Future Plans

The doctors have made a preliminary diagnosis of a low-grade glioma with Justin's biopsy. It will be a few days to a week before they will know for sure. It sounds as if the tumor is slow growing, so the doctors want to allow a few months to see if there is any change in the tumor. Unless the diagnosis is different than what they think now, they will plan a treatment once they can see what it is doing. So it may be 8 weeks or so before they know much more than they know now.The head and neck doctors will have an appointment with Justin next week to discuss treatment options for the thyroid. That could be surgery, drugs or "wait and see". Once again, we have partial answers, but that is better than not knowing anything.Now they are gearing up to send Justin home. He may be able to leave as early as tomorrow, depending on how things are going and if any of his doctors still have tests or questions. We may be back here quite often, but that's OK. He sure would rather sleep in his own bed than in a hospital! Thanks for all your prayers--we feel ourselves being lifted up and carried by our family and friends. There truly is "peace in the midst of the storm." We love you all.