pathlogy report

DR Jensen called a little while ago to give us the results from the pathology report... the main/first tumor was DEAD...yay! BUT the 2nd tumor they removed was still alive, which more than likely means the other 6 tumors in Jason's head are still alive...

So as of now the plan is to go back to the Huntsman in a month have an MRI and hopefully schedule another brain surgery, the dr is confident that there is at least 1 more operable tumor, and hopefully the MRI will show that he can get to more than just the one.

We will be meating with both of Jason's Neurosurgeons which means radiation might be an option, were hoping the steriotactic radio surgery, which jason had done to the first tumor in January 2010 {and it was DEAD!}

but that is all we know as of now, as we find stuff out ill let you all know! :)

Clinical trial-
we have been done with the clinical trial for a while now, Jason only received 2 of the 4 doses because of his up in steroids, along with the surgery. We planned on starting the second session at the huntsman, but now with the possible 2nd brain surgery we are unsure that he will get back into it...

12-6-10

well its been a couple days so i figured i would give a quick update as to how things are going.... We have been home a couple days now and love it! so much better than being stuck in the hospital {with no sleep!!}

Jason is practically back to his regular self! hard to believe he had BRAIN SURGERY 4 days ago!! we thought we would be barely coming home today... but we have been blessed throughout this past week, with how AMAZING everything has gone!!

Jason will get his staples out anytime after the 14, and has to have his sodium levels checked next week,{hopefully we can do both of these here in logan} but other than that i think we were done with hospitals until next month {so this is a vacation for us!!}

post surgery Saturday 12-4

last night was a good night! Jason's sodium keeps dropping so he is off water, but can have pretty much anything else! They tell is its a normal thing for brain surgery patients, so its not too big of a deal! his pain isnt too bad, but we have to keep reminding him that he wants to keep it under control, its easier than having to try to get it back under control! he doesnt like his morphine so i think thats why he is telling us he has no pain, but luckily our nurse today explained to him that he doesnt have to take the potent stuff, he can have tylenol if he feels that will help...he took percocet :)

we got the results of the MRI today, they said it looks GREAT! there is a significant change in the swelling! so as soon as we get the orders from the dr we will get to head home! but were not expecting this to happen too early today, considering were waiting on the dr and its saturday!

his eye is swollen more today, and were told it will get bigger tomorrow before it comes down, and will take 5-6 days to be normal!

the bandage was taken off of his head today! so he is good to shower n all that fun stuff, just needs to be careful not to scrub it to hurt it...the staples will come out in 12-14 days.

{4:00} Were HOME!!! :))

post surgery Friday 12-3

Friday {12-3} Jason had a good night last night, the left side of his face is swollen {but thats because of surgery} he was having a few issues with his words this morning, but catches himself right after saying them. they were having a hard time controlling his BP this morning it was around 164/86 {latest is 118/47}. He is getting morphine and percocet for pain, its kind of hard to know how much pain he is in, due to his word scrambling. We are now in a regular room, which is so much nicer! quieter, bigger, more visitors at a time just over all better! :) were still waiting for the MRI to show how much swelling is still in his brain

4:00 Jason just had his MRI, but we are still waiting for the results {6:40} were hoping they come back soon and in our favor, it all depends on the MRI for when we get to go home!

Jason's eye keeps getting bigger, pretty sure it is going to be black! :(

Jason all puffy on the left side, its gotten a little worse, but he is asleep so you will have to wait for a better pic!

surgery...

so ill add things to this as they happen throughout the day...

they finally took jason back into surgery around 1020 {so much for between 8-9} the nurse will call every 2 hours with an update, and so far all is going well :) {11:30}

surgery started around 11:30, it takes about an hour to get him sedated and prepped for surgery. he is stable and doing well {12:10}

{1:50} Jason is stable, they have removed about 1/2 of the tumor, and expect the surgery to take about another 2 hours..they want to be sure they remove as much as they can.

{315} Surgery is over they say jason did great, as far as i know they removed all that they wanted but i am still waiting for the dr to come talk to us. he is awake extremely drowsy but awake. they are taking him to the ICU now and we will hopefully get to see him soon.

{4:00} dr says he got ALL out that he wanted {2 tumors and swelling} all came out nicely, he will want to do a scan probably tomorrow. He said Jason woke up immediately, moving and talking {which is GREAT} we should get to see him in a few minutes, and hopefully get to head home by saturday!

Jason is having kind of a hard time with his words, but that is to be expected, he overall is doing amazing!much better than they expected! having no problems with his right hand! :)

Jason all ready for surgery!

battle wounds, im hoping they come in and change the bandage soon so i can get a better pic!

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surgery

surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning {DEC 2} to begin between 815-915, and is scheduled to last around 4 1/2 hours...at the UofU hospital :)
just thought i would let you all know! ;)