Well I addressed this situation a few days ago on here. But I need to retell the story for those of ya that didnt see it. I married my wife about 3 years ago and we are both 24 right now. Whenever she was 14 she got into a car wreck and they did an MRI on her then to make sure everything was fine. Well whenever they did that they saw something in it, but said they werent sure what it was. So they wanted her to come back in a year or so to get an MRI. However she never did go back. Her parents were not concerned with it, because they had no money and didnt want to pay a huge doctor bill (I know kinda dumb). So as time went on it apparently grew (the tumor). At the age of 20 she was at school in Indiana on a basketball scholarship. She was having horrible headaches. She ended up passing out one day and they took her to the doctor. She got an MRI then and found out that she had a massive brain tumor. It was the size of an egg. And the doctor said that if she waited for more than a week it could be fatal. So they waited a few days to get everything together and they were off to surgery. Before the sirgery she was given about a 2% chance of survival. You see the tumor was wrapped around the nerves that went to her nose (I am pretty sure). So the most they could do is cut out some of it and let her live with what was left. Well they cut out a good percentage of it and minimized it down to a golf ball size (a little smaller I do believe). They said then go and get a check up every year and be sure things are good. So a year went by and she got a check up and it had not grown, it was the same size after surgery (which is a good thing). Another year past and she went for another checkup and it was completely gone!! We didnt know what to think. Well obviously it just didnt show up because the next year she went back at the age of 23, it was there again, about the same size it was after it was cut out. So Monday she had another MRI. And we just got the results back today and to my relief the doctor said everything is still fine. By what I saw it looked to get a bit bigger, but nothing real bad. So with lots of prayers we have been able to hold this thing off for this long and hoping that one day we will get multiple MRI's and it will be gone. But its hard to not think about the inevitable. One day she will more than likely have to have surgery again, and we will have to cross that bridge when it gets here. But on this day I can breath a big sigh of relief and thank god for letting me keep my wife. Thank you to all those who PM'd me about this situation, I appreciate the concern. And I appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. Again thank you IM members you guys are some stand up guys and gals.
