Pray for Noah
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Story
  • Videos
  • Contact
  • MRI Burn
  • Noah Crowe Foundation

MRI Pre-Surgery

10/12/2010

 
Picture
​It is 8:30 AM and Noah is in the MRI at the moment. Todays scan will give his neuro surgeon a 3D image of the area of the surgery. He will use this data to map out the procedure before the first incision. The small green tabs on his head are reference points he will use to know exactly where the tumor is. Dr. Wellons explained to us that the area the tumor is in is not the place we thought it was originally.  For months we have looked at a small area of scar tissue and wondered if it was tumor. The new growth is not in this place. 

One of the risks involved in the surgery tomorrow is that the area of the first tumor resection is now a fluid filled hole. Once the fluid is removed, the brain may fall in on itself, and the surgeons will have to dig to get to the new growth. This MRI will give them accurate information on where they should go, instead of them just having to look for it .

Noah's surgery will begin at 1:00PM.  We have to be at the hospital at 10:30 AM for preparation. He will not be able to eat breakfast or lunch. The surgery is estimated to last five hours, after that he will stay in the pediatric intensive care unit. We do not know how long he will have to stay in the PICU but we hope it will not be for long. We are not allowed to stay with him overnight and during the day we have to leave every two hours. This is one of the hardest things for us to do. 

After he wakes up from the MRI today he will be dismissed. We are so thankful to Jarrod and Marci Harrison and the Hanna Grace foundation for putting us up in the hotel. If you do not know their story, it is worth your time to read it. They are amazing people: www.hannahsgiftsofhope.org

I would also like to thank our family at Friendship. Your generosity gave us a great weekend to enjoy being with each other and it relieved a lot of stress.


Tomorrow Noah will need your prayers. 


Comments are closed.

    Author

    These posts are written by Noah's parents Jessica & John David Crowe. The default author is Jess, and those written by John David will be noted. 
    Thank you for reading through Noah's incredible story, and for the prayers of those who followed along in real time as he battled a terrible disease. You are loved.

    Archives

    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    December 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." - Proverbs 3:5-6
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Story
  • Videos
  • Contact
  • MRI Burn
  • Noah Crowe Foundation