Heather called this morning -
They are going to hold off on surgery on Chris until tomorrow morning. We are not sure yet of the exact time but I will update as soon as I know.
The Tumor is in the left front lobe of his brain and is the size of a tangerine which is a very big concern for the Doctors. They want to go very slow and learn as much as they can about the tumor before they take it out because Chris is stable; the tumor is not an immediate danger to his life. They did find in the other test that there is either calcium or blood in the tumor - Calcium which is what they are leaning toward at this moment COULD mean that there are other tumors in his body and so they are going to do a CT scan on his entire body today to check it all out. -- 3 Months ago Chris had blood in his urine. These symptoms did not last very long and so he did not get it checked out because he doesn’t have insurance. This is a concern because it could be a sign of cancer other places in his body - once again they will not know until after the CT scan of his entire body
As I said they are going to do as many test as they can before surgery to learn as much as they can but they will not know for sure until they actually get into surgery and see what is going.
The Doctors mentioned a few times that this will be a very risky surgery the tumor has enveloped alot of his blood vessels and they will have to cut around these blood vessels. The trick to the surgery is cutting out the tumor without damaging blood vessels or his brain. The good news about that is it is not too invasive and they don’t think they will need to remove any of his brain. They have put in a pick line meaning they are expecting a long term hospital stay.
Jenny is flying in from New Mexico today so keep her safe travels in your prayers as well as the rest of the family driving back and forth to Portage and Baraboo from Madison daily in the weather we have been having. Thank you so much for your prayers and concerns and I will keep this updated as I know more.
Skye
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Thanks for the updates. I'm praying.
I am keeping the family in my prayers! I hope that everything goes well! Let me know if I can do anything.
Please let Chris know that Hank Egan, Greg Bindl, and Cameron Harvey say hello and are pulling for him.
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