Decision Made!

God has blessed us with clear scans once again! Praise Him!

We saw once again today how Brenna can use her blue eyes to wrap people around her finger. We went in for MRI at 6:45 this morning. Which, really is a good thing. The earlier the better for us. Anyway, when they took her back to sedation, David went with her because I'm kind of afraid to get anywhere close to a giant magnet with the metal in my leg. :) She didn't have an iv in, so they were going to put one in, but she asked if she could be put to sleep with the "gas" first and then have them put the iv in. Normally, they don't do that, but David said the anesthesiologist basically said, "Whatever you want, Princess." That was really nice, especially after they had goofed up the first MRI schedule.

So after the MRI and she woke up in recovery, we went back to the Grizzlies House to pack up. We then went to our meeting with the neurosurgeon. His name is Dr. Boop, which is a little comical, but he's a great guy - very compassionate and takes time to explain things. He went over the procedure again with us and when we asked him he said if it were his daughter and the meds weren't working, he wouldn't hesitate a second to do the surgery. When you think of all the side effects of the seizure meds, it's pretty obvious that we can't leave her on them long term. Her quality of life will be so much better if we can get her off those meds and stop her from having these seizures. So we talked it over and decided that this is something that we need to do. Brenna agreed. Dr. Gajjar came in and also confirmed that he thought the surgery would be the best thing.

Now, am I excited about it??? No. Actually, I dread it. But, I feel at peace with our decision and confident that this is the road we're supposed to travel. It will probably be a two week ordeal, but the risks are relatively the same as with her first two brain surgeries. The director of the neurosurgery dept. will probably call tomorrow or next week to let us know the exact date we are to come, but it will probably be around the 23rd of June. That is when Dr. Clarke and Dr. Boop will both be available.

We continue to ask for your prayers as this day will come even quicker than we think. I know that God will use these doctors to heal our little girl's brain, but it's hard to think about them cutting into it for the third time.

I can't help but think that God has led David to preach on the subject of peace for such a time as this. He is King and sits enthroned over the flood and He blesses His people with peace. Thank You, Lord.