
the communication of the ventricles. But right now, this is not in
the plan.

Another worthy thing to mention is that, while Jim and I were sitting
here watching her sleep, she began to move her left foot, then her
left leg. It wasn't much, but it was movement and I pointed it out to
Jim in time for him to completely notice.

So sometimes we do get good news.....and I am breathing again.

~Julian