Dear Family and Friends, August 16, 2011
Our day started today with a 5:45 am walk (Colby, Emily, and Colby’s mom Gwen) to UCSF singing “Alleluia…for the Lord God almighty reigns.” It ended with laughing and giggling on our walk home (Emily, Jireh, Gwen, Colby’s sister Kristi, and her daughter Lauren) singing “Father Abraham had many sons…so let’s all praise the Lord.” To start and end this day with praise is perfect!
Colby did great today. Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and well wishes. After almost 8 hours on the operating table, he is now resting in the ICU. Colby’s neurosurgeon felt confident that the surgery went well and seemed to have no surprises at all. Though we won’t know exactly how much tumor he removed until after Colby’s post-operative MRI, he assures me that he was able to get a large majority of the tumor. The anesthesia has now worn off, and Colby feels great. His speech is normal and other than a little bit of pain at the incision site, we are all amazed that he just had brain surgery. The care given by Colby’s neurosurgeon and the hospital has been exceptional. Though we are still waiting for the final pathology results (available in 1-2 wks) and a repeat MRI in order to know what the next steps are, his frozen pathology confirms that his tumor is a grade 2 low grade glioma.
This has been an incredible day. I’ll send more updates tomorrow. For those of you who live in/near San Francisco and have expressed a desire to visit, Colby should be leaving the ICU tomorrow as long as tonight is an uneventful one. Once he moves out of the ICU, he would love to have visitors. Thanks to all of you. To tangibly feel the prayers of the saints is a privilege we never dreamed of experiencing.
All glory to Christ,
Emily, Colby, and Jireh
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