Surgeon Appointment

We have an appointment Wednesday with the Surgeon at Kirklin Clinic at 10:00...I probably won't have any posts between now and then and Wednesday should tell us about surgery or no surgery and the treatment plan for sure. Just pray and big hugs and lots and lots of love to you.

Happy Friday

We are waiting on another phone call this morning for an appointment with Dr. Markert at Kirklin. David may have surgery as soon as Thursday or Friday. This would be to remove the bulk of the tumor with treatment to follow. We will know for sure after the appointment with Dr. Markert.

Please keep the prayers going.

Thanks to former classmates for the posts and we do remember you!

Again, thank you for the calls, visits and cards.

David, Joy and Emma

Dr. Nabors phone call

David just talked with Dr. Nabors and the path report is relatively the same. He is going to call us tomorrow as they are trying to set up the mag. scan. It wll tell us whether it is worth going in to get some of it out or just proceed with the Chemo pill and radiation. The mag. scan is out patient and only takes an hour. We are sitting on ready to go when they call us back. The scan is done in the basement of the Kirklin Clinic. Wasn't that where Frankenstein's brain was worked on? Anyway, I will keep you posted as we are yet another step closer to taking care of business...Love ya :)

Joy

Kirklin Clinic update

I talked with Dr. Nabors office this afternoon. We will have a final path report from them on Wednesday morning. Then, we will know how to move forward with the treatment. Thanks for the calls, visits, food and emails.

Thank you to Alan Turner and Chad Stearns for keeping my yard up for me.

Keep us in your prayers as we will have some decisions to make in the next few days.

Big hugs and Lots of Love to you............

Joy

Friday

Good morning and Happy Friday to you. David had a seizure late in the afternoon on Thursday. He over did it yesterday but told me that's the way he wanted it.

Thanks again for everything that you are doing for us.

I've heard from several of our high school classmates that I haven't heard from in years. I really appreciate that!

May God Bless you today,
David, Joy and Emma.

Good morning.

Thank you Cathy Brown and Chris Brown for this site. You are doing a great job. Thanks Dad and Deborah for everything yesterday, as you being there and driving us is making it easier on us..Love you........My dad loaned me some Gaither dvd's to watch and I really love the old hymns....The first song that I heard this morning sums up my feelings and I wanted to share the chorus with you.......


God put a rainbow in the cloud......God put a rainbow in the cloud.....When it looked like the sun wouldn't shine anymore................God put a rainbow in the cloud.

Update from UAB

(This update is being written by Cathy Brown at Joy's request)

David had his initial appointment with Dr Keith Thompson at the Montgomery Cancer Center yesterday to get established with him. Dr Thompson said that they would be happy to do his radiation and chemo locally, and would await the recommendations from UAB.

David had his consultation with Dr Nabor at UAB this morning. Dr Nabor reviewed his biopsy slides from Baptist and is hopeful that his tumor may not be a grade 3 and grade 4 as previously thought. He is hopeful that it may be a lower grade astrocytoma. He also reviewed his MRI/MRA films and is hopeful that they may be able to remove at least part of the tumor and then treat the rest with radiation and chemo to slow down the growth (still probably not a cure). He will present David's case to the "Tumor Board" on Tuesday July 28th and then contact him with the treatment recommendations. The Tumor Board includes Dr Nabor and a team of surgeons who will make the final recommendations about the risk of surgery ect.

David and Joy are being cautiously optimistic because if Dr Nabor is correct, and the post surgery biopsy confirms this, David's prognosis could be extended. David has been instructed to hold off on any chemo or radiation for now and they should hear from Dr Nabor at UAB next week. God is clearly at work here and everyone's prayers continue to be coveted!

Also, thanks to the McWhorter Sunday School Class & Gaylynn Brooks, David and Joy will return to a very clean house today! If anyone would like to contribute to future cleanings, please see myself or Alan & Dara Turner. David continues to be tired and can't tolerate loud noise or large crowds, but is doing well and not having any headaches yet. They are worn out today, but later in the week short morning vistis will be fine. God is good ALL the time!

In His Love, Cathy