We have seen all the doctors today, including the close to 10 med students this morning, and we now have a short term plan. They all showed up when i was hanging out holding a napping Greyson in his bed/crib. Pretty funny - ;) pictures to come I promise.
Sooooooo.......Dr. Jiang and the radiologist have identified what the think is the problem. They believe based on the MRI results that there is new growth to Greyson's Lymphatic Malformation since the last MRI in October. They think that the new growth is putting pressure on nerves and that that might be the reason his arm/hand is not working like it should (it is limp and weak from the elbow down).
The good news is that it is largely macro-cystic, meaning it has many large cysts, which could possibly be treated with sclerosing (what he had done twice before his January surgery). Both of those treatments were successful in shrinking buddy so this could be good.
The unfortunate news is that the new growth is inside his chest wall intermingling with nerves and touching stuff like part of his lung. Dr Jiang says that that means this new growth area can't be operated on. It has also grown fairly quickly.
The plan today is to go in and put a drain in the new large cysts and drain them to see if his arm/hand control comes back. This could take between 24-48 hours since nerves don't just bounce back. If it works the will go back in the drains and do sclerosis to make it more "permanent". If it doesn't have any affect then there will be a plan B.
In the mean time dr. Jiang is trying to get a second opinion from the Vascular Anomalies group in Boston and we are trying to get a second opinion from a group in New York.
Thanks for all your support. We appreciate it all. I will send out another update after this afternoon's procedure. Take care.
Brooke & Michael
Sooooooo.......Dr. Jiang and the radiologist have identified what the think is the problem. They believe based on the MRI results that there is new growth to Greyson's Lymphatic Malformation since the last MRI in October. They think that the new growth is putting pressure on nerves and that that might be the reason his arm/hand is not working like it should (it is limp and weak from the elbow down).
The good news is that it is largely macro-cystic, meaning it has many large cysts, which could possibly be treated with sclerosing (what he had done twice before his January surgery). Both of those treatments were successful in shrinking buddy so this could be good.
The unfortunate news is that the new growth is inside his chest wall intermingling with nerves and touching stuff like part of his lung. Dr Jiang says that that means this new growth area can't be operated on. It has also grown fairly quickly.
The plan today is to go in and put a drain in the new large cysts and drain them to see if his arm/hand control comes back. This could take between 24-48 hours since nerves don't just bounce back. If it works the will go back in the drains and do sclerosis to make it more "permanent". If it doesn't have any affect then there will be a plan B.
In the mean time dr. Jiang is trying to get a second opinion from the Vascular Anomalies group in Boston and we are trying to get a second opinion from a group in New York.
Thanks for all your support. We appreciate it all. I will send out another update after this afternoon's procedure. Take care.
Brooke & Michael
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