As Charysse preps for her surgery, I (Kyle, her brother) have taken control over her blog to help keep you updated on her progress. I will be posting major updates here as they come. If you'd like to know the play-by-play details, please follow her on Twitter. I will be posting more frequent [...]
The word that sums up these past several days perfectly. This is the third time that we have traveled this road. This will be the fourth surgery, but only the third here at UCLA. We arrived here late Monday night. I had pre-op appointments on Tuseday which cleared me to have surgery tomorrow. This includes [...]
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28 Rest. It's such a simple word. It's a beautiful word that just draws me in to grab hold of, but I struggle to do that on a continual basis. I'm not speaking of physical rest. [...]
I love that hymn. Absolutely love it. It floods by heart, mind and soul with peace when I hear it. When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. and the best [...]
We went to UCLA this past week to get some follow up scans done on their MRI and PET scanner and then had a follow up appointment with Dr. Liau. We did this down there because their PET scanner is more sensitive to low grade glioma cells, which is what we assumed my tumor was [...]
I received an email this morning from Dr. Liau, and here is exactly what she said: So far, the pathologists are still calling your tumor a low-grade glioma (grade II). However, they have not finished all the stains yet, so have not ruled out the possibility of a grade III. We will hopefully get the [...]