Test Results

Jessie will be having surgery on Tuesday morning at the Cleveland Clinic. She will arrive in Cleveland, Monday morning for her pre-op. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Barnett who is the chairman of the board of brain surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery will last from 5-7 hours. Jessie will be awake during the surgery. There will be neurologist who will be speaking to her all through out the surgery, and she will be quizzed with flash cards as well. She will most likely have no memory of this when she wakes up in recovery, and may stay in recovery though out the night. Test results did come back that her brain tumor is a low-grade cancer, but the cells are mature and slow growing and should respond to chemotherapy. At some point she will be taking 5 pills a day, for 5 days, every 28 days. This routine will last for a year. She will continue to have MRI pictures taken every 3 months, and will have blood drawn often. If everything goes according to plan, she will be in the hospital 2-4 days and in a Cleveland hotel for another night after that. Jessie's attitude continues to be positive, and she remains very optimistic. Keep praying that her spirits remain high and please keep Mike, Audrey, and Luke in your prayers as well.