Keegan Update

I've asked many of you to pray for Keegan, a kindergarten friend from school. Just wanted to give you a quick update of their rollercoaster this week. And thank you for praying!

He had surgery on Tuesday to have a brain tumor removed. As soon as they started the first drill, spinal fluid started to leak. They stopped the surgery immediately, took fatty tissue from his stomach and plugged the hole. They were frustrated that they had waited for this surgery, then they couldn't do it and now they were concerned that this little guy might get meningitis. It was a devastating result for the family.

The following day they did an MRI to see what they were looking at and it turns out the spinal fluid was leaking from the tumor, not the dura (the lining of the brain). There is an extremely rare tumor that is filled with spinal fluid and, apparently, that is they type he had. The MRI showed the tumor was completely drained, which is what they had hoped to accomplish with the surgery and then they were going to pull out the deflated sack. They didn't get the sack out, but they were so elated the pressure the tumor was causing was relieved.

Praise the Lord!

Unfortunately, Keegan's pituitary gland has been ruined by the tumor and he will have to take all sorts of hormones for the rest of his life. Even one type that has to be so exact that he will have to wake up in the middle of the night to take it, the rest of his life. *praying for a miracle that his pituitary gland would start working again*

He goes back in 3 weeks to have another MRI to see if the sack is refilling (since they weren't able to get it out), but for now everyone is so happy with the miracle that seemed to be a disaster, but was exactly what he needed.

Our God, is indeed, an Awesome God!