Best report yet~

3 years down and can't be happier... Wednesday was Brycen's yearly Neurosurgery appointment, and gearing up to this appointment was heart wrenching. For those of you who need to be caught up, in Dec 2004, Brycen was diagonsed with a Polycystic Astrocytoma (brain tumor). He had two surgeries back to back, and at the time, it was the safest thing to only do a partial resection, which means there was still tumor left in his brain. But with close medical care, he was declared in remission in Nov 2006 because there was no change in size and no new growths. But in June 2007, I started noticing changes in him, so he got another MRI and sure enough it started to grow, and a cyst started to formed around it as well. So after a couple of months of Doctors deciding what would be the best treatment, surgery or radiation, they came to the conclusion he would need surgery yet once again. So on Halloween 2007 he had surgery again, and this time they were able to get the entire tumor but during surgery suffered a stroke. Which wasn't a good thing at all. He had to learn to walk, eat, use the restroom, dress himself all over again. It was very hard for him to recover this time. He still suffers from slap foot, but has been braced for that, and still has no control in his left hand when trying to grab something. But he is as strong as an ox. He now plays football and it has helped his coordination tremendously. Okay so back to his appointment, this would have been the longest period of time he has gone without incident. But he got another clean bill of health, and actually he got the BEST bill of health he has ever gotten. We can only Thank God for allowing this to be. I am very thankful, I get to enjoy my son being part of my life everyday. He truly is a very blessed kid. Here are some pics of his brain where once a very large brain tumor was housed, but now its just an EMPTY hole :)Also here is a picture of Brycen and his Doctor.