Andrew day 2
Rachel and I made it to Boise late Saturday night, by early Sunday morning we were visiting Andrew in the Pediatric ICU unit at St. Luke’s. The ICU is fairly serious business, you have to get buzzed in and wash your hands on the way in and the way out.
Andrew was in fairly high spirits on Sunday morning, he was really happy that we were there and I think he was enjoying being pampered. The cards and gifts we brought helped boost his spirits. By the afternoon he was notably more down and starting to get scared. Getting woken up every hour wasn’t helping either.
In the early afternoon we met with Andrew’s doctor. We started off with the MRI. The large white spot at the top was the build up of liquid that was prevented from draining by the tumor. That was taken car of by Saturday’s surgery. Below the large area is a grey area with white spots, that’s all tumor. There are 3 likely possibilities for the type of tumor, one is benign, the other two, unfortunately, are not. They won’t be able to tell until after they remove the tumor, sometime Tuesday or Wednesday. There’s a lot to say about what could happen after the surgery that I’ll leave for another time, but he’ll have to be in the hospital for a minimum of a week after the operation.
The drain tube is still in Andrew’s head, this is what’s coming out. Surprisingly un-gross.
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