Friday, April 11, 2014

Asking For Prayers Once Again

I need to ask for your prayers for Chase. He was admitted to Egleston last night after we came to the ER due to shoulder and neck pain that has grown progressively worse over the past few months in spite of meds and PT. He had an MRI this morning that revealed a tumor (2cm x 3cm x 4cm) pressing against his spinal cord at the base of his neck/shoulder line. 
He's scheduled for surgery at 8am tomorrow morning to remove as much as possible, plus a spinal tap and bone marrow aspiration. We won't know if this is leukemia-related until after the pathologists look at everything. Right now, we know it's the source of his pain and had he not been eating his lunch, the surgeons would have removed it today. He'll most likely be in PICU for a couple of days and then hopefully back to the Aflac floor we've called "home away from home" in the past.
We're asking for prayers for his surgery tomorrow and for the outcome of the test results. I've been told that he'll most likely need some type of medical treatment (radiation / chemo ) to address the tumor since we don't expect them to be able to remove 100% of it. Beyond that, we don't know at this point. I'll post more information as soon as we have it.
Thank you so much and God Bless!!

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