One More Day

Well we arrived in Palo Alto yesterday and had the ultrasound done. The radiologist and an intern joined the tech in the room. They did not see the vascularization that they had expected to see. We weren't exactly sure how to interpret that but figured it didn't matter at this point-surgery remains the only option. We met with the nurse practitioner and Dr. Guzman this morning. We left the appointment feeling reassured that we are at the right place. They answered all of our questions and Dr. Guzman was quite confident that he will be able to remove all of the mass. Since the ultrasound didn't show what he had expected, he is leaning away from the idea that this is a vascular malformation. However, he would not speculate on other possibilities. As he said he won't know anything factual until he goes in surgically...so why speculate. They will remove a sample of tissue at the beginning of the surgery to send for pathology. They will have preliminary results within one hour and full results in 5 days. It is amazing to think that by tomorrow at this time we just might have some answers! The surgery itself should last 2 hours or so. There is a chance that Matthew won't need PICU, it will all depend on what they find when they get in there. He will stay in the hospital for about 4 days so we may even have official pathology results by the time we head home. So, now we pray and hug and kiss our little man as we wait for tomorrow to come. Please continue to lift us up in prayer, we will update everyone tomorrow.