We are back from Huntsman again. We drove up and back today to meet with Dr. Jensen who is an incredible brain doctor! He sat us down and in a matter of a few minutes had our spirits high and our future looking brighter!
Here is the gist: Mom's two small tumors in her brain can be zapped with stereotactic radiation. 90% of tumors are killed off with this amazing procedure. Or she can do a low dose of radiation over the entire brain. Without being able to see the pictures of mom's brain MRI (because of some technical difficulties), but after looking at the report from Dr. Akerley the doctor recommended the stereotactic procedure. They aren't fast growing tumors and time is not of the essence. We are waiting to hear back about when this procedure will be, but it will not be until school is out.
The next steps: She meets with the radiologist down here tomorrow to talk about radiation on her back which is really giving her the most pain. She also has an appointment with her oncologist on Thursday to talk about starting chemo. We love having a plan.
Yesterday, Mother's Day, we enjoyed having all of the siblings together. We got mom an ipod so she can download some music and books. If you have any great recommendations we would love to hear them.
We are truly grateful for all of the support we have had from all around us. We know that your uplifting smiles and positive comments are medicine for the soul. Please continue to send them our way!
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HI!! this is teresa dunlop...sydney dobson, my little cookie, was in your darling mama's class last year. we LOVE your mother! as i know MNAY others do too!! we are so bummed to hear about this awful thing, but are SO happy to hear there is so much good news! we are praying for your sweet mom and family and we are so happy to hear how optimistic you all are! it's such a blessing to have the gospel to help get us trough these trials on earth... we will get up wityh you on your blog if that's alright. we love you, Jill!!
ReplyDeletethis is great to hear!
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ReplyDeleteSo happy to hear that there is a good plan for vanquishing the cancer cells! Jill, I know you didn't want this fight, but you have the love and support of your family, and friends, and the dedication of experts at the Huntsman Cancer Center, to help you get your groove back!
If she likes to read there is this thing my mom just got. You can upload books directly from it and read them on the screen. No payment for internet or anything it's just linked directly to Amazon. It's called the Kindle? Amazon Kindle. You just carry that and can read whatever you want from it! Kind of like an ipod but for books!
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