Surgery is scheduled!

Well Bran goes to get "Larry" the lipoma (yes, we named it! - we try to make the best of every situation!) removed on Thursday at 5:45 am. It will a same day surgery where they go in and remove the mass and then send it off to make sure that it is benign! Please continue to pray for my Brandon! We appreciate all the love and prayers! Hope everyone is having a great start of the week!

"You have a cough? Go home tonight, take a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow you'll be afraid to cough. "

~ Pearl Williams ~

MRI Results

Well we went to see the doc today about the MRI results. The mass on Brandon's spine is a lipoma. Typically you would not be too concerned with just having a lipoma, but because Brandon's has grown significantly in size over a short period of time the doc wants to go ahead and do an excisional biopsy (surgery to take out the lipoma). Once the lipoma is removed they will do a biopsy to determine whether is benign or not. From the MRI was also found out that he has a herniated disc and quite possibly a kidney stone that he may have to pass (poor guy!) Hopefully surgery will be early next week. Dr Deme is a wonderful surgeon and I would not want Brandon in anyone else's hands! Please continue to pray for Brandon and good outcomes! Love you guys!

He said, "If you will listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases, because I am the LORD, who heals you."

~ Exodus 15:26 ~

Please send some prayers to the man upstairs for us....

About 6 months ago Brandon developed a small "knot" in the middle of his back right over his spine. We did not think much off it because he typically gets "knots" in his back from stress that I have to rub out so we thought this was no different. Well it is definitely different, and not that kind of "knot." He now has a large mass over his thoracic spine that is just getting larger. He is beginning to have increasingly worse back pain, with pain down his right leg. After I finally talked him into it we headed straight to the neurosurgeon (hes the man that DOES NOT like to go to the doctor), who ordered a MRI. Brandon went for the MRI today and it is definitely some type of tumor. We are unsure what type of tumor, and we won't find out until we see the doctor on Friday (it's only Monday...this is going to be the longest week ever). I am guessing that a biopsy is going to be the next step - but I'm not the doctor :o) So please keep Brandon in your prayers. We know that he will likely need surgery to remove the mass, we just don't want it to be anything malignant. I know I just have to trust in God that everything is going to be ok. But I also know the power of prayer can do miraculous things. I will keep everyone posted as soon as we get answers or find out what the next step to take is.

"Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: REJOICE! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

~ Philippians 4: 4-7 ~