So,the saga continues...but good this time. Dr. Lieberman said that the neuro-radiologist saw the same thing on the MRI's from December that they saw at Akron Children's...there indeed was some new tumor-like growth/thickening in the brain, but they were not sure what it was...but now that "growth" is gone! Dr.Lieberman is trying to figure out what was going on in Patrick's brain in December!- maybe some sort of auto-immune process. So for now we are in a "holding pattern". Patrick will get some more blood work and will have a repeat MRI in March, then we will go back to Pittsburgh again. Patrick will not be entered in the research study because he doesn't have any kind of brain tumor to speak of-that's very good news! But Dr. Lieberman wants to keep following Patrick...we are very happy about this because Dr. Lieberman is very knowledgeable and is very good at explaining things at our level. He speaks very deliberately and will correct himself until he is able to explain things so we can understand.
So, we will continue to see Dr.Hord, the oncologist at Akron Children's, and Dr. Lieberman. We won't need to see Dr. Hudgins for now as there is no more surgery in Patrick's future.
The drive to Pittsburgh is pleasant-about 2 hours.
Praise the Lord for leading us to Dr. Lieberman and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center!
Thank you to everyone for your prayers and words of encouragement- it means so much to all of us.
Priscilla
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