Thursday, January 24, 2013

Biopsy Surgery scheduled

 Lenora sat up in bed for an hour today and then stood for a while. The therapist was really surprised at the strength in her legs.
  The doctor told Mom that if they don't do anything with what they see now in the MRI, Lenora will be back to her worst condition again in 3 weeks. I'm quite sure none of us are ready to go through that again anytime soon!!
  That brain tissue sample is a fairly lengthy surgery on the lower part of the skull. An estimated 9 hours. They will need to take out a piece of bone to reach the part in the spine where they want to take the biopsy from. The surgeon may end up replacing the small piece of bone with a steel plate if he can't fuse the piece of bone back in. Right now the surgery is scheduled for Monday! God is Intimately interested in what is happening to Lenora and I totally believe His hand will guide the surgeons' hands as they do their work. Pray that things will fall into place by Monday so the surgery can happen as planned. God will be faithful!
 Lenora's numbness is still slowly lessening. The one side of her face is still crooked so her smile isn't back to normal yet. (I miss that smile...)
  Doctors are looking for her pupils to shrink to indicate pressure reduction in her brain. Her eyes are becoming stronger. She was actually able to read this blog on her phone. Not all of it without becoming tired but she read a number of the updates before giving her phone back to Mom!
 They did a lumbar puncture at the same time they punctured her hip to do the bone marrow test a few days ago and that seems to have relieved pressure in her back. We're thankful for that!
 Lenora is off her antibiotics today. Time will tell whether or not she'll be able to stay off them. Also, she's been off t3's since this morning! Again, we're waiting to see if her headaches are gone for good. Hopefully they are!! God is good!! Keep praising Him!
   That's all for now, folks...

1 comment:

  1. You said: "with what they see now in the MRI"... what do they see? Or don't you know? Or what did he mean with that?
    Thanks!
    PS We're praying for you all regularly!

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