We all woke up early this morning to come back to madison for my brother's surgery ( this is Heather typing). He was slated for an 8:30 surgery so we were here at 6:30am to see him before he went off. We were informed that his surgery would be a little later then anticipated, so we had plenty of time to visit and pray as a family and trust in what the Lord has planned.
His Neurosurgeon came in at 9am and showed us his MRI from yesterday. Seeing the tumor on the computer instead of just talking about it really let it sink in with all of us. We were informed that it was the size of a tangerine, but it looked so much larger already. It is about a cm away from his face muscle control and very near his right hand and right leg control. It has already started to cross to the other side of the brain and in doing so is crossing the corpus callosum which is the highway of information for the brain and also connects the left brain lobe to the right one.
After the Neurosurgeon left we all gave our hugs and are awaiting our first phone call from the operating room nurse. We should be getting one every hour for the next 6 - 8 hours. So I will try to update hourly on progress.
Even after recovery from surgery Chris has a long road ahead of him. It doesn' t look good that they will be able to remove the 95 - 99 % that is needed so he will be undergoing radiation and chemo and a life expectancy is not certain.
Chris has been in the BEST of spirits and we couldn't ask for anything more! He has been joking around and saying "Let's do this thing!!" He has said he's ready for it and ensured us as they were wheeling him away that he would see us real soon and he was going to overcome this "thing". For those of you who didn't get a chance to see chris before surgery, he was same old same old. Same humor, same conversation, and even told visitors that "I have double vision, but other then that I'm fine".
Thank you all for your prayers, thoughts and concerns! I can personnally ensure you that they are being felt here with the family. I encourage all of you to pray for chris thoughout his surgery today and for my family to be able to saty stong, healthy, rested, and at peace with whatever the Lord has planned for Chris's life. No matter the outcome God will have his way with this and we thank him for all his blessing.
Any questions or comments can be added as a comment to this post. And i will try to personnally update hourly today.
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Heather - you KNOW my prayers are with you, all your family and Chris. If there is ANYTHING I can do PLEASE let me know - I care for all of you so much and am willing to do what ever needs to be done - in fact I would consider it an honor.
Please do keep us updated throughout the day - and know that you are all covered in prayer and that God is with you.
Continuing to pray,
Alexis
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