This blog was created to provide me clarity and therapy. I realized it could not do that if I was guarded about what I post. So, here goes…
August 27th, 2019 changed my family’s lives forever. A scary trip for my mom to the ER ended in a CT scan checking for a stroke and instead finding a mass. Everything and everybody moved so fast once the “spot” was found. There was no time to process much of what was being said. After a few days in the hospital, it was clear, my mom had to be referred to a neurosurgeon for a mass on her brain, likely a tumor. It sits on her right temporal lobe and can cause seizures, weakness, personality and vision changes. It is the area of the brain that controls short term memory, something that my mom noticed was becoming a bigger issue.
Several appointments later, my mom was given 3 choices: 1. Surgically remove the mass 2. Have a biopsy (which when it is dealing with the brain, a brain biopsy IS brain surgery) 3. Wait and see. My mom made the decision to wait and see.
Follow-up appointments in the meantime showed the tumor was holding steady….until today! Arnold (yes, the tumor has a name), has grown. The neurosurgeon was no longer going to allow the wait and see approach. Arnold has to be served his eviction papers. It’s time for BRAIN SURGERY!
As much as we all knew this day would come, it did NOT make it any easier to process. My mom is an emotional wreck, therefore, as am I. At this point, though, I just have to lean on the One who I know has complete control over this situation and its outcome. It is going to take everything I have, but I have what HE gave me. I pray for the best possible outcome here. Please join me in doing the same!
