In a perfect world I could call all of you and have this conversation, but this is not that perfect world. Our son Andrew has had a lump on his head for a few weeks. We have had an ultrasound and MRIs that show that this is not your average bump on the head. We had an appointment with an Oncologist this morning and are scheduled Friday for surgery at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The doctor's suspect it is a disease called Histiocytosis. It is an auto immune disease that functions a lot like cancer and is treated like cancer. It is a life long disease that hopefully would go into remission.
It is possible that it is "only" a tumor.
We do know that he currently has a 1.7 cm hole in his skull and that this lesion is sitting on top of his brain. We believe that it is not in his brain or the protective covering his brain has. He will eventually need to have a metal plate put in his head.
We would appreciate all prayers. It has been amazing this last week with just the few friends and family that have been praying, we have really felt it. In general we feel calm and peaceful, but also feel like this is an issue that is going to be something big.
We would appreciate you all joining us in praying for peace, blessings on the nurses/doctors to be guided well and for our family in general.
Our family has been blessed in so many ways. We suspect that when we are through this we will be able to see that this too has been one of the many blessings we have received.
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Danika forwarded your email to me tonight. I'll pass it on to members of our ward who know you guys -- and the Pratt family will be praying for you!
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