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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Awful news

Tue 06/26/07
Susan had a sleepless night of severe pain, and woke Lexie several times with groaning and writhing. I had tried on Monday to get an appointment over their two-week stay with one of the two gynecologists and one neurologist in Lakeport, but to no avail. Sue's dad David took her to Sutter-Lakeside Hospital ER that morning. Dr Singh ordered a CT scan after several hours of pain medication and testing, and discovered a brain mass, about 7cm x 10cm (3x4 inches) in size. He sent her away with a medication to relieve brain swelling. I got the shocking call from David and arranged for Susan to fly home the next day with her mother Helen and Lexie. I kept a scheduled meeting at church with Mitch VanderWal and Chris Olson where we scrapped the agenda and prayed like crazy. I cried a lot. It was good to be with friends.

Wed 06/27/07
Susan arrived at Long Beach Airport. After lunch at home, we went to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center ER. They administered more meds for swelling, seizure, and pain, and did an MRI. Sue was admitted the neurological ward upstairs and scheduled for a brain biopsy.

Thu 06/28/07
Dr Barry Ceverha performed a CT-guided brain biopsy to sample the tumor.

Fri 06/29/07
Susan was discharged from the hospital with medications to await biopsy results and a proposed craniotomy surgery for tumor resection on 7/9 or 7/10.

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