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october 20
We met with the surgeon yesterday to discuss the procedure and get scheduled. Surgery is scheduled for the afternoon of November 10. procedure details Jordan will be undergoing a stereotactic biopsy of the brain. The steps as I understand them are: recovery details After the overnight monitoring, they anticipate that Jordan will be able to…
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october 6
Jordan had his MRI this past Saturday and we met with the neuro-oncologist and his regular oncologist to review the results over the last few days. The area of concern is still showing up on the scans, and it does seem to be increasing in size. It could still be radiation changes that don’t require…
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july 26
We had our second reading of the MRIs today with the neuro-oncologist. He tempered the good news a little with his read, unfortunately. He let us know that the Avastin treatment is reducing the swelling so we can see everything more clearly on the MRIs, however, the most concerning lesion in the area is still…
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july 21
We have a brief update! On Saturday July 16 Jordan got a mid-treatment MRI for the oncologists to evaluate the Avastin’s efficacy. This afternoon we met with his primary oncologist to review the scans. On Tuesday we’ll meet with the treating neuro-oncologist to get his opinion. In today’s appointment, they showed us the scans side-by-side…
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tl;dr
For those who may not know the full details, here’s a brief summary of the last few months. If you’d like to revisit the original blog from 2013-14, you can find that at atlantaz.unicornfancy.com. Atlanta Z was Jordan’s trauma ward name in the hospital after his motorcycle accident and tumor discovery in August 2013. His…
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july 8
This is a private post for friends and family only.
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chickens
We finally did it – we got chicks! We picked up the little ladies from our neighborhood nursery – City Farmers. They had three varieties available, Barred Rock, Speckled Sussex, and Americana. We attempted to get one of each variety – but the Sussex and Americana look very similar at this age so we won’t…
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outside at home again
Remember that onion bed that the bermuda grass ate up? I cleaned it out and put some grass-supressing hay all around the outsides of the bed. I also added a little cardboard to the back side where the grass is the most aggressive.
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chocolate x-mas eve
My friend Barbarella really focused on making gourmet chocolate bonbons as her Covid hobby. She started out making hot chocolate bombs, and something about working with chocolate as the medium caught her and now she makes tiny, delicious works of art. She invited me over several months ago – before she was able to take…