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Updated  22 August, 2002.   

Today we got the results from Megan's MRI scan that she had on Monday. The news was neither good nor bad - it was a little indifferent in hind sight. Megan's neurosurgeon, Wirginia Maixner, showed us the pictures, and showed us 3 small 'spots' that showed in the axial sections (horizontal cuts from the top of her head down) on her scan. These 'spots' did not, however, appear on the sagittal (vertical cuts from ear to ear) or coronal (vertical cuts from nose to back of her head) sections - which is indicative of "abstract flow" of the contrast. I had to ask twice what this meant? Basically, they think that the 'spots' are not tumour as they should appear on all sections (axial, sagittal & coronal) and as they appeared on only one section, and in effect 1D rather than 3D, it is believed the 'spots' are simply a flow of contrast and not tumour. This is good news. Having contrasted highlights on her scan is not particularly good news as they cannot completely rule out the fact that it might be tumour. In Wirginia's words "they make me a little uneasy". Despite this, Megan's scan has been reported as STABLE. This is great news! So...we have good news, not such good news and great news - hence the indifference! Megan will have a repeat MRI in 3 months, which is no change to the original plan - so we are taking this scan as a mini-win!

Megan has an MRI scan tomorrow. It is a little over 6 months since she had the complete resection of her tumour. As it is Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday, we do not have our follow up appointments until Wednesday, so we will not know results until then. Please keep Megan in your hearts, minds and prayers that she may continue to have a clean scan.