Our day began at 3:45 this morning because we had to report to Emory by 5:30AM for surgery. Reyn was taken back around 5:45 for all of the prep work and surgery began around 7:30AM. The biopsy only took about an hour but it seemed like a very long hour of waiting! The great news is that the neurosurgeon met with us in the waiting room following the procedure and said Reyn did great! All signs point to a benign (Praise The Lord) glioma so this is good news. There are hundreds of types of tumors so we will know the exact type he is dealing with once we receive the lab results. We are told to expect 4 days until the lab results are complete and returned to us.
I was allowed to visit with Reyn about an hour after the surgery and he is doing great!....being his usual self and requesting Chapstick. For those of you who know him he is slightly addicted to his Chapstick so it cracked me up that this was the first thing he asked for! The surgeons definitely messed up his "hairdo" so he might be sporting a shorter cut here soon. ;)
In the meantime, Reyn will be at Emory tonight and hopefully returning home tomorrow. We are going to take it easy and get lots of rest this weekend! Thank you again for your prayers and support. I will let you know once we have more answers but we ask for the following. Please pray that if radiation is required (which we think it will be) he can have radiation performed at Kennestone Hospital. This would help tremendously with the logistics of drop off and pick up! Pray for no infection and healing of the incision wound. Pray for rest and peace as we wait for more answers and ultimately complete healing!
Love you all.
PTL it may be benign! What an answer to prayer. We're praying for y'all daily!
ReplyDeleteSo glad for the update!
ReplyDeleteSuch great news. Adding your new prayers today! Love y'all.
ReplyDeleteSo glad he did well during the surgery...and so thankful you got a real bed to sleep in afterwards! Praying for healing and logistics!!
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