Monday, August 6, 2012

So we find ourselves on a journey.  Learning tremendous amounts about ourselves, others and much more.
I came across a great saying after we found out Dan was going to need surgery....
"If God brings you to it; He will being you through it."
We've seen some amazing miracles in the past and I believe that prayer is what got everyone through it.
It has gotten us this far, so I thought I would get this Blog going so that our love ones and friends can follow along and continue to pray for Dan and his family.

I will start off will a little bit of background information so you can understand a bit more. Then I will (when I can) keep up posted as we move along the next couple of months.

4 years ago Dan, the boys and I were visiting one of our most favorite place on vacation.  Unfortunately Dan hit his head rather hard resulting in a minor concussion.  Our GP sent him for a MRI to check things out.
His head was fine, however they did find a growth called a schwannoma or Acoustic Neuroma.
A growth on his 8th cranial nerve that affects balance and hearing.
The Canadian protocol is if the patient is not showing symptoms is to "wait and watch".
These growths do not grow linearly we find out.  So that explains why the last 3 MRI's showed no growth and this last MRI shows the growth had doubled in size.
The tumor is now considered very large and needs to be removed because the larger it get the more it pushes on the brain and causes damage.
So far Dan is doing fairly well.  His balance is a bit off and his hearing isn't bad at all. 


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