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My mom had her angiogram on Friday then she met with Dr. Polin on Tuesday to go over the results. The angiogram was not the most fun experience of her life, she felt like it set her back a couple of days (energy, strength wise), but she survived:). Tuesday Dr. Polin shared that the angiogram showed no additional AVM (PTL) but it also showed that he was not able to get all of the AVM during the initial surgery. There was so much bleeding during the surgery that he had to focus on that and was not able to remove all of the malformed blood vessels. Sunday I am taking her in to have an MRI - this will tell the depth of the AVM, whether it is close to the surface or deeper in her brain. Options - 1) if the AVM is close to the surface Dr. Polin recommends surgery - with the best (99%?) chance that he would be able to remove the remaining blood vessels; 2) if the AVM is deeper in her brain then another option would be radiation. This would be a one time treatment (at least from my understanding) and then they would monitor her for eighteen months as the AVM slowly disappeared. There is an 80% success rate with the radiation.
I could tell that my mom was a little down after hearing this yesterday - I think we all were. For all of us it raises the anxiety and stress once again - do we go through surgery again? Do we forgo surgery and stick with radiation - although not 100%? Once the MRI results are read Dr. Polin wants all of us to meet with him and mom to make the decision.
Prayer:
God's best - that HE would lead us as we make the next decision
Timing - Stacia's baby is due in eight weeks - if my mom has surgery again the timing of it will be critical (in terms of recovery, etc.)
Life - all areas of our life are really stretched right now - pray for God's grace as we go through this next hurdle
THANK YOU to everyone for their prayers - it is the BEST thing that we can do!
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