Conquering Neuroblastoma

“Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.”
President Gordon B. Hinckley

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Answered Prayers!

An Answer to our Prayers!
Lukas had his surgery Friday and came out with flying colors!!
The doctors basically cut him from ear to ear along his hair line and peeled back his face and went in through the nose cavity. They got in there and were expecting to find a huge cancer growth, but instead found a bone mass. They are almost positive that its not cancer and that its something called Fiberousdisplacia (sp) of the bone. Which means that there is just bone that has expanded and grown. So they debulked and removed it from around his optic nerves and sent it to the labs. We wont know a definite on what exactly it is for up to 2 weeks, but so far this is what they think. So yeah! is all I can say. We are all so relieved, especially Kurt and Heather, and so thankful that the Lord heard our prayers and felt that he needed to be with us longer. Thank you to everyone who prayed for and and who continues to. Hes not completely out of the woods, he is going to have a hard recovery, but so far he is defying all the statistics! Hes a fighter! He looks really great, even after such a hard surgery. He was in a lot of pain, but looked great. I didn't have my camera or you could see how he was, so for now I just have pictures of the night before! We will keep you posted on his condition, he is in ICU, for now. Thank you for the prayers and keep them up!!!












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