A Brief History.... Aly's Diagnosis

Hi All,

Thank you all for your concern.  For those of you who don't know yet I will give a brief history and then tell what went on today (Friday, March 25th)...

Aly started wearing glasses last April and by last November needed a new prescription.  As it was time for her yearly exam now, I took her in last Thursday for an eye exam.  When we got to the part where they cover one eye and check vision in the other eye, Aly could not see anything out of her right eye.  Because her vision declined so rapidly they sent us to an eye specialist.  Her appointment was yesterday afternoon.  That specialist came to the conclusion that it had to have something to do with the nerves that cross at the back of the eye because she actually had problems seeing out of both eyes, yet both eyeballs themselves looked very healthy and there was nothing affecting vision there.  The specialist sent us for an MRI, which happened this morning.  Before Aly was even out of the MRI, I was told our specialist was on the phone and wanted to talk with me.  He proceeded to tell me that the found a tumor right where he thought there was a problem.  The tumor is putting pressure on her eye nerves causing the vision loss.

At this point, they do not believe it is cancerous, because of the way it looked on the images.  But it will require surgery.  From the MRI we were directed to go to Children's Hospital today for more testing and to talk about what will happen next.  We met a great group of people who will take care of Aly.  On Tuesday we have an appointment to talk to the neurological surgeon and schedule a time for the surgery.  They expect that Aly will be in the hospital for 3-7 days and then will have to stay home for approximately 2 weeks.

On a positive note, if anything can be positive right now, this tumor may be the cause of other issues she has been dealing with and once it is removed she may even regain her sight.

We left the house at 9:45 this morning and are now just returning home (after some dinner).  It has been a long exhausting day.  We so appreciate your concern, prayers and support.