MRI Results

After the MRI we went up to Primary Childrens to get the results and figure out what the next step in Davin's treatment was going to be. Davin slept the whole way up there and was sleepy when we got there. Once we were in our room he started to wake up more and he was acting really grumpy and saying that his throat hurt. He kept getting meaner and meaner until he stood up and said he was going to throw up. He did in the garbage and then sat back down. After he felt a little better but through the whole visit he was really sick. He ended up throwing up 3 times. At the end of the visit the Oncologist felt really bad for him and said something about it and I told her that he never throws up. After all three he has thrown up a total of 5 times in his life. It was really sad to see him so sick. While we were there they gave him some more nausea med and that finally made him start to feel better.

And back to the results. It took a while to get them, we had to wait while the radiologist was finishing doing the report. We talked with one Dr. and she told us that it looked like the tumor hadn't shrunk very much and so they were probably going to just take it out but the surgeon was still looking at it and then would let us know. The surgeon actually came up to the room a few min. later and our other oncologist Dr. came in and they both talked with us. They told us that they didn't have the exact measurements but the tumor shrank about a cm. in one direction, which wasn't very much at all. So the chemo wasn't doing what it needed to so there wasn't any reason to keep doing it. The next step was to take out the tumor. The only problem is that it is still wrapped around the base of his spine. The surgeon told us that he would go in and take as much of the tumor out without getting too close to the spine. He said that doing a surgery around that area was often more damaging that what the tumor might do. So we will take out most of the tumor and then watch the stuff around his spine. Davin will end up having MRIs every few months to see if it is growing and how fast it is growing. If it is affecting Davin in any way we will reevaluate and see if he needs more chemo, radiation or if we need to do another surgery to get the rest out. The oncologist thought that any of those other treatments were not very likely. She said that most of the time because the tumor is mostly benign that it wouldn't be growing very fast and wouldn't cause him any problems and that he will probably grow up always having it around his spine.

So in the end Chad and I thought it was good and bad news at the same time. We both were really just ready to be done, and not have to worry about it anymore. And in a way we kind of are, but there is always the chance that we will have to do something else in the future. The surgery is scheduled for Wed. and he will end up being in the hospital for 5-7 days. Davin goes back and forth between being excited to get the city out and being scared. He keeps telling me that he wants to watch the doctor take it out, but Chad and I have told him that he will go in and take another nap and he won't feel anything and just wake up with a sore tummy. He seems to be ok with that and hopefully he will be a perfect little boy again.