The Full Report

So here is the long version of what we were told today. Posting on my phone is so nice, but it makes me want to keep it short and sweet.
First doctor we saw was Jack's original neurosurgeon, the one who had her fingers in Jack's brain and removing the bulk of the tumor almost 3 years ago. We went to what was called clinic today, the dr.'s rotate who attends to clinic, so it is not necessarily your doctor you see. So Dr. Price saw us today and it was so nice to see her again. She has such a calming affect on me, she is like a fresh breeze off an ocean coastline, so needless to say, I love talking with her. She said the news looked good. The scan looked great and she saw no new growth. She would talk to Dr. Weprin and Dr. Timmerman about Jack's current steroid dosage and tapering it, and also on how long they want the hyperbaric treatments to continue.
Then Dr. Bower's came in and did an exam on Jack, he reiterated that the scan looked good and he thought Jack looked great. So then we got back home to Abilene with a phone call on the answering machine from Dr. Timmerman, Jack's radiologist, the dr. who performed the Gamma Knife Radiation treatment. He said we were going to SLOWLY decrease Jack's steroid dosage, so we are now giving him meds 3 times a day rather than 4. I am supposed to call Dr. T back in 2 weeks with a progress report on Jack, then he might lower it a bit more. I talked with him for a few more minutes about Jack's side effects from the radiation and then I asked him, how large the tumor looked currently. And he said..."I don't see any tumor anymore, all I see is radio-necrosis." I shook my head, and said, "What did you just say?" He repeated it again, I don't see any tumor, just necrosis. Which he said can be larger than the irradiated tumor. I said, "Really?" So then he said that we need to wait for Jack's brain to heal from the radiation and that it could take years, so there is still healing that needs to take place, but if he is right then the tumor is gone. He said the Hyperbaric Oxygen is obviously helping Jack and he wants to continue for another 30 treatments. Then he said that Jack's brain was in very bad shape just 6 weeks ago and has made significant improvements. Probably good that I didn't know the "bad shape" Jack's brain was in - or atleast not to the extent of it anyway.
But that is neither here nor there except to be thankful and grateful for the good shape he is in now.
So the good news was abundant today. In all things praise God, good or bad, praise God. I have praised Him many times today and I will continue to praise Him.
Jack is due to have his eye surgery on November 20th - please continue to lift Jack up to the Father, and praise Him along with us.