Well, the ultrasound on Friday showed no sign of anything abnormal, which is great! Tim has a CT scan tomorrow which will be much more detailed. Still no word on getting an MRI at the same time, but we are still hopeful! Please pray! Thanks! I'll keep you posted.

The hospital called today and booked a CT scan for Tim for next week Tuesday. So far they have not managed to get an MRI at the same time. Please pray that an appointment slot will open up for that we can do both tests while Tim is still put out and that they will be able to get an IV in. Everything is going well at home. Tim is getting very speedy at crawling and can now chase Kate around quite well! The two of them have really starting playing together, bonding and giggling which is quite cute to watch. Have a great week y'all and I will keep you posted on the CT scan results.

Update

Hey Y'all. We went to the hospital on Monday for a follow-up appointment with Dr. Cameron, one of Tim's surgeons. It was weird... we actually hadn't been at the hospital since the surgery. You go from spending hours and hours there to nothing. And since I have been back to work, life seems almost normal! Anyways, the check up was good. All pathology looks favourable and the slides show that the tumour is showing signs of changing to a ganglioneuroma, which is a benign tumour. (this is good news!) There are still viable tumour cells left, which we already knew because they couldn't get out everything during the surgery. We also found out that the original survival stats they gave us were much too high (90-95%). Dr. Lieberman says it is closer to 70% survival but she is going to get back to me with some stats from the doc in Califormia. I think they really don't know how best to treat Tim because his cancer is so rare and also it is such a weird shape and presentation compared to others, it makes for a lot of discussion amongst his doctors. But for now, he will have scans done every 2-3 months, including another MRI and CT scan as soon as they can book one.
The neuro exam they did was normal. (Tim used to have NO reflexes on the right) but they found a little lump under Tim's scar which is probably just post-surgical scar tissue or something but they ordered an ultrasound just to be sure. So all in all a good report and now we just keep doing check-ups and hope the cancer doesn't come back. That's all for now!!

Tim is One !!

On December 30th, Tim turned one year old! What an accomplishment !! He has probably been through more in one year than most people will be through in a lifetime. Here are some photos of his special day!! Way to go Tim!

Merry Christmas from Shauna, Ken, Kate and Timothy

Tim's cheeky smile, his first tobaggan ride (which he didn't like), our new home-made table, and breakfast at sunrise.