M Rex and her beautiful brain

Today M had her appointment with the neurologist  in Billings. The doc we met with was a Gentleman named Dr. Louis Ross.  He looked at the MRIs from earlier this week. These are the things he told us. -He didn't think the the tumor was cancerous. Based upon the size, characteristics and such he made that assessment. So that is definitely a glimmer of light. The tumor is pretty big according to M.  She also described it as "Big and ugly" -The doc reviewed treatment options which were to cut a square out of her skull and go in pull it out.  At that time they will do a biopsy on the tissue to determine if it is cancerous.   If it isn't, he will proceed with removing the tumor. -Day of the surgery, it is about a 6 hours long under the knife. Then a day in ICU followed by 2 -3 days in the hospital. -The area of the brain that the tumor is located in is relatively good spot. It is on the top right side of the skull and that is a spot that is unlikely to affect any

Greetings Family, Friends and colleagues,  So If you are reading this you probably know this has been an eventful week for M. I will start from the top..... For a couple months now M has been having headaches associated with some other symptoms such as weakness and numbness in her limbs. Over the last couple weeks the headache has gotten worse to the point that it doesn't go away and regular pain medications don't help. Monday(1/28) She went in for an MRI as recommended by her doctor to start narrowing down the reasons why she might be having a headache. Tuesday(1/29) The results came back from the MRI and they found that there was a 5cm tumor on her brain. I know, scary. So immediately we were in panic mode with thousands of questions and plenty of worries.   Her Bozeman doctor  set up a referral to Billings for talk to a neurologist and possible biopsy.  I think it goes without saying that anytime someone hears news of this magnitude it is quite shocking. Thankful