MRI Results

Jim and I met with Dr. Chang yesterday to go over Karyn's latest MRI
from July 2nd. Sadly, the tumor has spread and is causing a massive
amount of swelling in the brain. In the opinion of both Dr. Chang and
Dr. Parsa, there is no real hope for recovery at this point and
recommended that we switch our focus from curing her to keeping her
comfortable in her final days. It is all speculation at this point,
but Dr. Chang felt that we are looking at days or weeks and not months.

Currently we have not figured out how to proceed and what hospice
option to select, but these decisions will be made in the near
future. While we realize that many people may want to visit her, the
truth is that she is barely awake these days and it is probably best
that your last memories of her not be in this state. As you can
imagine, her family and I are going to be spending as much time as
possible with her now and privacy is important to us.

Somehow we will all get through this, and I want to sincerely thank
everyone for all their help, support and concern over the past 6
months. This is surely the hardest thing any of us have ever had to
face, and knowing that we have the love and support of our family and
friends is a help to us all. Karyn would be very proud of you all.

I will post more details as they become available.

~Julian