Duke Trip

We arrived at the hotel around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday 3-14 evening, and we crashed.  Thursday morning I took Dylan to his MRI at 7:30a.m., they did an MRI with and without contrast, so Dylan had to have an IV put in his arm.  From there we went to his neuro-opthalmology appt., and we finished the eye exam rather quickly.  The doc said Dylan's eyes are great, in fact, better than they were last Sept.when he checked them. He said the problem is not in his eyes, that it could be a brain thing. We still don't know what the MRI results are. We are getting some lunch and then we have 3 more appts this afternoon.

We finally got done at the doctor's at about 6pm, and EVERYTHING looks GREAT! The doctors can't really explain the dizziness and vision issues that Dylan has been having, there is no fluid in his brain and no new growth....PRAISE GOD! However, they did draw more blood today to check his thyroid and prolactin glands, we were told to keep giving Dylan the meds for his adrenal gland, give it 7-10 days and see if his body will adjust to the medication. The neurologist said that the radiation may have affected these glands and that's why they are not functioning properly, BUT these are easily treatable without side affects, YEAH!

The doctors still want me to continue keeping a log of things that happen, so we can have a history or to see any patterns. The oncologist mentioned possibly the inner ear affecting Dylan (dizziness) and that if the meds don't rectify the problem to maybe see and ENT specialist locally, other than that, IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS........HALLELUJAH! Dylan will be scheduled to return again in 6 months, unless something happens before then.
We want to SINCERELY THANK ALL the prayer warriors out there that have been praying for Dylan, I will admit, I was very nervous and scared about this appt., but GOD ALWAYS KNOWS BEST!

Something else happened during our eventful trip..........while our minivan sat in the parking garage, some lady backed up straight into the back of our van! There is a HUGE dent, luckily the lady called the police and he took a report with her info, then when we came out to our van we had to call the police and do a report.

So now, we have to get our van fixed! This same thing happened to us when we went to UVA with Dylan the first time. At least we ALL have God and our HEALTH! AMEN!

We all made it back home safely Friday morning around 10am, we were ALL wore out, so we rested most of the day.

The Prater Family