the call....

What a special day - on November 20th, 2006 we recieved our highly anticipated call for TA! It seemed like such a LONG wait and now 2 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

the appt.

Well, we met with the CT surgeon at CCH and let me just say that he EXCEEDED ALL of our expectations! He answered more questions than all of her previous drs combined - well almost. He really seemed to care about Sydney which is such a blessing, so many times drs have started to discuss things right in front of her with no regard as to how it might make her feel.

So on to the visit. He said if the NF1 were not in the picture he WOULD recommend repairing her chest. Not only to help with the scoliosis but to give her heart and lung more room. But of course NF1 IS in the picture and the tumor is very large and involved. So he plans to discuss surgery with all of the other members of the NF team. It may or may not happen. So we still don't have an answer but we do have a dr that we TRUST and that is SO important. I don't know when this meeting will take place. In the meantime Sydney has been scheduled for her next MRI. That will be January 21st.

Thanks again for all of your prayers - please keep them coming.

Blessings,
Sandy

Mark your calendars

Sydney has an appt. with the CT surgeon at CCH Thursday, Nov.13th. This is to evaluate possibly repairing her concave chest in an effort to help reduce her scoliosis. This is NOT a consult to remove the tumor. All of the physicians at UK are in agreement that the risk of ANY kind of surgery would not outweigh any benefit. At this point I'm also in agreement with UK. She is just "perfect". And I don't want to jeopadize that in any way. Please keep her in your prayers. One of the docs there told me "God can fix what we can't". And although it's sad to know that they can't "fix" it, I'm so thankful that she at least has one doctor that still believes in miracles! I will update after Thursday.

Thanks and blessings,
Sandy

Please pray for Papa....

Please say a prayer for Leslie's dad.They have been through so much lately.

just too cute...

a close up of the "lion"