God is truly being praised because the cancer on Erin's Thyroid gland is contained/localized to just the left side of of her thyroid gland and only ONE lymph node!!! During last weeks ultrasound we were informed that one lymph node was infected and that it didn't look like any of the others were, the MRI confirmed that it has not spread any further!!!! Praise God for not having any other nodes infected and not allowing the cancer to spread further!
Here is what the near future is looking like:
July 18th we are meeting with the Surgeon, Dr. Yeh, at UCLA to do an initial consultation and let him review the ultrasound images and MRI to determine if he wants to do another one to ensure he knows exactly what to expect in surgery. He will probably do another ultrasound just to see everything again.
Depending on whether he wants another MRI or not will determine when the surgery will be scheduled. If the Dr. decides the images we bring him are sufficient then he will schedule surgery shortly after our consultation with him (July 25ish) and if he does want Erin complete another MRI then it will be scheduled for the end of July to the beginning of August.
Radiation will be completed after the surgery is done and appropriate follow-up doctor visits take place to ensure proper dosage is administered.
Your prayers, facebook comments and emails have meant more to Erin than you will ever know! She is doing great, staying upbeat, positive and very confident in the fact that God is guiding the entire process. Knowing that this blog has been read over 300 times in less than a week has really added to and reaffirmed the love and prayer support we feel from everyone.
There will be another post when more information is known. Again, thank you all so much for praying with us through this time! We love you!
-Tim
