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A Small Bump In Our Journey. Dad Update 4/20/2016

MRI days are always difficult, and today's MRI results left us with lots of questions, a heavy heart, and a request for prayer in Dad's cancer battle. Our MRI results today weren't great, but they weren't terrible. Let me attempt to explain the news we received.  Dad's MRI showed increased enhancement where the tumor was removed. Which means there is blood flow to this area- and in the cancer world, blood flow is a source of growth for a tumor, and growth is the last thing we want. The amount of enhancement, compared to our last MRI, is small, yet there is still an increase. We do not know if this means we were lucky enough to catch the initial growth of the tumor, or if this enhancement is really nothing and just how the contrast was flowing at the time the MRI was taken.  After a long discussion with Dr. Fleener, we felt as though our best option was to in fact wait four more weeks and re-perform the MRI again, while continuing on chemotherapy and Avastin. The wai...

Run For The Rose & Dad Update. 4/14/2016

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I apologize, it feels like it's been forever since I've written any sort of update on Dad- but life has been a bit crazy lately (crazy in a good way!).  This last Sunday we experienced our 3rd trip to Run For The Rose, and what an experience it was! We brought 98 people on team 'BTHO Brain Cancer- Lar's Fight', and raised $4,425- which means in the last 3 years we've helped raise over $21,000 to be donated to brain cancer research through the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation. Our hearts are so incredibly full.  We are so thankful that Dad got to experience another amazing trip to 'Run For The Rose' and see all those who are loving and supporting him on this journey! Thank you all who joined us for the run, came out to support us, bought a t-shirt, made a donation, or prayed for us on that day. We are so blessed! To make this day even more memorable for us all, one of our team members won the 5k and then presented Dad with his award. And don't worry, we fou...