Good News

ALEX  IS  HOME!!!

We've spent a week worrying about the meeting with the surgeon, scheduled for 2pm today.

This morning Alex had the last of the C1 Glowing Sessions.  The nurses had asked us to be back at the RPA Motel by 1:30 and they were quite surprised to see us back at 1:20 and were good enough to laugh and joke about it.

This was the longest wait we've ever had.  The neurosurgeon, Dr. Jeffrey Brennan, came in and immediately put us at ease.  He'd studied yesterday's scans carefully, and was very pleased to report that the fracture is holding its own and he would definitely NOT recommend surgery.

He said he would recommend another neck scan in 6 weeks and if the chemotherapy allows Alex's tumours to be controlled, he expected the C1 fracture to heal.  Three months is the earliest time to see if the fracture has healed.

After he left, we both let our breath out.

The physio came to show me how to deal with the neck brace and the nurses all came by to wish Alex well.  We were pretty happy to be leaving.

We don't have to go back to RPA until tomorrow - we have a meeting at noon to learn about the chemotherapy.

So tonight Alex is off to boys night!

Woohoo!!!