MRI Today

We know a lot of you are waiting so we thought we would get a quick update here even though we are kind of beat from a long day.

The MRI went uneventful. Rebekah went out under the general anesthetic well and an hour and 15 minutes later she was out of the MRI and in recovery. It took her another 2 hours or so to wake up. She did not have any of the screaming and terror that we have seen in her coming out of anesthetic in the past for which we are very thankful.

We will not have any real results of the MRI until next Tuesday's meeting with the surgeons and all of the oncology staff. We might get a preliminary assessment before then but are not sure. Basically this MRI will not tell us much of anything until they can compare it side by side / on top of the ones taken 11 weeks ago. They need to measure and see exactly what has grown, what has shrunk, etc.

In some ways this is difficult to wait for, but in other ways it is great because it gives us more time to pray for another miracle. It would be really great to have them call tomorrow and say "we are looking at the MRI and can't find anything..." It can happen.

In another praise Frances' cousin Karen is going to get to come from Ohio next week to visit/help. She has some standby tickets for Tuesday so please keep her in mind and pray for a good seat and the ability to get all the way through to Portland.

We are tired, but it is a good tired. Thank you all.