The Ewing Adventures: Day Quatro of Isolation

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Day Quatro of Isolation

Today's post will be very short because there is not much to tell:

1. Spencer is feeling VERY good!

2. Spencer is absolutely stir crazy because he feels so good.

3. Spencer is still not able to leave his hospital room and is still in isolation.

4. He will have a chest x-ray tomorrow and after that, Dr. Com will make a determination on the plan of action.

5. Cole is doing great in LA and in between classes today, he Skyped with Spencer which made both of them happy.

6. We are so blessed.

"Nothing in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

~Romans 8:39

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bluesyJanuary 31, 2013 at 12:23 AM
Praise God! Cindi
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Spencer's Story

In November 1999, when Spencer was three years old, he began experiencing headaches, vomiting and left sided paralysis. An MRI revealed a very large brain stem tumor that stretched from the bottom of his ponds down to C4 in his spinal cord. We flew to Beth Israel hospital in New York City where Dr. Fred Epstein performed the first of two resections (tumor removal). After the first surgery, Spencer woke up and was paralyzed from the neck down; he could blink once for yes and twice for no. The doctors placed a trach so that he could be placed on a ventilator, and a feeding tube in his stomach. After six weeks at Beth Israel, Spencer was transferred to Arkansas Children's Hospital for three months of rehabilitation.

After another tumor resection in June of 2000, two years of weekly chemo treatments and seven weeks of radiation, Spencer's tumor has been "stable" for the past 12 years.

At Spencer's time of prognosis, the doctor's told us that less than 10% of children with this type of brain tumor live past the age of five, but we know that God's plan trumps anyone's speculations.