Friends and family,
I apologize for the group e-mail, but time is of the essence. We found out today that Teague has a brain tumor, and he will undergo surgery at Primary Children's Medical Center early tomorrow morning to remove this growth and will be in the hospital for 5 to 7 days. Please pray for our baby.
Teague has been nauseated for the last four weeks; he started throwing up intermittently and then more often. His pediatrician ordered an MRI, which was this morning. They found the tumor and sent us straight to Salt Lake to meet with the neurosurgeon.
The tumor is about 1" in diameter and is sitting between the brain stem and cerebellum. It's preventing the cerebral spinal fluid from draining properly, so he's got some hydrocephalus as well. That and the tumor have been causing the nausea.
The neuro expects it to be one of four cancers, but we won't have the pathology back until late Tuesday. At that point, we can meet with an oncologist to talk about chemotherapy. He also said that, depending on the consistency of the tumor, he may need to leave a sliver to keep from damaging the brain stem. Either way, he said that if he leaves a cm or less, the curability with chemo is the same. So I'm all for not having damage.
I will post updates from time to time as I can. In the meantime, we need your prayers. Let's combine our faith on this little boy's behalf. We love you and thank you.
Sara
I apologize for the group e-mail, but time is of the essence. We found out today that Teague has a brain tumor, and he will undergo surgery at Primary Children's Medical Center early tomorrow morning to remove this growth and will be in the hospital for 5 to 7 days. Please pray for our baby.
Teague has been nauseated for the last four weeks; he started throwing up intermittently and then more often. His pediatrician ordered an MRI, which was this morning. They found the tumor and sent us straight to Salt Lake to meet with the neurosurgeon.
The tumor is about 1" in diameter and is sitting between the brain stem and cerebellum. It's preventing the cerebral spinal fluid from draining properly, so he's got some hydrocephalus as well. That and the tumor have been causing the nausea.
The neuro expects it to be one of four cancers, but we won't have the pathology back until late Tuesday. At that point, we can meet with an oncologist to talk about chemotherapy. He also said that, depending on the consistency of the tumor, he may need to leave a sliver to keep from damaging the brain stem. Either way, he said that if he leaves a cm or less, the curability with chemo is the same. So I'm all for not having damage.
I will post updates from time to time as I can. In the meantime, we need your prayers. Let's combine our faith on this little boy's behalf. We love you and thank you.
Sara
Sara and Quinn we are so happy about your latest news. No Chemo what a blessing
ReplyDeleteWell done so glad no Chemo, we hope never! Bless you all!
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