Today has flown by. There are days when it seems very little is happening and some days that are like a tornado - today was a tornado.
We started the day optimistic as the lab work came back showing "positive" signs we may not have to do surgery. Madeleine was comfortable throughout the morning. The MRI has good indications the tumor is only in her brain and has not affected her spinal cord but we do need the biopsy surgery. She is undergoing a blood transfusion now to bring up her platelets and help her tolerate the anesthesia and surgery better and will overall help her feel better tonight. The surgery and prep is expected from 7am-2pm so it will be a long day tomorrow. The neurosurgeon came to talk with us this afternoon and explained how he plans to do the surgery - we have so much faith in him. In his experience he has not seen significant complications with this kind of surgery and he does not expect significant bleeding from the procedure but it is still very delicate. The tumor is huge, relatively speaking for her little head - 4cm x 4cm in the center of her brain covering the pineal gland. The x-ray images are incredible! for some reason that doesn't scare me like seeing the baby intubated, the x-rays and MRI imagery are fascinating and unbelievable. This whole experience is still so surreal we cannot believe what we're currently going through. Please keep Madeleine in your prayers! and thank you
The lab work and tests will take several days to come up with diagnostic results, so after tomorrow, we wait, we wait, we wait - the hardest part. After that we'll hopefully have the roadmap to treatment and recovery.
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