Thursday, January 29th 2:00pm: Appointment at OHSU for CT scan and stereotactic
radiosurgery mask fitting.
Back to hospital at 8:30 pm for MRI. This procedure took 1 hour 16 minutes and 30 seconds. A radioactive dye was infused intravenously and then shows up in an MRI at problem areas. We will have results when we go up again on Friday, February 6th at 2:00 pm.
The radiation oncologist will take the results of the two tests, overlap them on the computer and determine a plan of attack on Mom's brain.They will do the procedure that same day.
She gets very frustrated and emotional about all of the testing and feelings that go along with that. We share her frustration to a degree, but do we really know what she is going through? Probably not. She definitely has some situational depression going on. We can help with that some, but we can't be there every moment, and alone time is hard for her (and Dad too). We try to keep her as involved in everything that is going on like Taylor's volleyball games, etc. She enjoys being in the stands for that. She is a bit self conscious with all of her hair out now and the burn from the radiation hasn't helped much. We know that it will all pass and be just a memory soon. I really hope that she is going to get to a place where she is happy again. Going on family outings, camping, drives in the woods, fishing with Dad.....these are all happy places. Doctors, hospitals, clinics, physical therapy....these are places she'd rather not be. But I guess if she had to choose anything right now, it would be FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY!!!! And we will be there no matter what it takes.
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