Round Trip to Dallas

Our quick trip - in and out of Dallas in a day went well. We got home in time for Jack to run around the children's wing in the church for 45 minutes before church began. He needed to stretch those legs after a day of sitting in a car and in a doctors office. The visit with the radiologist went well. The facility we went to is a part of UT Southwestern. The radiologist spelled out the process to us and gave us the pro's and con's and said that he would recommend the gamma knife. So we signed the paperwork, and they gave Jack a look over and we were on our way back home. The procedure will take place within the next month, still no date. Now that we have signed the paperwork they will find a time that will work for all of the people involved. The radiologist said that pedi radiation is a big rigamaroe. They will do the procedure at the Zale Lipsky hospital which has an underground tunnel through Parkland Hospital and then to Children's Hospital. They will have a pediatric neurosurgeon and a pediatric anasthesiologist come over from Children's then they will meet with the radiologist to do the procedure. From beginning to end it is about a 7 hour process. Jack will be under general anasthesia the whole time. They will do an MRI, then the computer will graph out the plan, then put something called a halo, which looked more like a helmet to me on Jack's head, and affix it with 4 pins, to keep it precisely in place. Then the procedure will take place and I think that actually takes about an hour. So after all that is completed then Jack will wake up. There are risks involved but I am not going to write them all out, because that could just freak me and you out needlessly. We are just praying for the best and trusting in the Lord. Thank you for your prayers and keep on praying.