The Ewing Adventures: Good News for Spencer

Monday, February 10, 2014

Good News for Spencer

I haven't had a good hair day since last Friday because my hair has been standing on end ever since I found out that Brad was taking Spencer to the ER. But today, I tamed my hair into a ponytail when I Skyped with Spencer and I could see with my own eyes that he was looking much better and that he had that twinkle back. Whooooo, deep breath. Obviously, Dr. Morris nailed it when he put Spencer on oral and inhaled antibiotics. This morning, when I received these pictures, then I REALLY knew Spencer was feeling better...

Anytime he feels like taking pictures of Baby Kitty, then I know he is on the mend.

Cole is busy, busy, busy which he loves. I hope I have good news to report for him very soon.

Thank you for all your prayers. Nobody can look at Spencer and NOT believe that prayers work!

"I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints."

~Psalm 52:9

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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.