Hank update: upcoming brain surgery. Please keep praying.

Here's a note from Cris on Friday night:

First, let me say thanks to all of you for your kindness, your generosity and love that you continue to surround us with, we cannot do this without your support. Thank you, Thank you...

OK, as you know Hank had a seizure on Monday the 18th. On the 19th at 11pm he was transfer to UCLA, where his Doctors could monitor, test and try to find out what was going on. He stayed in ICU for a couple days including his birthday.

As the days went on, he continued to get better and today he was discharged. Yes, we are home.

We were told that nothing was going to be done at the moment, they were just going to observe the tumor and bleed for a while. This was the residents telling us this info, Dr. Liau was out of town at a conference.

Well, just as we were about to leave, Dr. Liau showed up, she told us that the tumor is growing fast and that the bleed is under the tumor so she's not sure how much the area is bleeding. Then she told us that she would like to do surgery as fast as possible since the tumor is growing so rapid. The last MRI Hank had was on the 12th, 1 day after surgery. It has grown a lot since and now the bleeding. She first said that she would like to do it on Monday, yes, 3 days from now. As you can imagine, we were surprised. When she went to check her O.R. schedule, it was booked. So for now, Hank will be back in surgery on Monday, November 1st. Yes, it is scary, but what choice do we have. They cannot do anymore chemo or radiation, so for now surgery is the only option. She will plan on giving him the dendritic cell vaccine some time after surgery.

Goodnight, Cris

Thanks for continuing to pray for Hank, Cris, and their family.