What's on your Christmas list this year?

[3gr8kids]

I haven't posted in a while, but this year we had a Christmas Miracle and I feel like screaming it from the rooftops. On Nov 18 our 12 year old son, athletic, straight A student in what appeared to be perfect health, had a grand mal seizure. His initial diagnosis was juvenile epilepsy brought on by puberty. An EEG was scheduled to proved this, but the EEG showed increased activity on the left side of the brain, inconsistant with epilepsy. The Neurologist ordered an MRI, but was confident that it would show no abnormalities. He was wrong. Our son was diagnosed with a brain tumor that was about the size of a golf ball. The only option was surgery. So on the 11th he underwent brain surgery. The neurosurgeon warned us that he would have at least some deficits after the surgery, it could be anything from complete inability to communicate to only loss of some words. The surgeon had decided to not be agressive, leaving some tumor if necessary to preserve as much brain function as possible. During the surgery a biopsy came back indicating that the type of tumor he had would regrow if she did not completely remove it. She had to get aggressive. After his surgery she warned us that she had no idea how much damage was done, only time would tell. We walked into his room, not knowing how much of our son we would have left. He woke up, looked at me and said "Mommy I need a hug" I melted into tears. Somehow, by the grace of god, our son survived surgery with NO deficits. He is the same, smart, beautiful boy that went in. The surgery was just a week ago last Friday and he is doing better than anyone could have hoped. The tumor was completely removed and was not cancerous. We got a Christmas Miracle. There is nothing in this World that could ever compare to having our Healthy children by our side. I've seen the true meaning of Christmas.

I'm so glad your son is okay! Praise Jesus.

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

Thanks for sharing your story. Christmas is a time for miracles and you are proof of that.